If you’re planning a house move, congratulations! Now’s the best time to move into your dream home - or a home closer to your work and your kids’ schools. Regardless of your reasons, a house move can become an amazing way to start a new chapter in your life and show the world how you can become whatever you want to be. Thing is, performing a house move is much easier said than done - but not impossible. In fact, you may be able to DIY your house move and make it into a fun project you and the family can participate in! Here are some quick steps on how you can DIY your house moves and pull off the best house move you’ll ever have: 

• Submit the right documentation as soon as possible. Before you perform any of the specific DIY things here, try to submit the necessary documentation to the necessary offices as soon as possible. For instance, you may need to file the right documents to get access to utilities and the right housing permits. If possible, try to ask whether you can submit your details digitally so you don’t have to leave the house. And if you do leave the house, try to multitask! And speaking of…
• Multitask whenever you have to leave the home. Time is of the essence when performing a move. As such, if possible, try to multitask whenever you leave the house. Depending on your moving calendar, try to check off as many items on your list as possible whenever you leave the home. For instance, if you’re already visiting your new neighborhood to file some documents or check on your new home, try to take pictures of your new house as reference for your inventory. Moreover, perhaps you can go on a detour to the hardware store to buy some packing materials before you go home.
• Create a digital inventory for the family. If possible, try to make your house inventory digitally, so everyone can plug in their details without any hassle. That way, you can access your necessary inventory files on the cloud and check which items belong in which room without having to scour notes. Moreover, this allows you to allocate duties for everyone in the family - for instance, your kids might be in charge of packing and unpacking their own rooms, as well as plugging items in their sheet in the inventory.
• Always label things when you pack them. Once you’ve started packing your things, make sure you always label the boxes with what’s inside as well. That way, you won’t get lost whenever you try to find certain items within those boxes. If possible, try to take pictures of the boxes themselves so you can look at them from your phone or gadget whenever you want to try to find a specific item. That way, you won’t need to panic or scour through boxes whenever you can’t find that particular favorite shirt. 
• Allocate packing days per room. If possible, try not to panic and conduct just one day for the entire packing session. In fact, that particular day you want to allocate for the move should be for final preparations, and not for a rush job. As such, you should try to allocate specific days so you can focus on packing certain rooms - that way, you can better remember exactly where you’ve placed things, and you can slowly try to put packing boxes in a single location instead of just scattering them outside the house. This also avoids any unnecessary loss of items.
• Hire a moving truck for an entire week. If possible, instead of hiring a moving truck for a particular set of days, try to secure an entire week for your moving truck. That way, you’re sure that you always have a truck to rely on to transport your things whatever happens throughout the entire moving timeline. This also ensures that you always have more than enough space (and time) to make any return trips as necessary to get more stuff at home or to fit more stuff in the space provided by the truck.
• Ask professional help for specific services. Just because you want to perform a DIY move doesn’t mean you can’t completely ask for any form of assistance. In fact, just because you can hire professionals such as a moving company doesn’t mean you need to depend entirely on them for the move. For instance, a lot of moving companies actually offer specific house moving services in order to accommodate your needs. Thanks to these services, you may be able to hire them for specialized things that can’t be DIY’d easily, such as proper loading in trucks or unloading various boxes into your new home.
• Organize a moving timeline according to your routine. Remember, if you’re making a moving timeline, always make sure it follows your daily routine and not the other way around. That way, you can make sure that only  days such as days off, paid leaves, or even allocated free times are spent on your move. This system also helps you avoid missing out on work tasks and other obligations so you won’t jeopardize your academics and/or your career. As such, try to also talk with your superiors or your teachers in order to see whether they'll be able to help provide you with much-needed time so you can pull off your move properly and without any hassle. 

DIY Your House Move: Conquer The Moving Timeline!

With the above tips in mind, it’s important to remember that it’s completely possible to perform a house move on your own terms and DIY it like any other house project. In fact, with the above tips, you may be able to have an amazing time with your house move - from planning your actual move, to performing the move itself on move day, and even settling in with your family. Thanks to the above tips, you’ll be able to conquer your house move and have a more delightful time with your family after you push through with your move in no time at all.

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