How to Move a Fridge or Fridge Freezer
After moving a fridge, stand it upright and leave it unplugged before you switch it on: UK manufacturers ask for up to 6 hours if it travelled upright, and up to 24…
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How to Move a Mattress
How to move a mattress and bed without bending, tearing or dirtying it: folding, doorways, stairs, wrapping, the van and the old one.
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How to Move a Wardrobe
To move a wardrobe, empty it, take the doors off, and measure before you take anything else apart. If it will pass through the doorways lying down and there is room…
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Helping a Parent Downsize Before a Care Home Move
To help a parent downsize before a care home move, start from the new room, sort with your parent in short sessions, and put anything undecided into storage rather…
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Moving From One Care Home to Another: How the Day Works
A parent can move to another care home, including one in a different area, once the decision and the funding are settled; the date comes last. Settle who is…
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Moving Someone With Dementia Into a Care Home
To move someone with dementia into a care home, talk to them early, check who has the right to decide, and rebuild their room at the home from photographs before…
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What to Take to a Care Home, and What Happens to the Rest
Take what they use and look at every day: their own clothes, labelled; glasses, hearing aids and toiletries; photographs, a clock and a radio; and perhaps a…
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Moving Long Distance: What Changes and What Does Not
A long distance move is one where the crew and your belongings are away overnight. This guide uses our own moves from Sussex, from Norfolk at 164 road miles to…
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What a Smooth House Move in Sussex Really Takes
Moving house in West Sussex, East Sussex or Brighton & Hove means getting three local jobs right: parking the lorry where the rules change from council to council…
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How to Plan a House Move: Your Week-by-Week Timeline
A well-planned house move works backwards from moving day in clear stages: book your removals company and start a gentle declutter at eight weeks out, make the big…
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Moving House at the Last Minute: How to Cope When Time Is Short
On a last-minute move, book the removal first, pack in a fixed order from the loft to the kitchen, keep an essentials box with you, and line up storage in case the…
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The Key Things to Consider When Moving House
The key things to consider when moving house are your budget, a timeline planned backwards from moving day, an early declutter, whether you need storage, and a…
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