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Moving house or van hire on the budget? No problem!

If you just bought a new house, rented a new place, or perhaps moving in with your partner, you will need to think how to get all your things from one place to the other, either by hiring a removals company or trying to figure out a cheaper way to do this. There’s many ways to choose from, though if you’re on the budget you will need to adhere to a few guidelines along the way to make sure it does not cost you all your money.

Right! So you need to move house but the money’s limited. First thing you need to consider is doing it yourself – if you have a car, doesn’t matter if it’s small or large, you can try fitting your things in the boot and driving them over. Of course, this will only work if you don’t have too many things to your name, if you need to move furniture or any other large objects, you will have to either hire a removals guiseley company or a van. However, if you only have things that will fit in your car, even if you would have to make a few journeys, it’s definitely the most cost effective way to go about things.

Moving on, we’re still on the budget and option 1 does not work for us because we managed to hoard a lot of possessions and furniture over the years. What to do then? You don’t want to spend a fortune on one of them fancy removals companies advertised everywhere, yet you need to move your stuff somehow. You have two choices here if you want to save money.

Option one involves looking for a local man and van company, or even a self employed person that owns a van and does removal services for a small fee. These guys will not pack your stuff into boxes for you, and you might need to help them carry larger objects, but it will save you loads of money and will still get your stuff from one place to the other.

Option two might be similar or cheaper when it comes to money than option one, but you will have to do all the heavy lifting yourself. What is it? Well, just hire a van for a day! If you’re a confident driver, and don’t mind a bit of lifting, or maybe have a friend that can help you out, this might be the most cost effective way to move house.

A few tips for moving house

Moving house can be a very stressful and hectic time, but with the right preparation it doesn’t have to be!

We’re all tempted to do it ourselves sometimes instead of hiring a removals Rawdon company. Sure, you can hire a van for the day and drive it yourself, take care of all the loading and unloading in your own time, but is it worth it? You will find that while the big companies also offering packing service as a part of the package will charge you quite a lot for the whole service that will take all the weight off your shoulders, and compared to that hiring a van to drive it seems like a cheap option.

Of course, if you can afford hiring a big removals Horsforth and have some extra money to burn, there’s nothing better than that! All the packing and loading will be taken care of for you, so all you have to do is settle in your new home after the move!

However, if you’re on the budget and thinking of hiring a van to do it all yourself, there’s another option to consider. Instead of hiring a big company, look for the local one. You will find out that their prices, either by the hour or the daily rates, will be even cheaper than renting a van, plus they will do all the hard work for you! Sure, you still have to do all the packing yourself, but at least all the heavy lifting will be done for you. And all that for the price that won’t break the bank, not to mention you don’t have to worry about damaging the van you rented!