House moving advice

[lnr]

Has anyone reading this moved house and used the removal firm to do the packing as well as the moving? I've never done this before, and I wonder is there anything I need to do before the packers arrive on Tuesday? And what will they leave out for us until the move itself on Wednesday?

Thanks.

Oh yes, and we won't have a car.

Comments

[sweh.livejournal.com]

Personally, anything I have the original packaging for (eg DVD player, CD player, VCR etc etc etc) I boxed up myself and sealed the boxes. Similarly for computer equipment. There's a reason I don't throw out boxes :-)

[lnr]

There's a reason we did: nowhere no store them.

[caramel-betty.livejournal.com]

For computer equipment, I'm in two minds about letting packers move it. I've never used them myself, but various different people I know have had bad experiences with packers - one was a friend who had a custom silver case (which got scratched to buggery, despite extra special warnings and supposed extra care), another had it bounced around so much that the graphics card disconnected.

Even when moving to and from university (with parents helping to load the car, because my mother has the spatial awareness gene and I don't), I always handled computers myself - I'm that paranoid.

[emarkienna.livejournal.com]

There's a reason I don't throw out boxes

Ah, I'm glad it's not just me. I'm always reluctant to throw out boxes, despite the space they take up, in case I might need them. People are always asking why I don't throw them out, but when I finally get round to moving, I'll be glad I kept them.

[lnr]

No really, there's absolutely nowhere to store them. Possibly if they were flattened out, but there'd be nowhere for the all-important polystyrene. This house has no loft or garage, and the understairs cupboard and shed are only modest in size.