Ways to Cut the Costs of Moving Home

This is the first question that comes to everyone’s mind when moving to a new house. Find a new place feels amazing but moving houses is a very Stressful Business.

Moving is stressful, expensive and of course time-consuming. In fact, hiring professional movers to relocate to a different place is sure to cost you a lot especially with those Cardboard boxes for packaging– eek! So if you are planning to move to another place, whether far or near, here are some amazing hacks to make the process smooth.

 Set up a budget

Based on the typical relocating costs make a budget to help you stay within your limits and lower your moving costs even more. It will serve as an essential checklist, providing you with valuable information about the moving company charges (fee, insurance, extra charges, additional services, etc.) or the self-moving expenses (moving equipment, packing supplies, truck rentals, hidden costs).

 Choose your Move Day Wisely

According to a study, most of the people prefer moving on Friday and another popular day of moving is Monday so that you have the weekend to unpack or packing the stuff. But on these days mover and packers are much busier and might charge high because of the demand.

So choosing the mid-week as a moving day would be the wise decision to cut the cost of Moving Home. if you are flexible on your moving day, you might be able to negotiate a deal with the removal firm.

 Find a low-cost moving company

Your best bet to relocate more cheaply is to opt for the services of a reasonably-priced moving company. All you need to do is compare various movers and their cost estimates in order to select the one that will best agree with your budget.

You can also request for the in-house estimates for accurate price estimation. Get in touch with several professional moving companies. Compare the quotes carefully and choose the one that best suits your relocation needs. Several good movers offer various discounts that help you to cut the cost of Moving.

Book & Schedule Your Move Smartly

Scheduling your relocation smartly is another way of cutting your moving costs even more. It is not possible always to pick the exact date to execute the state to state move, though if you are fortunate enough to get that flexibility, then you must aim for the off-peak season when the standard rates are considerably lower as compared to the regular moving rates.

 Get free moving boxes

Ask your friends who recently relocated to get hold of house moving boxes for free. You are definitely going to need boxes for moving so imagine how much money you’ll save by obtaining all or at least most of these moving boxes without having to buy them brand new.

You can also ask local supermarkets, bookstores, office supply stores, liquor stores, etc. for cardboard boxes as they usually have more than they need.

Finding moving boxes for free will cut moving costs greatly but do your best to distinguish the thin line between cheap/free and low quality to save your items from getting damaged.

 Move Less Stuff to Pay Less Money

Get rid of the things that are not useful anymore before packing. You will notice a huge cut in the house moving cost, especially the transportation costs. You will be paying for each item in your home, so ask yourself whether you really need all your old belongings in your new house or not.

Give it a thought and you will see that you actually do not need everything. You can sell all the extra items, or give it to your friends or donate some usable things to charitable trusts. This purging step will surely help you cut down on the moving cost BIG TIME.

Consider DIY Move when Moving Locally

DIY Move might help you in lowering the coast of moving. But you need to be sure whether the distance of the two houses will be reasonable to move on your own or you need movers because moving short distance is ideal to organize the self-move otherwise hire reputed Movers.

The Other important factor is Time. You can only opt for DIY Move if you have enough days to get ready for the move. And if you can’t afford sufficient time, then hire professional packers and movers.

You must attempt to minimize relocating costs by following the above tips so that you can move cheaply across the country. And make sure to get strong cardboard boxes to save your fragile items from getting damaging, peeps!

Author: Andrea Martin

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  • Raj Singh

    A Real Estate professional with an experience of 10+ Yrs in the industry. Raj Singh's educational qualifications are B.Sc, M.B.A(Finance & Mktg).

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