When helping someone move house or office, we are often asked what items should be packed first. 

Moving, in general, is quite stressful, and the last thing you want to think about is having to think about packing. 

You want to avoid a situation where you’ve been unpacking for hours only to realise that an essential item has been left behind.

Since 2016, Right-Way Relocations, we pride ourselves as the best removalist in Adelaide. A South Australia own company which provides a wide range of services in relation to moving. You could contact us to obtain information to assist your next future move better.

It’s important to be prepared and pack well ahead of your move, especially if you’re planning to move interstate. Here’s what to look out for when making your next move and which items removalists pack first.

The Importance of Packing

Before making the call to your local and trusty removalist for an upcoming move, it’s vital to separate your items into categories. 

This will help you better organise your time while you’re preparing to move, but also, more importantly, this will cut down your unpacking time as each box will be related to a particular room in your house or office.

It’s also essential that you protect fragile items when packing and transporting them to your new place. Bubble wrap is a safe option to ensure delicate items such as glassware, porcelains, and valuable collectables are unharmed through the transition period.

An excellent way to help your removalist shift such delicate items is to label the boxes they have been placed in clearly.

While you wait

As you wait for your local removalist company to arrive and collect your items, a great way to help the process is to sort out your most valuable items to you. 

For example, important contracts, titles, jewellery, your phone and your wallet are items the vast majority consider valuable.

There are items that your moving company might look to exclude are items that spill, such as toiletries, ammunition, laundry items, or liquid items. Essentially items that can spill or could be damaged.

What items are removalists moving first?

Packing your items early can help minimise the stress of moving, plus it reduces the potential issue of misplacing items and any inconvenience during the day. It’s important to identify which items can be prepared and packed on your own and which will require your removalist’s assistance. 

Here are our top items that your local removalist will pack first:

Home Decor

Your home decor items can come in all kinds of shapes, weights and sizes. This can include furniture items such as your couch, coffee table, ottoman or TV cabinet to valuables such as art pieces, vases and light fixtures. 

We recommend tagging or labelling your delicate items like priceless art, antique furniture and collectables. This is to ensure the local removalists take extra care with those items when they are transporting them to your new property.

Kitchen Objects

Kitchen objects feature a mix of fragile and sharp items. Those include the likes of kitchen utensils (knives, forks, spoons, etc.), glassware, and pots and pans. Grouping these into their respective categories will make this easier for you when it comes to unpacking your items at your new property. 

This will also help your removalist when they load up the truck on moving day to ensure that no damage is caused during transportation.

Apparel

Clothing can be prepared well in advance of your moving day. They can be folded into a box and left in a designated area for the removalist to come and collect. To enable a seamless unpacking, labelling the box with the individual’s name is a quick way to get your apparel unpacked in a quick time.

Bedding

Similar to clothing, bedding can be an easy process when preparing to move. Fold them into a box and leave them in a designated area for the removalist to claim and pack. Ensure the box is labelled as such to ensure your unpacking process is a breeze.

Electronics

There are a variety of electronic items that require different packaging techniques. Small electronic items such as your toaster, microwave and coffee maker can be unplugged and placed in a safe area for collection. We recommend letting your removalist pack these items. Just ensure that all of these items are in the same place.

Larger electronic items, such as your washing machine and television, will require expert assistance from your removalist post unplugging them from the electrical outlet. 

Others

Other items like toys, shoes and books are relatively simple to pack. Ensure they are all gathered up in one place prior to the removalist arriving.

Need help with your next move

Making the move to a new home or office is an exciting time, and ensuring the transition is simple and easy is very important. 

Our top tips are designed to help you achieve your seamless move. For a local removalist who can help with your next move, be sure to contact the team at Right-Way Relocations at 0405 355 376 or click for a free quote today for your next move.