Organize Your Next Montgomery County Move with Ease

Whether you’re buying or selling a home, there comes a time to deal with moving. It can be a rather stressful time for everyone involved, concerning timelines, worrying about what items you’re going to need on moving day and just after, not to mention the natural concern of losing valuable items during the process. Though these issues can be common aspects of moving, there are ways to organize your next Montgomery County move which can help make it happen with ease.

Having a plan is perhaps the best step you can take when planning a move. If you begin early, you’ll have plenty of time to organize your move, rather than a last-minute dash to get everything done, which can quickly overwhelm. Long before moving day, take an inventory of the items in your home that you will be bringing with you, schedule any needed cleaning services and set up a storage unit to house things you can deal with after your move.

The easiest way to get an inventory done is to sort everything into piles: keep, discard, donate, storage, and maybe. This will help you cut down on clutter, as well as determine what you need to go directly with you when you move, and how much storage you’re going to need.

• Keep Pile - contains the items you’re going to need in your new home right away or soon after. This can include your main daily living items such as kitchen basics, seasonal clothing and toiletries.
• Discard Pile - for garbage, old papers, and broken items. Take it a step further and recycle what you can as well.
• Donate Pile - contains items you no longer need or want, yet are still in good enough shape to donate, AND don’t forget you can receive a tax benefit from donations.
• Storage Pile - for family heirlooms, photo albums and things you’d never part with, but don’t actively need right away
• Maybe Pile - these items can go into storage, and after six months, if you haven’t needed them or missed them, donation is the way to go as another step towards cutting down on clutter.

As mentioned above, it’s a good idea to get rid of old paper items before you move to the new house. Paper can be one of the biggest culprits of overwhelming clutter. If you’ve got a filing system, sort through your files, determine what you need to keep and purge the rest. For security’s sake, be sure to shred anything with your personal information on it.

If you’re planning on using the services of a moving company, take some time before your moving date is set to research your options. Check around for the best deals, and read reviews for different companies so you can be confident in your choice. Just like working with a Realtor® you can trust, knowing you’ve chosen a good, trustworthy mover will help alleviate a lot of stress.

Moving is hard, but if you plan and organize the process early, it can be done with ease. For more tips on how to prepare for your next move, Realty Times has a great article here. When the time is right to buy and sell your home, we’re here to help you with all your real estate needs! Call me, Laura Austin, at (281) 789-2911, or (936) 321-2977 or email me at Laura@RealtyTx.net. You can also visit me at my website for available listings and additional information.