Make sure you hire qualified movers for your relocation.

How to make sure my movers are qualified

Ethan Greenfield

When hiring professionals to do a job for you, you expect professional attitude, professional services, and professional results, right? You assume that you’re working with experts who know their stuff and can easily handle the challenges they’re presented with. You believe that you’re dealing with licensed and trustworthy specialists who provide quality customer service at

The best way to label storage boxes.

How to label boxes for storage?

Ethan Greenfield

Whether you’ve decided to put some of your items into long-term storage (because you’re moving to a smaller space and can’t fit all your stuff into it or don’t have enough room in your home for all the things you’d like to keep for one reason or another) or only need temporary storage until your

How to downsize your house

How to downsize your home when moving

Ethan Greenfield

Downsizing your home is a critical decision in your life that, when done the right way, has the power to bring a number of indisputable benefits for you and your family. Primarily, you can use the resolution to downsize to a smaller home as a smart strategy to lower your monthly expenses such as property

How to stay in a good mood when moving house

How to stay in a good mood when moving house

Ethan Greenfield

A house move can easily prove to be a period when different types of strong emotions tend to blend in together to form a dangerously unstable concoction. It’s never easy to up and move family members and household items to another home in another part of the country – if it were too simple, then

Moving into a small space is a big challenge.

How to deal with moving into a small space?

Ethan Greenfield

If you’re living in a large house with a vast outdoor area, lots of rooms, and plenty of available space, you may find it difficult to imagine your life compacted into a tiny home. Yet, some personal factors or changing external circumstances may cause you to reconsider your way of life and set your mind

How to reward yourself after a move

How to reward yourself after a move

Ethan Greenfield

If you just moved into a new home without any major accidents or problems along the way, then congratulations are in order. It’ll probably be a few days before you fully realize the significance of what just happened, including your great achievement of organizing a residential move from start to finish. The fact that you

How to thank movers and packers

How to thank my movers?

Ethan Greenfield

If your upcoming household move is not suited for brave self-moving attempts due to the great move distance, unavailability of reliable friends, or presence of too many specialty items for packing and moving, then the sensible thing to do under the presented circumstances is to research the best moving companies near you and choose the

What movers want you to know

6 things movers want you to know

Ethan Greenfield

No matter how busy and stressful the pre-move preparations are, moving day will inevitably come, and its successful conclusion will also mean the end of your relocation ordeal is already in sight. Time will tell whether that major change in your life will be for the better or not, but right now it’s time to

How to get moving day help.

How to ensure moving day help?

Ethan Greenfield

If planning a residential move and feeling overwhelmed with relocation preparations and tasks, you’re very likely to get one very specific recurring nightmare – the big day comes, everything goes wrong, and your relocation endeavor ends in complete disaster. Such horror visions are hardly a surprise considering the number of well-grounded reasons people have to

How to have a stress-free moving day.

How to make moving day less stressful?

Ethan Greenfield

There is a good reason why moving day ranks among the most stressful days in life – it is strenuous and unnerving, full of risks and uncertainties, emotionally draining and mentally taxing… The number of things that can go wrong on this single day is so large that even thinking about it is enough to

Tips on how to plan a long distance move.

How to plan a long distance move?

Ethan Greenfield

So, you just found out that you need to move halfway across the country (or halfway across the world, for that matter) in pursuit of your dreams and goals in life? The thought alone is probably enough to make you wish for a teleportation machine or some other Sci-fi or magic device that can help

How to move a sofa by yourself

How to move a sofa by yourself

Ethan Greenfield

Moving house is usually a crazy-busy period when you may get rewarded for being brave enough to complete some or even all of the tough tasks without professionals to help you out. However, there’s often a fine line between being brave and being reckless, especially when it comes to packing and moving large and heavy

How to pack with newspaper

How to pack with newspaper

Ethan Greenfield

With the average price of an interstate move going around $4,300 and the average cost of a local move being roughly $2,300 (according to data published by the American Moving and Storage Association), it’s no wonder that, just like millions of people who are about to move out of their respective homes each year, you

Tips for writing effective and helpful reviews of moving companies.

How to write a review for a moving company?

Ethan Greenfield

It is only inevitable that once your move is over and you find yourself in your new home, at the threshold of your new life, your thoughts will go back to the numerous hardships and challenges of the moving process. You will relive crucial moments of your relocation adventure, will wonder about some of your

What is custom crating? How does on-site crating work? How much do custom crating services cost?

Do I need custom crating services?

Ethan Greenfield

Professional packing services can easily prove to be a great answer to your house moving needs. In reality, if you can afford to hire experienced packers from a top-rated moving company, you will end up with not one but several custom solutions during the crazy busy and transitional period of moving from one home to

How to negotiate with moving companies

How to negotiate with moving companies?

Ethan Greenfield

Stating that the process of moving house is expensive often sounds like a gross understatement – according to statistical data, the average cost of an interstate move is approximately $4,300, while the average price for a local move is around $2,300. Of course, those are nothing but roughly estimated values that are only meant to