When you are young and heading off to college, everything you own can fit in a suitcase and in the back seat of your car. As you grow older, however, you accumulate more and more stuff and moving it from place to place grows more difficult. It may be time to break down and hire a moving company to help you this time around. 1. You Have Small Kids or Pets
When you are moving locally, you may not worry about it being a stressful process because you can often take your time and go on as many trips as you need. But, a long-distance move is quite different in that you will only be leaving your property once to make the trip to your new home. If you want to keep stress to a minimum for everyone in your family throughout the entire long-distance move, you should get help from professional movers.
My mother turned into a bit of a hoarder when all of us kids moved out. It has been ten years since any of us lived with her and in that time, she managed to fill three bedrooms with all sorts of things that she really didn't need. All of that stuff was keeping her from being able to house my brothers when they came into town, so I offered to help her get organized. The first thing I did was found a storage unit nearby to rent. On this blog you will find tips for using a storage unit to organize a hoarded household.