Local House Relocation Services

 

Christchurch Removals specialize in short distance, same day, door to door local household relocation services within the greater Christchurch Area. No job is too large or too small!

 DOOR TO DOOR SAME DAY HOUSE RELOCATION SERVICE

We have a range of truck sizes to cope with any size move and they are all equipped with, an abundance of furniture pads, ramps, barrows, tools and staffed a minimum of two experienced house movers. We have built a trusted reputation because our house movers go the extra distance to ensure the safe travel of your belongings and a smooth transition into your new home. Make your house relocation stress free by hiring Christchurch’s professional relocation specialist. For more details, visit https://www.christchurchremovals.co.nz/local-house-relocation-services/

Moving Home from Rented Property – Your Obligations

When you move home, if you are renting the property you are vacating then your obligations to third parties are considerably different to those of an owner-occupier.

The specifics of what you will need to do may vary depending upon the country you live in and its individual laws and regulations. Even so, many of the following will typically be required and this may serve as a useful checklist.   

1. You will be obliged to provide your landlord or their agents with a notice covering your intention to terminate your rental agreement and that notice will need to be a minimum period of time before you depart. That notice period will usually be documented in your existing rental documentation.


2. You will need to notify all of the utility providers concerned that you will no longer be responsible for things such as water, gas, electric and telephone charges from the specified date and time and that you will be vacating the property.


3. Your rental contract probably obliges you to leave the property and its surroundings in the same condition you found them. What that means is you will either need to thoroughly clean the property once all of your furniture and possessions are out of it or pay someone to do that for you.  Many professional furniture removals companies will be able to offer such cleaning services.


For more details, please visit - http://www.christchurchremovals.co.nz/moving-home-from-rented-property-your-obligations/

A Few Words about Postal Shipping

Strictly speaking, this isn’t our domain but it seemed appropriate to say a few words on the subject.

That’s because we sometimes hear of cases where this has ‘gone wrong’ for a client.

What can sometimes happen is that someone has an object that they’ve left with someone else (a family member perhaps) while they move home. Once in place, they ask for the object to be posted to them via recorded and insured postal services.

So far so good but if it arrives damaged, whether due to poor packing or perhaps more commonly poor postal handling, what can you do about it?

In our experience, there is frequent widespread confusion about just what “insured mail” really means.  Typically, the insurance you pay for ONLY covers you against either the total loss of your package in the mail OR it’s total destruction.

The former of these two is easy to prove. If your parcel has been lost or stolen then it’s gone and the insurance should pay up without question. Read more about postal shipping....... http://www.christchurchremovals.co.nz/a-few-words-about-postal-shipping/

Avoiding Fire Risks when Moving Home

Fire is an ever-present danger when lots of household items are densely packed together and contained within a relatively enclosed space, such as a transport vehicle.

At Total Care Removals, we respectfully request that our clients notify us in advance of any materials that might be deemed ‘hazardous’ including inflammable substances. The good news is that many modern materials are very flame-retardant but not all are.

So, if you’re thinking about doing you own packing for a household removal, here are a few things to watch out for.
1. Bar-b-que firelighters or fuel.


2. Highly volatile liquids such as petrol/gasoline – these can often be left unintentionally in
    things such as motorbikes and lawnmowers etc.


3. Gas matches or any other electronic sparking aid designed to get a fire going. Lighters
    (even those in classic lighter collections) are a danger here too.


4. Battery-powered heaters, hair tongs or electrical coils. If they’re accidentally switched on,
    issues might result. Read more  http://www.christchurchremovals.co.nz/avoiding-fire-risks-when-moving-home/

How to Avoid Fixtures and Fittings Disputes when Moving Home

                                                        

One thing that can usually be said about moving day and agreed by everyone is that you probably want to forget it as fast as possible once it’s done.

If you’re to achieve that, what you won’t want to find is that for days, weeks and months afterwards, you’re embroiled in legal disputes and squabbling over what you removed from your old property or what the ex-owners removed from your new home. Don’t underestimate how ‘touchy’ people can get over these things, even when small sums of money are involved.

What follows here is general advice because some of the issues can be legally complex and interpretations will differ from one situation to another and certainly from one country or state to another also. Don’t hesitate to contact a solicitor for precise definitions and a professional furniture removals company should also be able to offer advice.

Vacating a property you own

You’re allowed to take with you all of your personal possessions – but only those that are ‘movable’. Those items that are considered to be part and parcel of the property, being its structure or fixtures and fittings, cannot be removed as they will typically be deemed to have been sold to the new owners.

For more details, please visit - http://www.christchurchremovals.co.nz/how-to-avoid-fixtures-and-fittings-disputes-when-moving-home/

Moving Home – Remember to Have Fun!

                                                            

In looking back through our recent blogs, we couldn’t help but notice how they’re largely full of sound advice of the ‘how to avoid problems or deal with them if they arise’ type.

That’s all well and good plus highly laudable – and we hope you find them useful. Even so, to put it bluntly, while they’re full of great tips, read together they’re hardly likely to encourage you to look forward to household removals!

So, we thought we’d redress the balance here a little and point out some facts based upon our extensive experience.

1. The vast majority of furniture and office removals go without a serious hitch and like clockwork. The biggest problem usually encountered is of the “oh, we’ve accidentally packed the sugar for the coffee” variety!

2. Particularly when you’re moving home, again in the vast majority of instances this is a great day and an exciting new beginning for one and all.

3. Yes, the day itself is tiring and it can be a little stressful even if everything is running perfectly but the fact is that many people actually see it as a major change in their life and welcome it accordingly. Read more http://www.christchurchremovals.co.nz/moving-home-remember-to-have-fun/                               

Involve your Landlord in your Move Planning

The vast majority of removals into or out of rented property go smoothly and without any hitches in terms of issues arising between tenants and landlords. 

Unfortunately though, there are exceptions and in our experience, these are more commonplace when leaving a property as opposed to when moving in. 
Those disputes tend to arise in a relatively small number of areas when vacating a property that somebody else owns:

• Inventory taking (including both ‘still present’ and condition disputes) 

• Cleanliness of the property 

• The state of the garden 

• Delays in landlords or property agents arriving on the day It may be that 

you have a ‘difficult’ landlord or just that, while everybody has behaved appropriately, there is simply a poor relationship in place with both parties not really trusting each other. These things can happen.

For more details, please view - http://www.christchurchremovals.co.nz/involve-your-landlord-in-your-move-plann