If you are planning to relocate to a new house or a new office, you must be terribly excited, and unless you are unusually well organized, you must be scared out of your wits at the idea of shifting all your furniture to the new place. You look around at your furniture like you are seeing it for the last time, and choke on the fear that your favourite chair will not make it to its new destination. You wonder if it is humanly possible to transport that large cupboard even to the next room.

You fret and fume as you pace the floor, trying to formulate a workable plan for furniture removal. Quite likely, you bump into your beloved furniture as you move around abstractedly, wondering if you will ever get around to taking some practical steps about all the stuff that you need to take with you to the new place. And finally you get a brainwave: I ll just hire a professional furniture removalist! Bingo, problem solved. Or maybe you ve just taken your furniture removal problems to a whole new level.
Anyone can buy a truck, get a website, give an advertisement and call themselves furniture removalists. This does not mean that are any good at it: furniture removal needs organizational skills and trained professionals who know how to transport big hefty items of furniture, as well as delicate devices and appliances.

An untrained and unprofessional furniture removalist is unlikely to be any better than you at furniture removal, and you can expect him to knock your wall and scratch or even break your possessions. Also, if you are really unlucky, his incapability may force him to leave the work half-done, and you will land in soup. Also, in case something breaks, you won t get any insurance from your unlicensed furniture removalist.

So, while it might cost a bit more, it certainly pays well to hire a licensed furniture removalist company to take care of your relocation. Hiring a decent furniture removal company will ensure that your furniture and appliances do not get damaged and their professional experience will make your relocation hassle-free and smoother. But remember, you need get some basic things right before removal process to ensure that everything works according to plan.

It is imperative that you put all your things in sturdy boxes capable of withstanding the weight of items inside. Also, labelling and organizing the boxes carefully will make transporting, unpacking and arranging them easier later on. Also, make sure that you don't keep heavy or sharp items on soft furniture like sofa. If you are transporting brittle and breakable items through furniture removal service, its best to mark the boxes clearly, and inform furniture removal personnel about it.

While the professional furniture removalists are trained to deal with adverse situations and get their work done efficiently, you could simplify your life by making things easier for them. So, don t prepare boxes that are too heavy or bulky as they can be rather unwieldy and difficult to carry. Also, the furniture removalists will need to park their van for the 30-45 minutes its takes to them transfer your goods from the house; so make sure that parking space is available for that day, and talk to the building management to allow you to use the lift for furniture removal.