Making The Move To Your New Orange County Home

By: Jerry Glynn

Now that you are an official Orange County home owner, the next step is to make sure that all of your belongings make the move to your new home with you safely. How do you do this. Pre planning and following the simple tips in this article.

First make copies or order copies of all marriage certificates, deeds, wills, insurance policies, and birth certificates and keep the originals with you during the move. You can pack the copies in with the rest of your belongings. Take your video camera or digital camera and record or photograph your most valuable possessions. Be sure to make notes of when they were purchased and how much they are worth. Written records alone work well if you do not have access to a video or still camera, but pictures and video can go a long way towards helping you recover your items in the event that they are lost, stolen, or damaged during the move.

Make sure that you have plenty of supplies. This means lots and lots of boxes, probably more than you think, and if you end up having extra boxes, you can always donate them to a friend. You should also have plenty of unprinted newsprint and bubble wrap to pack your delicate items, and a lot of strong packing tape to seal the boxes. Wardrobe boxes can be perfect for comforters and blankets, and clothes that should remain on hangers, but do not make the mistake of filling these tall boxes with heavy items, as they will impossible to lift and will more than likely break during some point in the move. Take all of the clothes out of your closets to get an estimate of exactly how many wardrobe boxes you will need.

When it comes to packing multiple boxes, it helps to color coordinate each room in the house and affix colored stickers to each box for easier identification. When you arrive at your new Orange County home, this will make it much easier to find and organize things. When packing, keep your books and bookends together, electrical cords wrapped together, picture hooks packed with pictures, and so on. You will be surprised at just how much time this will save you in the long run. These tips will help make the transition to your new Orange County home much smoother and less trouble free as well. The last, and final tip: start packing now, because as any seasoned mover will tell you, it always takes longer than you think.

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