Make moving house easy

When you hire a professional mover, you will not have to worry about packing and unpacking plus carrying the items around because they provide all these services. Photo by Rachel Mabala

What you need to know:

People move house every day but more so at the beginning of the year. Therefore, if you have such plans, using movers will make the process a little easier.

Moving house can be stressful for most people because they have to take a lot of time off work to plan and prepare and pack their items then move them to the new house.
For Mariam Najjuma who has moved more than once, it has been more than a struggle. She says it involves loss of property, is time consuming and wastage of money unless you employ some people to help you in the house moving process. “The pressure involved in house moving usually makes you forget certain small things such as lights and wall hangings, this happens when you decide to move yourself because you will do everything on your own,” Najjuma explains.

Using movers
However, currently some people have streamlined the house moving mechanisms and this has seen the relocating process become an easy task.
Lawrence Mukwaya, managing director, Uganda Movers and Packers Limited, says the easiest way moving house can be made convenient is by employing a company to handle the process professionally.

How it’s done
He explains that when hired, movers first do a home survey. “Here, you go through every room of the house with the client and decide what stays and what goes with him. We usually take photos to look back on. It also helps you refresh your memory and noting that all the items were delivered,” say Mukwaya.
He explains that such photos also make the work of organising easy especially when setting up the house at the new premise.
“When we get at the clients premise, we pack the items in standard moving boxes and label each box with the name of the room for which it is assigned, we sometimes label the boxes according to the content in the boxes,” he adds.

Dealing with delicate items
House movers companies also relocate other items such as containers, generators and dog houses, but there are items which are delicate for instance electronics and framed art or pictures. The movers use bubble wrap to protect each item to be transferred, they also secure them with stripes of tape for extra protection.
For items like computers and televisions, there are standard boxes that are used and wrapped together with labels for easy identification.
Meanwhile, Fahimah Nakanyike, a resident of Ndejje, says house movers usually take little time to relocate people but the load in the old house also matters.

Unpacking
“Depending on the properties that one has, it may take just a few hours when you hire a company to help you move. They may take at least one day or even less than that, to move a three bedroom house,” Nakanyike says.
After setting up the house at the new premise, the movers call their client to confirm whether all the property is safe and they have been. Meanwhile, this usually happens later when the house has been set up just like the way the client wants it.
However, Mukwaya says that moving is more expensive than most people would think, it requires a truck, labour, wrapping material plus the time involved.
“Packing and wrapping items using wrong materials damages the items and you end up paying extra costs,” he says. Therefore, the next time you are moving, you do not need to stress. Just hire a mover.

Shs 500,000

Average amount in shillings you will need to hire A professional mover if you are moving within eight miles from KAMPALA

Cost
Ideally, there are no hidden costs when you hire professional movers. Their charges are estimates of the distance or the kind of service or storage you opt for. Since this is a local move, the distance cost will be relatively lower.