A promotion or a job transfer or even the need to upgrade your home-all these necessitate a moving. Moving across a country or a town is not only an exhaustive task. It is also a very expensive endeavour. Your employer may reimburse the moving expense. Yet moving is generally associated with a lot of hidden and uncovered costs. But there are ways to limit the moving expenses. Here is the money saving tips for your next move, listed for you.
•Get boxes instead of buying: From local grocery or liquor stores you can get empty boxes for packing instead of buying new ones. This way you can save up to $100. You can get boxes also from just-moved-in new tenants. If your employer is sponsoring your move save the new boxes for future use.
•Packing Tape: Buy this from a hardware store instead of from a grocery or an office supplies shop. If you do, you surely will save up to $5 per roll.
•Truck Rentals: Comparison is the key. Make a survey of few truck rental companies and compare their prices before deciding. Also, as you are going to bear the gas cost get an idea abut the average mile-per-gallon of the truck you reserve. You may be renting the truck at one place but may be moving to a different city or state. So ensure that your homeowner’s insurance will cover your household goods and your auto insurance covers for the truck so that you need not go for additional insurance from your rental company.
•Storage Facility: Decide on a storage facility after considering space, security and accessibility aspects. Never sign a contract with the storage facility company if you are not confident of making the payments. You can always use your credit card for the recurring monthly costs. But you have to pay off the balance in full every month. Enquire about the partnership pricing that may be available. You could get a storage facility for just $1 for the first month if you rent the truck at the same time.
•Packing the Fragile: Safe packing of fragile goods need expensive packing material. What you can do is to use towels, bed linens, blankets, shower curtains, rugs etc. instead. This is a better alternative than the newspaper as there will not be ink residue. Also you can save the cost of special packing materials.
•Essentials: At your arrival at the new home you immediately need the necessary items like toiletries, toilet paper, change of clothes, towels, bed linens etc. Pack these essentials in an easily identifiable and readily accessible place like the top drawer of a furniture piece.
•Utilities: Cancel the utilities at your old home a day after your move. Also start the utilities at your new home a day before your arrival. This may cost a few dollars extra but ensures your comfort and convenience. Because the utilities companies generally don’t give assurance on cut-off and start-up time. Electricity, gas, water, phone, cable and garbage are the utility services you need. Contact information about companies offering these services can be had from the property management company or the Chamber of Commerce in your new area.
•Sell Empty Boxes: You have to spend around $25 for your empty boxes to be picked up by the private trash collecting service of your complex. Instead you can donate the boxes to a new neighbour.
•Address Changes: It is important that you intimate the change in your address to your banks, credit card companies, doctors, insurance companies, U.S. Post Office, magazines, and utility companies.
•Save the Receipts: Your moving expenses are tax deductible if your employer is not sponsoring your relocation. So, save all your moving receipts.
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