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Re the Ikea beds.

You will probably need a phillips screw driver for the screws that hold the slats down. (they are the pieces right below the matress which support the mattress)

You will probably also need an allen key of the right size for the main frame of the bed and possibly a normal flat ended screwdriver for the little barrel shaped pieces of metal that the allen key screws screw into.

It is usually fairly straightforward to take the beds apart, the issue is will all the bits come out so that you can pop them all into a bag (bag per bed). What I do if one or more of the little barrel shaped pieces refuses to come out is I tape over them so that they cannot fall out on the journey. At least then I know they will be there when I come to putting the bed back together.


eta: forgot. There will also be lots of little wooden dowels which if you can remove them you can also pop into the bag with the nuts and bolts, its better to remove them incase they get damaged on route.
 
_pH_ said:
When taking beds etc apart, where possible screw the screw/bolt back into the hole it came out of so you don't spend ages with a bolt in your hand thinking 'where the fuck does this go??? :mad:' when you're trying to put it back together.
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or gaffer the screws to the furniture :)
 
Kanda said:
I actually just got a quick quote for my move, £361 and they pack it for you :D

I might use them to come pack it and store it till I am ready to move. I'm V. Lazy :D

Fanks Pip, appreciated.
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That wouldn't be for an entire two bed flat though, eh? :rolleyes: :(

I tell you what, it'd leave me with bugger all money, but I'd be fucking tempted for <£400. :D
 
sheothebudworths said:
That wouldn't be for an entire two bed flat though, eh? :rolleyes: :(

I tell you what, it'd leave me with bugger all money, but I'd be fucking tempted for <£400. :D
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Yup, I got the quote based on 2 bed as most of the other stuff in the house, TV's, Stereo, Consoles, kitchen gear etc etc is mine.
 
aqua said:
or gaffer the screws to the furniture :)
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That's what I'm going to do - stick the screws etc into a good placcy bag and tape them firmly onto the furniture (or possibly seal and name each bag and stick them in a separate bag I'll carry with me :hmm: ).
 
Kanda said:
Yup, I got the quote based on 2 bed as most of the other stuff in the house, TV's, Stereo, Consoles, kitchen gear etc etc is mine.
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:eek: :hmm: :cool:

I have two sofas, three beds, two tables (one very heavy bench), three heavy bookshelfs, a wash machine, very, very heavy cooker, bad access etc.......god I'm so tempted :D ...but then I'd have to live with the dodgy paint/wallpaper job and it'd take ages to save up again......GAH! :mad:
 
Mine's only up the road, but I seriously doubt you have more stuff than me!

I would weigh it up though....given the cost of paying my ex's mate and extra rental days here....mind you that's still under £150 max and I have to decorate!
It's like I've gone mad! :eek:

I've always said that if I was rich I would have a swimming pool and pay people to move for me. :D

(I'm not though. :mad: )
 
DotCommunist said:
Here's one from an oft moved person with lots of books.

Use fruit/veg boxes. The have convenient carry handles, you can get them free from the supermarket. They stack easily in the van, and aren't cripplingly heavy in the way that bigger boxes full of books are.
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IME, better still are the boxes that pubs get their bottles of spirits in, the ones that hold six 1 1/2-litre bottles. They're reasonably sturdy, all one size so they stack easily, and they're small enough to be filled right up without becoming too heavy to lift.
 
My tip.

When using a van borrowed from family which is normally used for work, make sure the idiot empties it out before he brings it round to you. :rolleyes: :mad:
 
Roadkill said:
IME, better still are the boxes that pubs get their bottles of spirits in, the ones that hold six 1 1/2-litre bottles. They're reasonably sturdy, all one size so they stack easily, and they're small enough to be filled right up without becoming too heavy to lift.
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It's sounding more and more as though I just ought to start frequenting more pubs. :hmm: :cool:






TY to Pip, btw. Acers xxxx :cool:
 
Colour code boxes with a sticker and do the same with the rooms the boxes are intended for in the new house eg blue sticker on kitchen stuff, blue sticker on new kitchen door. My mum did this once when moving and she said it helped a lot especially as you can't assume people helping know that the room on the left is the kid's bedroom or your bedroom and so on.
 
What's the new place like? Is it bigger/better?

Good tip with the coloured coded stickers to rooms.

I like moving as I tend to eat takeaway for a few days and not feel guilty about it..:)
 
On the people to inform list:

Car insurance..

Your new postcode may be cheaper or more expensive than your present.
 
http://www.needhams.co.uk/advice.php
http://www.expressremovals.com/
http://www.allplace.co.uk/

we got quotes from all the above places for moving one of our students from our unit to her new house in brighton. admittedly it was for a smaller amount of stuff ( 1 bedroom's worth plus a few bits and bobs) but as it was a lot of specialist equipment, there was easily enough to justify using a removal firm. they were, from what i remember, all quite reasonable amounts. might be worth getting quotes just to see if the cost is justified by the lack of hassle :)

my top moving tip would be to see if you can get a friend or family member to take the kids of your hands for the day and night of the move. when we moved back to Surrey from Wales, the kids went to my sisters as soon as we got back to surrey. meant we could get the main parts of the house sorted and cleaned , and made to look more like it was ours iyswim, so when the kids moved in the next day we could spend time helping them settle in. admittidly ours were younger than your two when we moved, but it did help greatly :)

we are looking at moving in the next year or so, and i'm already dreading it!
 
Excellent plan Mrs M! Hehe!

Big one will be at school...and will undoubtedly walk all the way back to the old place before remembering we've moved half way back towards his school :p and the smallest will be at school till 11.30 or something (she's starting in September :cool: ).

My PLAN is that ex and his mate will be shifting the big stuff :o while myself and my bezzer move plants and pictures and crockery etc in her gf's car (they're in Greece atm, so they're not quite clear on this bit of that plan yet :p ).

The kids can just go and wreak havoc in the new garden when my son gets back...in the meantime, I know my daughter would like to 'help', although I'm not sure how effective she'll be (well I am, tbf :rolleyes: ).
 
Aha. More moving joy! I'm just on my second move in a year. When it's a "good" move, the unpacking bit is indeed fab. I'm doing mine bit by bit, so it's all just how I want it. And using it as a crap-sorting-chucking excercise. I can't face doing that on the move out bit.

The downside of that is that things get moved which really shouldn't have been. I've ended up with things like grill pan handles. :rolleyes: I mentioned this to some friends who've just been moving. They had the same approach and had it packed for them. Into the lorry went things like full crates of recycling waste. :)
 
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