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Expert Tips for Downsizing before a Big Move

Garry B. Richardson October 4, 2024
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Moving can be a costly and tiresome adventure. You need to downsize your spaces to ensure you move only with the necessary things. Having fewer things can help reduce the overall moving cost and time to settle into your new home. In addition, you will have more time since you will pack fewer things. Downsizing is critical because it helps let go of unused possessions and older things, making your new home more manageable. If you don’t know how to downsize, ask professional movers with years of experience. Moving companies such as Ramar Transportation will help you with every step of the move, including packing and unpacking. They will help declutter and get rid of most items sustainably. This blog will explore expert tips for downsizing before a big move.

Why Downsizing is Ideal

There are many reasons and advantages to moving. Downsizing helps make your life easier, as you can access daily routines in a less cluttered space. In addition, it’s an opportunity to improve your mental health by making your home easy to maintain and clean. You get to reassess your possessions, knowing what is a priority and what is not.

Tips to Downsize

Schedule Your Timeline

Moving is already stressful, and you can’t complete all tasks at a go. When considering moving, you must dedicate enough time to downsize your belongings and make them manageable. You can start as early as two months from the planned moving day. This will ensure you declutter and downsize all your belongings by the moving day. Note that sorting all your possessions can feel easy, but without a good plan, it can be messy, and most people even give up before they begin.

You need to create a plan for what items you don’t need, such as those you haven’t touched for the last two years. Further, you will need to plan and create a timeline for discarding some of the items. Having a plan and timeline helps you navigate your steps back and readjust to ensure things favor you.

Sort Your Items

You need to sort your things out and place them in either of the four categories: Keep, donate, sell, and discard. You must categorize things to make it easy to decide what to keep or discard. Some categories include linen closets, garage tools, kitchen supplies, and bedding. Those that you can keep include items that are in good condition and are currently helpful. If an item is in a bad condition, you can discard them. If you are moving into a small home, you must get rid of the large items quickly. This will help reduce the cost by reducing the weight of your belongings.

Take a Photo of Each Room

A trick to downsize is taking a photo of your current home, which helps you identify items you genuinely love. Taking a picture will help you see things you might want to move to your new home with and those you value. You can assess how frequently you use each item in the photo to determine if you will keep or discard it.

It’s a Wrap!

Downsizing your possessions is an emotional challenge that you will need tricks to overcome. Check if you need the item in question and how frequently you use it. If you are having an issue downsizing, engage a reputable moving company to help you with tricks to sort your things out.

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