Useful Notes For Packing Projects

1. At least 2 rolls of bubble wrap (10-15m long)

2. At least 2-3 rolls of cling wrap (500mm long)

3. Newsprint paper

4. Packing boxes

5. Masking tape

To ensure that the boxed is taped well:

1. Tape it horizontally along the middle line at least 3x

2. Then go perpendicular across at least 2x

1. Pack them according to the rooms in the new house

2. Make sure that the weight per box is acceptable. It is ok to mix heavy with light items

If necessary to do an inventory list, here is an example

1. Ideally not to write on the boxes directly as some companies reuse the boxes

2. Label directly on our coloured tape, or labels provided by them

3. Use 1 label colour for 1 room for easy identification

4. Make sure to label the boxes on the same side, or same corner of the box

Fragile items

• Make sure to wrap them in bubble wrap, taped securely at the side

• When they are packed into boxes, make sure they don’t move around. Add newsprint stuffing or cloth items to fill the gaps.

Books

• Only up about 1/3 to max 1/2 of the boxes as books are very heavy

• You can add on other lighter items inside to fill the boxes, e.g. soft toys, bags, paper bags

Kitchen

• Use kitchen towels or cloths to wrap fragile or sharp items, e.g. knives

Clothes

• Leave them on hangers to save time

• Wrap a bunch of clothes on hangers with a trash bag, before putting in the box

Things already in small organising boxes

• Leave them in boxes and stack the boxes up inside the moving box

• if the box or bin has no lid, use cling wrap to wrap around

Loose items without packaging

• Keep them in ziplocks

1. All boxes stacked up neatly either against the wall away from the windows or in the middle of the room so that they still have access to wardrobes, windows, any thing else still unpacked.

2. Make sure the boxes are stacked up facing the same direction

3. All boxes are neatly labelled

4. Small decor items are all removed from the walls, ceilings (e.g. CNY decor, fairy lights, posters, etc.)