Here are some great ideas that will help in your upcoming move.
Hartz Homes knows that it’s a big deal to move all your belongings into your new home. We’d like this process to be as hassle-free as possible, so here are some great ideas that we’ve seen other home buyers use over the years.
- While your clothes are still hanging in the closet, put them inside a trash bag to make unpacking simpler.
- Use laundry baskets, trash bins, and suitcases as boxes.
- As you dissemble furniture, keep all screws and hardware in a plastic bag. Label the bag and tape it to the furniture itself, or designate a separate box with hardware for all your furniture.
- Use colored packing tape to keep your boxes organized. Be sure to label which room the box belongs to!
- Label the sides of boxes so you can read the labels even when the boxes are stacked.
- Fill up pots and pans with spices containers, dish towels, and other kitchen items to save space.
- Snap a picture of the back of your TV and other electronic devices. That way, you know exactly which wires go where when you’re setting up in the new Hartz home.
- Put knives inside an old oven mitt to prevent injuries.
- String electronic wires through paper towel rolls to avoid tangled messes.
- Put jewelry in egg cartons to keep your necklaces from knotting and tangling.
- Place a cotton ball in makeup compacts to keep them from breaking.
- Stack plates vertically (like you would in a dish rack!) to prevent them from breaking. For extra protection, put a Styrofoam-type paper plate between plates.
- Use a box cutter to create handles for your boxes.
- If you’re moving with kids, incorporate them into the moving process by giving them a special box for all their favorite things. Let them decorate the box as wildly as they like!
- Keep a snack bin available during moving and unpacking. Load it up with water, protein bars, chips, or whatever you need to stay fueled during your move.
- If you’re moving with a dog, put its food and water bowl in the same room as where you put it in the old place. The more consistent you are with your dog’s routine, the less likely they are to be anxious and destroy things.
- Keep all your moving day essentials in an overnight bag. It’ll prevent having to sift through boxes to find your laptop, toiletries, clothes, and medications!
- Pack the items that you’ll need most immediately in a clear plastic bin, or a designated “open first” box. Think: bed sheets, hand soap, towels, etc.
- Broken glass on the floor? Use a slice of bread to pick up the pieces that your broom missed!
- If you have scuff marks on hardwood floors, cut a hole in a tennis ball, stick the ball on the end of a broom, and rub the scuff mark until it disappears.
Please check out these new home communities from Hartz Homes:
Armitage Pointe of Addison, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
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Shannon Estates of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Lago Vista of Lockport, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Leigh Creek of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Marquis Pointe of Montgomery, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Marywood Meadows of Montgomery, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Nantucket Lakes of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Oliviabrook of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Park West of Manteno, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Playa Vista of Plainfield, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Sky Harbor of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Whisper Creek of Mokena, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Hartz Homes has new home communities in:
Addison, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Aurora, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Bolingbrook, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Lockport, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
New Lenox (Chicago area new home construction)
Manteno, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Mokena, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Montgomery, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Plainfield, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Oakbrook Terrace (Chicago area new home construction)