For a Full-Service Move, Set Your Moving Day and Prepare on Schedule

When moving from your current home to another place, it is best to set the final moving day as your D-Day and prepare accordingly.

To ensure a smooth, mistake-free move, you should begin preparing in earnest one month in advance, starting by researching full-service moving companies.

If you want to move to your preferred destination on a specific day, it is best to begin looking for a moving company and finalize your booking as soon as you set the moving date. Compare as many full-service moving companies as possible, obtain quotes, and then choose one.

Begin preparing your belongings two weeks before the move. Since you still need to go about your daily life, rather than packing in advance, visually check and make notes about which belongings to discard or move and which items should go in a room or the living room. This will make the moving process easier later.

At this point, it is best to dispose in advance of unwanted items kept in drawers, on balconies or rooftops, or in storage rooms, utility rooms, and other areas not closely tied to daily life. Be sure to purchase waste disposal stickers from the relevant local government office. This is also a good time to handle administrative or institutional matters, such as arranging for children to transfer schools. If you have not yet signed a contract with a full-service moving company, you should hurry and finalize it.

With one week remaining before the move, finish all outstanding tasks. Submit change-of-address requests for mailed items such as credit card statements, settle and pay utility bills such as water and electricity charges as well as apartment maintenance fees, and request the transfer of telephone, internet, cable television, newspaper, and milk delivery services. If your new home is on an upper floor of an apartment building or villa, it is also advisable to apply to use the elevator around this time. Prepare with the aim of wrapping up all moving preparations during this period.

The day before the move, sort through and dispose of food in the refrigerator and complete minor unfinished tasks, such as draining the washing machine and preparing garbage bags. On moving day, once the full-service moving company has removed your belongings, look around the home one last time, check that nothing has been left behind, and complete your inspection of the property. After arriving at your new home, confirm that all your belongings have arrived properly and settle the moving fee.

A full-service moving company does not handle every aspect of a move but is responsible for only one part of the process. It is therefore best not to rely on the company too heavily and to prepare thoroughly according to the schedule.

Since choosing a full-service moving company marks the beginning of the move and its work carries the process through to the end, it is important to select a moving company through careful comparison.

[FamTimes=Reporter Park Tae-ho]