Matthew Taylor
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Five Ways To Make Sure Your Moving Company Wants To Work For You Again
Hiring movers can make the task of moving a whole lot easier. Good, reputable movers will do their best to keep your items safe and sound with very little input from you. However, there are some things you can do to make their jobs easier and make sure they'll want to work for you again. 1. Be on time. If you arrange to meet the movers at your old house at a certain time, make sure you are on time. [Read More]
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Tips For Moving Day Etiquette
How do you handle the movers and your household on the actual moving day? Although there is no blueprint for moving day etiquette, there are great tips on what you should or shouldn't do on this day. Here are some of these tips. Have an Adult Available Merely leaving your gate and doors open is not enough; you need to have someone present in your home on the moving day. This someone should be an adult (preferably a member of your household) who can coordinate things. [Read More]
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Four Tips For Moving Across Town
If you've had friends move across the country or even a few hours away, you may be counting yourself lucky that you only have to move across town. While moving a short distance is, in many ways, easier than moving several hours away, it is still a challenging endeavor. Here are four tips to help ensue your across-town move goes well. Rent a moving truck. When you're only moving a short distance, you may assume you can just take trip after trip with your own car, but this method is more challenging than it may seem. [Read More]
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Tips For Using Self Storage For Christmas Decorations
Christmas decorations make perfect sense to keep in self storage. You only need them for a limited time of the year, and after that they just take up space. Before you start loading up your storage unit with Christmas decorations, here are four tips that can help you improve how you store everything. Get a Specialty Storage Bag for Your Christmas Tree You may think you are doing yourself a favor by holding onto your Christmas tree in the original box that it was packed in. [Read More]
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Need To Clean And Repair Before Moving Out? Hire Movers To Make It A Smooth Process
Once you sell your home, you will have a certain number of days before you must move out. Just having the final date will make the move easier because you can set up the days that you want service. When you agreed upon all the terms, you may have promised to make some minor repairs to the home. This may not be the easiest thing to accomplish when you have an entire house worth of items lying around. [Read More]
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Things Your Movers Want You To Know
Want to make your upcoming move a lot easier? If you've hired movers to transport your belongings, there are things you can do to prepare your belongings and the boxes that will make the move go more smoothly. These are simple things that really don't add much more time to packing -- and they can reduce the actual moving time by a noticeable amount. Please Separate Items With Different Destinations [Read More]
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Tips For Hiring Movers You Can Trust
Moving your business from one location to another can be stressful. Even if the move is something you're excited and happy about, it still doesn't make moving a fun thing to have to go through. Fortunately, though, you don't have to handle the move all on your own, nor should you. There are many professional movers that specialize in helping business owners move offices and who can take the stress out of moving for you. [Read More]
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Is Your Garage Properly Packed For Moving?
The garage is often one of the most challenging rooms to pack up for a move. Putting it off is not an option, but finding smart ways to tackle the project is. Here are a few ways you can pack up your garage and ensure everything is ready to go on moving day. Find the Right Moving Supplies Chances are, you only needed a few supplies to pack up the rest of your home, but the garage will require additional supplies. [Read More]
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6 Ways To Prepare For The Movers
If only moving day was as easy as handing your movers the keys and walking away from your fully loaded home. Unless you have super powers, your belongings are never going to beam from your old home to your new home. You are still going to be busy preparing things for when the movers arrive to pack up and load the van. Here are 6 ways you and your family can be ready for their grand entrance. [Read More]
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How To Prepare Furniture For Storage
There are several reasons that you may need to put your furniture in storage, such as if you're moving across the country and need a place to store your items while you find a new home. You may also want to put seasonal pieces such as wicker or rattan porch or patio furniture in a self-storage facility to make room during the fall and winter months. College kids can also store their dorm or apartment furniture in a small storage unit during the summer. [Read More]