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031/2016 - overseas householdrelocation in 3 simple steps



Here are the basic three steps for packing a whole household for container shipping:

Step 1 "small boxes"
Put all stuff in cardboard boxes or wrap bigger items that do not fit to cardboards in cushion wrap. Make a list of all boxes with content, measures and weight. Sell / give away / throw away all stuff you do not need. 

Step 2 "furniture"
Disassemble all furniture and protect with cushion wrap. Right now the house is a mess.

Step 3 "big boxes"
Put everything in big boxes that have euro- or inca pallets underneath. Number the big boxes and refer every smallboxnumber to its bigboxnumber in the list. Pro tip: with a little spreadsheetformula it is possible to tell which bigbox shows the highest physical density. 

We are at the beginning of step 3 right now. Two big boxes (80x120x140cm) are done! 

Photo: Kiran and Jamal playing hide and seek within all the huge boxes and the general chaos.