Organisation

Let’s plan your housewarming party!

Tuesday, January 31st, 2023

The first month of 2023 is practically over. You’ve celebrated your last holidays in your old home and can’t wait to celebrate new ones in your new home. Having taken all of January to move, unpack and settle in, now is the time to host your housewarming party! We know, you’ve just completed a herculean […]

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Moving Boxes – 10 Places to Get them (for free) in York

Friday, November 18th, 2022

Nowadays, more persons are looking for cost-effective ways to spend their money. We are therefore revisiting one cost-saving area in particular: moving boxes. True, we have already provided a few tips on where to source free boxes, but we think you could benefit from an expanded list. Why, you ask? Well in the UK, the […]

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Moving your beloved collectables – A kid gloves’ approach

Sunday, November 15th, 2020

From stamps to Star Wars figures, onto records, miniature villages and trains, we’ve moved every kind of collectable going. But unlike your standard piece of furniture or living room mirror, your collectables mean far more to you than just money. Here’s how to make sure your collectables (whatever they are) move from your old home […]

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Five things to learn from Germans who move house

Wednesday, July 1st, 2020

When you’re saying “auf wiederzehn, pet” to your old house and packing up for your new property, you could do worse than to act like a German. This is a country known for efficiency and precision engineering – clearly, this culture has a lot to offer everyone else who ends up frazzled, burnt out and […]

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There’s a proper way to pack and fill your self-storage. This is it.

Monday, February 3rd, 2020

When renting a self-storage unit, you pay for every single square inch of that space – top to bottom. So you really should be making the most of it. Forget wobbling towers of boxes or chaotic corners of piled clothes – here’s how to ensure your property is both protected, as well as packed and […]

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The Ikea-proof guide to assembling furniture

Friday, January 3rd, 2020

Ahhhh Ikea – the Swedish powerhouse known for its fabulous meatballs, cool Scandinavian style and infuriating flat pack furniture (seriously, how can one bedside table require 105,463 screws?!). If you want to hold onto your sanity and avoid a pile of Ikea products created from moments of flat pack induced-rage, you’d better read this guide… […]

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Moving your motorbike? You’ve got three options…

Saturday, June 1st, 2019

Biker – you love your motorbike; to you, it’s not just a mode of transportation or a collection of nuts and bolts. It’s your pastime – your pride and joy, and if you’re soon to move it, and can’t or won’t be riding it, you need to make a careful decision as to just how […]

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How to pack your moving van like a Jedi Knight

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose” OK, that may not be the best Yoda quote to use when it comes to moving. But the point is, we’re Yoda, and you’re our Luke Skywalker – by the end of this blog, you’re going to be transformed into a Jedi Master mover. Leia […]

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7 days. And counting – How to move in one week

Saturday, December 1st, 2018

The countdown is on, you’ve got to be out in a week. Whether a cash buyer has sprung up from nowhere, or you’re a tenant and you’ve left everything until (almost) the last minute, you have 7 days. Not a minute more. With so much to do, we’d better get moving… here’s our how to. […]

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A magic wand – Make your new home cosy in 2 hours flat

Thursday, November 1st, 2018

It was weeks, possibly months in the planning. And now that you’re in, everything is in utter, complete turmoil. The bad news is that you can expect this chaos for at least a couple more weeks. The good news is there are seven fast tasks that you can do to make your home, feel like […]

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