Any tips for when the packers are in?
 

Hi, we have the packers in on Monday and Tuesday.

Beyond the usual keep the cups of tea flowing does anyone have any words of wisdom as to how to organise things, please? What have you found to be an effective way of separating your stuff so that they don't pack it?

I have to admit I am stressing big time over this! That and the goods to follow lists of course! :scared:

I will be glad when they have been and gone. :o

Thanks

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Bit of a shock for us when they turned up 1/2 hour early - set apart the stuff you want to take as baggage, clothes, etc. They descended on my bedroom first (before I even had a chance to strip the bedsheets) and I ended up having to go through my wardrobes pronto and heap everything on the bed that was being carted by hand so they didn't pack it - by the time they left and I started trying to heap everything into cases, I wasn't even sure it would all fit in!!!
Other than that, just make sure anything sentimental and ornamenty gets well packed - all my stuff arrived intact apart from one carelessly packed box of ornaments and sentimentals that were broken.

Just kinda hang around and be ready to answer any questions. Pack the kettle/mugs, etc last as you have to keep the tea/coffee flowing (and have plenty of sugar as workmen always take at least 3 sugars in their tea!!!)

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They are so darn quick it's amazing! Just keep out of their way.

Wow that's soon! When do you come?? :)

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We're hoping to be on the plane 24th September :scared:

Not be long now!

With regard to the packers, our situation is complicated somewhat as our buyer is buying quite a bit of our stuff so obviously that can't be packed.
Most things i am going to try and put in one room and shut the door, however i can't do that with everything.
I was thinking of putting stickers on things. Does that sound like a plan?

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We piled everything that wasnt going in one bedroom with a big note on saying not to go. I put sticky notes on the wardrobes etc that weren't going. Moved all the kitchen stuff that wasnt going into one cupboard with big notes on saying not to go. they still went round the house asking what was going. i had provisionally packed my suitcase so i knew what clothes didnt fit in would have to go and then they wouldnt also pack the suitcase by mistake!

They were great, regular tea and the house was packed just after lunch. Dont forget to have wokred out what is going from the garage/shed and have everything clean and also take a few adaptors with you. i threw all ours out thinking we wont have uk electricals BUT stupid me forgot we were taking the computer.

Make sure that all the documents/paperwork you need to take with you are in your dont take pile. I wasnt going to send birth certificates,mortgage doc etc in the container so they were safely packed in suitcase. And i fished through all the rubbish we have in drawers and packed make up etc into smaller bags so they only had to pack bags rather than putting a drawer of loose makeup into a box. Worked well


Good luck with it. It was far less stressful watching them pack than I thought! the worse bit was cleaning the house when all the stuff had gone!

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LOL it's a plan, certainly. It's difficult to keep an eye on them when there are 3-4 guys packing diffrent rooms!! Good Luck, and see you soon!!! :D

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Make sure they put the right name/destination on your stuff :eek: one of our removers was putting the wrong name on ours!! when I asked his mate what he was doing he replied with a laugh " oh, don't worry missus........he's a bit dyslexic"!!!
Another member here noticed her stuff was heading for Australia :scared: (different movers)

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Thanks for your help everyone!

I think I just have to accept that I'll be living in a perpetual state of panic and confusion for a while! :rolleyes:

Bananahammock- Australia??! :scared:
I will definately keep an eye on the labels!


More vino later me thinks! :beer:

Yep, see you soon Mo. :)

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Be very clear on the "do not pack" stuff and remind them every time you give them a cup of tea because they don't seem to retain the info for long :D

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Hi, I was wondering if you could say who you have used to move you and why. I have been getting some quotes and out of six I rang two did not answer the phone, one sounded rubbish and they both sent boxes out to you to pack yourselves and two have visited our home and given us quotes but i dont know what to judge them by. has anyone got good or awful tales to tell ? I am paranoid about my photo albums being lost or damaged and think I might take them in my suitcase any info gratefully recieved. thankyou in advance

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We had 3 companies out to give us a quote. I didn't trust the ones who wanted to quote without coming out as I was worried we would underestimate the amount and then end up paying more.

One of the quotes was very different cubic feet wise from the other 2 so they were out.
The other 2 said we had a similar size to ship. One was a bit cheaper than the other but one of the deciding factors was that we were offered up to 8 weeks free storage as opposed to the normal 4. We may have to use all of that.

The company we have gone with is Whites and Co. So far they have been very good BUT don't forget they haven't actually packed us up yet! Lol.
I will let you know how we get on.

HTH. :)

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Make sure they fill the boxes up, ours left some half to a third empty and then they tried to charge us for more volume, and we had to leave stuff beihnd as they has underestimated. Plus check the inventory at the end as they write down the condition of the goods inside and this may not be correct, ie they marked an oak dresser as being scratched and gouged when it had no marks at all on it. we haev yet to get our stuff to see what condition its in.

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Gosh, that's worrying Batty!

I hope your things are ok when you get them.

Did you kind of hover over them so you could keep an eye on them? I don't want to get in the way and be a pain but from what you have said maybe I need to!

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I didnt hover but now i wish I had done. So hover and ask what the codes mean that they put on the boxes etc, and take photos of anything valuable,sentimental so you can at least try to prove the state it was in when packed.

Make them loads of tea etc, and chat away but keep an eye on them and get them to pack the stuff you really need to take first, we had to dump a load of stuff that i regret now, at least 5 boxes of books and that grieves me as I love my books. If they had been packed first then theres otehr stuff could have been dumped.

Hope it all goes ok, I think most people have been fine with the removals, we were maybe unlucky

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