Guest Post by NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm
Movers hired? Check. Moving day scheduled? Check. Packed? Um… If your answer to this question is no, it’s probably because you’re overwhelmed by looking around at all the stuff in your home. One of the most common moving questions is: “How many boxes will I need?” Once you know the answer, it helps “move” along the packing process.
So, how do you know how many boxes to buy? We have created a handy graph to give you an estimate of how many boxes you’ll need based on the size of your home:
Calculating how many boxes you need in advance, saves you time and money; avoid running out multiple times to get more boxes or spending money on boxes you don’t need. General Rule of Thumb: The longer you have lived in your home, the more stuff you will have accumulated. You know if you’re a pack rat, now’s the time to own it. If you have lived in your home for more than 5 years or are just NOT a less-is-more type of a person, buy the higher number of boxes for your move. Also, check with your moving company to see if they buy back unused boxes or will give you a discount on used boxes. Some moving companies will do both! Check with the movers first, and then stock up!
Having the right packing supplies and techniques will assist you in getting your treasures all in one piece to your new home. For more packing and moving box & supplies tips (including how to pack videos) visit: www.northstarmoving.com/moving-tips/packing-tips. Happy Packing!
Laura McHolm is an organizational, moving & storage expert and co-founder of NorthStar Moving Company. NorthStar Moving Company is an award winning, “A+” rated company, which specializes in providing eco-luxury moving and storage services. www.northstarmoving.com
Lindsay, great information as it can be stressful when moving and we sure do accumulate a tone of stuff over the years. As an Associate Broker/Realtor, I encourage my clients to look at companies like “Box-It” located in Doylestown, PA for reused boxes. The are essentially almost new and they will calculate the amount of boxes that you need free of charge. A better method that I use is paying it forward by asking buyers to give sellers that I work with all of there boxes as they will only have to pay to get them reused. From an environmental perspective, this makes sense as well. I find it a win-win for all parties.
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Your comment about how the longer you have lived in your home the more stuff you will have accumulated made a lot of sense. I would think that many people don’t bother factoring tin their amount of time in a house when they are planning to buy supplies for a move. it would make sense to me to get a quote from a packaging supply retailer of some sort too, since they would most likely have a good idea of how to estimate these things.
Thanks for posting about moving boxes. Moving Boxes are for the safe transportation of delicate artifacts without any mishap and incident, even over the most challenging road conditions.
This is a great graph, thank you very much!