DIY Moving – Saving Green

Moving is often a very stressful time for you and your family. Instead of paying big bucks to hire a moving company to do it for you – consider just hiring the truck and doing most of the manual labor yourself. Go a step further and use recycled eco moving boxes and packaging.

The first step is to do some shopping around – call or inquire online to various moving services New York before you decide on a company to go with. Most companies can give you a good estimated quote based on the amount of furniture you intend on moving. Tell the representative how many rooms of furniture you need to move – you’ll get a good idea of how big of a truck you’ll need to rent. Also, just to keep things in perspective, inquire how much it would cost for the same amount of rooms to be moved if the company did it all for you. You may be shocked how much you can save if you do most of it yourself!

You can find many places to re-use boxes for moving. A good source is retail stores such as grocery, drug store or even clothing stores. Go well in advance to local stores and find out when their usual shipment delivery dates are. Then you can go on that store’s delivery date to ask for moving boxes. It’s very likely the store would be happy to see their boxes recycled instead of going directly to the trash.

Definitely inquire if the moving company’s new york packing services offer recycled packaging goods. Many moving companies offer recycled boxes as well. If you can’t get boxes from local retail stores, contact any local moving company to see if they sell boxes and packaging supplies – you’ll find most do.

Whatever Residential moving company you decide to do business with, do your homework and ask questions well in advance of your moving date. Book your moving truck early and confirm a week or two before your date for peace of mind. If you plan ahead, your next move doesn’t have to cost a small fortune.