DMB Transport: Preparing for the move

Today I’m going to share my experience on how people prepare for the moving day. Having worked in the industry for several years, and having done the actual moving in Montreal myself for a couple of seasons, I have seen all kinds from horrible to excellent.

Do not leave anything hanging loose. If you do, it will take longer and shows that you don’t care about two things: the money and the condition in which it will arrive.

If you don’t care, movers will not either, so take your time to prepare well.

Let us try to make it short and sweet.

You have to get different size boxes, scotch with gun, shrink and bubble wrap, a roll of brown paper, and high quality, thick garbage bags.

Important: Heavy items in small boxes and light items in big boxes.

The move goes way faster if heavy items are in small boxes. There is nothing worse than a huge suitcase full of books. The weight of each item should be distributed in a homogeneous way both for safety of your belongings and for loading efficiency.

My only suggestion on this one is be careful if your street is very narrow. This is especially true if you live on a street where a car barely passes and you always see hanging mirrors on the cars of those too lazy to fold them. The point is, if the movers have to walk half a block with each item, it might cost you a couple of hundreds extra so put those chairs out or park your and your friend’s cars in front of the door the night before.

To summarize, have everything nicely packed with weight distributed equally and fragile items adequately padded. Have your elevators and parking spaces reserved and everything will go smoothly.

If you follow these directions your cost will be minimized and your belongings safe.

Please check the links below for places to get moving supplies.

For more information visit:  http://www.dmbtransport.com/