Moving to a new house is a humongous task and one can be completely puzzled about the items and articles that will be required to be packed for moving. Usually the solution is to pack all the stuff other than the furniture that are both inside and outside the house which is left to the mover will pack in a secure way to avoid any damages during movement.

Procurement of Packing Boxes and Accessories

Generally boxes for packing along with packing accessories are usually available to be bought from many sources. Sources such as mover and packers, stores selling groceries, home center, etc., have a large quantity supply of packing boxes. It is best to buy the similar size boxes as packers tend to stack the packed stuff inside the trunk and having similar size boxes will aid the movers in creating more space and stack in a uniform manner. This kind of arrangement usually also helps to protect the boxes from being damaged during shipment from one place to another.

In foreign countries no mover and packers hold responsibility for goods that get damaged in those boxes that the owner of the content has packed. They are tagged as PBO – Packed By Owner, for identification purposes. Whereas when the boxes are packed by the movers themselves, they take complete responsibility of the box and also for those items that get damaged or lost during transit. These boxes are tagged as CP – Carriers Packed.

Packing is an Art

Many home owners commit a grave mistake of packing boxes without having the right kind of knowledge on how a box should be packed. Wrapping house articles and placing them in a box is considered an Art. There are a number of teaching videos online that showcases the complete, step-by-step procedure on how to pack household articles in a box in a very resourceful manner.