15May 2014

When you’re relocating whether you’re moving to Europe or just the next street over, no one ex-pects the boxes to be very important. People have the idea that since cardboard boxes are possibly the dullest things in existence there’s no need to think about them that much. There aren’t magazines dedicated to boxes like there are to classic, defunct car manufacturers. But there’s probably about as much to say.There are horror stories to be heard about people who end up having boxes fall in on themselves, destroying the valuable goods housed inside. One states a particular situation where someone’s television fell out of the bottom of a big box (originally holding crisps), right onto the pavement out-side their new flat. The box was very flimsy and that should’ve been taken thoroughly taken into account, but unfortunately for them, it was not.If this isn’t a cautionary tale, who knows what is. Don’t ever use a box intended to carry 100 multi-packs of crisps to carry something which is 100 times heavier. Supermarket boxes are definitely not designed for the moving home process, which is why they are sold by packing companies and removal firms who actually know what they are talking about. Make sure to listen to them, because people maybe don’t even know they exist. They might also think cardboard boxes are so dull no-body even sells them for fear of having the job title of ‘cardboard box salesman’, but no, seek out cardboard boxes which are of good quality. Reviews can be found on the internet, or you could just touch the box itself to feel how sturdy it is before you buy it, if you’re lucky enough to have a card-board box shop nearby.When you’ve got some good quality cardboard boxes, you should either have incredible faith in your packing capabilities or hire a professional packer to do the job far better than you could have ever dreamed. It’s really important not to mess the packing up, just as it is not to get free moving boxes from the bins. It could mean the difference between owning something breakable and own-ing something broken, so you really have to consider if it’s worth it or not. A packing service as an additional service to moving house shouldn’t be that expensive, all in all, since the same company is coming to do it as before. It’s best to do everything with one company only, so you don’t get things mixed up or have to timetable things awkwardly. Let the company do the timetabling and allow yourself to think as little about it as possible.Cardboard packing boxes are sometimes sold along with removal services, all as part of the pack-age. This is the most useful and convenient thing you could possibly hope for, which people don’t even think to ask about. Maybe you will be lucky enough once to be only moving down the corridor, so boxes can just be emptied and brought back. If this happens, you can use the same sturdy box over and over again, knowing that is trustworthy. Boxes with stapled edges, taped up properly are the ones to look for.The best people to ask are the removal services themselves. If you don’t know something about moving house, they will be happy to answer your questions and guide you towards making the best decision. No one knows everything from birth, the only way you can find out is by asking, or by having something unfortunate happen and it teaching you a lesson you aren’t likely to forget anytime soon, such as a box-related mishap.