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Run the contents of your freezer right down so there's not so much to move and you're not worrying about the contents defrosting.

In your new home, sort out your bed/s early on moving day, so when you are worn out, you can fall into a bit of comfort.

Pack a box with a kettle, cups and tea/coffee, milk etc. and take it with you in your car so it is to hand as soon as you need it.

Decide your evening meal plan well in advance.

Good luck! xx

We moved today with 2 lorry loads . We had 6 strapping great lads who packed and labelled everything.

They dismantled and reassembled furniture for transport and we're fabulous.

They packed yesterday leaving just essentials. Finished this morning and completed the job by 5pm.

It was stress free and although we have a gazillion boxes all the right boxes are in the right room and clearly labelled with contents.

Money well spent in my opinion I wouldn't do it any other way !

Ask them if they supply wardrobe boxes. Your clothes are just taken out of your wardrobes, go straight onto hangers in the boxes and are then put straight into your wardrobes at the other end. Saves a lot of buggering about.

I'll have a word with our removers and see what they can do for us.

Label boxes, and not down what is in them.

Agree with Iam64 're the kettle etc, but would add that the first thing to on arrival at the new house is to make up the bed!

The removers will mark the packing cases with room and what’s in there! For example; kitchen, serving dishes.

I wanted to pay removers to pack but DH said we should do it so we know where everything is. [hmmm]

Get a good removal company in and let them do it all. Ours were brilliant and it was stress free. Worth the money.

Ive only obvious suggestions but definitely, pack the kettle, milk, tea/coffee and mugs in a box that goes in last, marked very clearly so you can find it easily. Think about food for the moving day - either cook something that can be heated, or preferably, identify a local take away to deliver to you .
Pack items that go together and mark the boxes very clearly so you don't have to rummage about.
Yes de-clutter, then de-clutter again.

Pay the removers to pack. It’s around £200 extra for a 4 bed house, but so worth it.
Our packers took 2days. After a while I went out and left them to it. (Also left DH at home to twiddle his thumbs!)
They pack everything, like locusts. Just provide lots of cups of tea and biscuits!

Get physical help on the day, I've done moves stubbornly and suffered, hated to ask but now I would