Relocation is known to be strenuous and challenging, whether you are moving far and nearby. Proper moving materials and adequate planning is necessary to ensure that your move goes smoothly. Hiring a Long island moving company can ensure that you relocate with peace of mind and in comfort. Hence plan well, hire a good moving company and follow a few simple tips and advices to make your move efficient and stress free. Do your homework well and locate a good Long island moving and storage company to begin with.

Try and get quotes from a couple of shortlisted companies and compare their costs and services rendered. Call the shortlisted Long island transportation company and get complete details of the services they offer. Make sure that the charges they quote includes insurance.  After a thorough comparison, pick a company that will well suit your budget and requirement. You can also store certain large items at their storage facility, if you so wish. Visit the company facility and check out the storage units in Long Island to ensure that they will be adequate and suitable for your needs. It is advisable to do this before you decide on hiring them.

Keep all the insurance papers with you while you move. This should include your medical and property insurances, medical and dental records, prescriptions and vaccination records. Also keep your wills, jewelry, certificates and other such valuable items with you instead of packing them. In fact it will help if you can sit down and plan your move. Make a list of items you will keep in storage or leave behind, the items that you need to move to your new location and the list of items that you should carry with you. Make this list before you call the Long Island moving and Storage Company. You can also segregate the items, as this will help the packers to pack more efficiently and ensure that there is no room for comparison. All items that need to be stored can be packed and transported by the company’s vehicles to their storage facility.

The trained personnel from such Long island moving companies are competent and know their job well. They will package all the delicate glass items, crockery, and other fragile articles with care, in soft tissue or bubble wrapping paper. They will then place them in larger boxes which will be lined with cushioning material. They will also ensure that there is enough bubble wrap cushioning in between the items when they are placed in the cartons. This will ensure that during the move the items do not rub against each other and get chipped or damaged. These cartons will be labeled and marked as ‘fragile’ so that the loaders take adequate care.

The workers from the Long island moving company will dismantle all the larger furniture and pack the various parts and bolts in one large carton, again ensuring that the boxes are marked and labeled clearly. This is very important as then the assembling the furniture at the other end will become simpler. Thus these companies will envisage all probable issues and provide adequate solutions, to ensure that all your belongings are moved and delivered at your new place in good condition and in the shortest possible time.