A complete guide for house shifting for seniors!

It’s never too late to start anything! If you were too engrossed in your entire youth taking care of your family’s needs, bringing up your children providing them all that they need for a bright future, you probably ended up staying in the same house for years. And when you finally retired, you obviously entered your comfort zone, wherein accepting or bringing any change isn’t as easy as it would have been before! But you do understand that you need a new, more suitable home for yourself and your partner. Or build or buy that dream home you always had in your mind. You are finally ready to move out for something better! Kudos! 

When you see that your kids have already left long back and settled in their new homes, leaving rooms empty; or, most of the rooms in your house are unused becoming dumping ground for unused stuff; if the ever increasing unkempt foliage in your garden is too much of a task for you; and you have got a house full of furniture and accessories, and only the two of you (or sometimes even one) to enjoy it — understand that it’s time you welcomed a change! This house you currently live in was perfect for a growing bustling family, but is perhaps too overwhelming for senior citizens like you, and is too demanding or taxing too. You aren’t just storing things and a house that’s decades old, but also wasting your time and energy maintaining and keeping it sound too. This time and energy are what you could actually use to enjoy your life now that you have some time for yourself!  

How Should You Go about Changing Your House?

Now that you know the need for changing your home, it’s time to get ready for the biggest yet best change of your life. There’s a fat chance your children would be available to help you in this, because of the busy schedule in everyone’s life. But don’t worry, we are here to guide you about the same in the simplest way possible! Read about the steps to help you shift your home easily: 

• Sit and Plan —You just can’t say action and start packing the entire stuff of the home (years of hoarding!) one fine day and get moving! Everything needs to be planned adequately and packed systematically in order to create the minimum amount of mess and confusion possible. And you’ll also need to unpack what you packed, so better be accurate from the beginning and do everything with proper planning. Write down the important and most essential items, and which room you’ll be packing in which week. (As you’re alone, you’ll have to start packing at least a month prior to shifting) .
• Get Rid of Waste and Surplus Items — There’s bound to be a lot of waste items and accessories in the house including older furniture that isn’t much use for you now. As you’ll be shifting in a new compact place, these won’t fit in there as it is. You can actually make some good money selling them in a furniture store catering to pre-owned stuff. Also, you can donate some of your items that aren’t of any use to you, but can be a blessing for someone. Don’t hold on to things just because of your emotional attachment to them – be practical when you sort.
• Pack the Essentials Numbered and Named— There would be antique showpieces or really good painting from your home, your personal stuff and even your kitchen essentials. Ensure you are packing everything giving them numbers as to which box should be unpacked first and which can stay for a month and be unpacked later. Also, naming or labelling them saves trouble too.
• Hire Professional Removalists — Removal services are available everywhere around the globe. These are professionals who help you to change your home with the least hassle. They handle the moving of your stuff and transporting and placing those in your new home. You can inquire about some good but cheap removalists in Sunshine Coast like Enrights Removals. They’ll carry out the entire moving procedure for you and you can just relax while they do the hard work and then directly takeover at the new home!
• Detailed Final Check — After you have moved your entire belongings to your new place, we suggest that you visit your old home again. You may have left some important items back or wouldn’t have locked a certain room properly or left a water tap open in the hassle. Ensure to take a detailed tour of the entire property thoroughly, and then handover the keys to the new owner.
• Left Out but Important Steps — Just take a key note that you don’t forget these factors in your moving hassle. Ensure your legal documents and papers are safe with you, keep your cash and cheque books secured with you and don’t mix it up with your other belongings. Also, make sure the grocery isn’t much stocked when you know you are moving away. Also remember to send across a change of address message to all your acquaintances, business contacts, postal department before moving out.  

We know moving out of your lovely home is an ordeal for you! But think about the various happiness and fresh feelings a new yet compact lifestyle is going to bring to you in your new home and enjoy living life!