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House Removals for an Older Couple

Posted On : Sep-17-2010 | seen (256) times | Article Word Count : 509 |

It is not a lot different for a house removals company to move an older couple than a younger household but the preparation should be different when an older couple has a house removals company come in.
It is not a lot different for a house removals company to move an older couple than a younger household but the preparation should be different when an older couple has a house removals company come in.

An older couple may have accumulated a whole lot of household goods especially if they have lived in the home for a long period of time. It is amazing what people accumulate when they have extra room to store it in. Or even if they don’t have the extra room and they put up an outdoor shed to hold items. No matter where it is stored it may be a whole lot of stuff.

When an older couple moves house they should have their children in or maybe even better, a good friend or neighbor to help them. If the home has an attic, a basement, a garage and perhaps a storage shed or two then they will need assistance in deciding just what they actually need to take with them. The problem with children is that they may want some of the stuff and but they don’t have room to store it themselves so they may not weed those things out and the couple will move them and store them for the future. A good friend or neighbor will probably not do this.

So how does this couple begin? Well several months in advance or even six months or more, they should begin to sort through their household goods. Start with something like the attic and look at every item and decide if they are ever going to use it again or is it better off in a museum or at a charity store. Sentimental items should be few and easy to carry. If they think their children may like it them begin a pile of items that they can go through. But make sure the children know that they must take the stuff with them when they leave because it is not being moved to the new home.

After the attic is sorted begin on the garage. If the couple is moving to a retirement home they will not have any need for lawn mowers or garden equipment. Hold a yard sale and make a few bucks off of the items. But don’t have a yard sale until you have gone through the entire house and storage areas.

If there a lot of books remember that books weigh a lot and therefore will cost a lot for a house removals company to move. Besides they take a lot of room. If possible weed out most of the books and either sell them in a yard sale or donate them to the local library for their book sale. Continue this process until every storage area has been weeded out. You may be surprised just at how many items you can discard or sell or donate.

The next step is to sort again through the remainder to get down to what really needs to be moved.

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