{"id":1437,"date":"2010-06-25T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2011-07-14T15:34:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:34:25","slug":"how-to-make-moving-house-easier-less-damaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/1437","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Moving House Easier &#038; Less Damaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time of year tends to be a popular time to move house. While some people choose the professional removals option, many opt for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/diyremovals.php\" target=\"_self\">money-saving DIY removals job<\/a> &#8211; especially given the current economic situation.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re moving house soon and are planning to do it yourself, then I&#8217;d like to offer you a few tips that should make your life easier and reduce the chances of any of your furniture or belongings getting damaged in transit.<\/p>\n<p>These may sound stupid and obvious, but it&#8217;s surprising how many people get it wrong:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Furniture won&#8217;t protect itself in the back of the van &#8211; it needs to be protected with blankets or it will get scratched<\/li>\n<li>Your back won&#8217;t thank you for too much heavy lifting &#8211; beg, borrow or steal a sack barrow so that you can avoid having to carry heavy boxes more than a few metres<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t rely on gravity to stop your stuff moving around in the back of the van &#8211; get some cheap lashing straps and tie movable objects to the side or floor of the van (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/info.php?inforef=load-van\" target=\"_self\">click here for tips on loading a van<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Boxes of books weight a lot &#8211; use small boxes and make sure they are strong (so the bottom doesn&#8217;t fall out&#8230;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may be thinking that all of this is an extra cost &#8211; well, perhaps. The good news is that many rental companies (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-5373532-10778870?sid=blog&amp;url=http:\/\/banner.nonstoppartner.net\/common\/banner.php?i=click&amp;client=sixt&amp;camp=linkgen&amp;nw=89ri&amp;l=uk&amp;uci=99999\" target=\"_blank\">like Sixt<\/a>) will lend\/rent you the straps and sack barrow along with a van for just a few quid extra. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/scripts.affiliatefuture.com\/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=101519&amp;merchantID=2067&amp;programmeID=5497&amp;mediaID=0&amp;tracking=packingguide&amp;url=http:\/\/www.thepackagingstore.co.uk\/main.asp?catid=13\" target=\"_blank\">Proper removals-strength boxes<\/a> are also available surprisingly cheaply from companies like <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/scripts.affiliatefuture.com\/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=101519&amp;merchantID=2067&amp;programmeID=5497&amp;mediaID=0&amp;tracking=packingguide&amp;url=http:\/\/www.thepackagingstore.co.uk\/main.asp?catid=13\" target=\"_blank\">The Packaging Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s well worth spending a few quid and a little bit of time preparing and packing for your move properly &#8211; it&#8217;s what a removals company would do and it will almost certainly save you from damage, delays and unnecessary aches and pains!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving house is a lot easier and less painful if you have the right equipment &#8211; blankets, boxes, lashing straps and a sack barrow all help to protect your stuff (and your back) from damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[463],"tags":[459,1960,824,823,18,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}