1) Plan ahead
Planning the time needed to fulfill the permission to clean the house will ensure the smooth operation of the rest. A good rule of thumb for two people involved in demining a house is to allow half a day per room. This may seem a lot, but, like most things in life, giving yourself enough time to do the work is of great importance for eliminating all the stress that comes with it.
2) Use the traffic light system
After you have set aside some time in your diary to clear your home, the next step is to go through everything to decide which items you and your family want to save, sell, or donate, or bin. For this you can use the traffic light sticker system.
Try to be as merciless as possible - use only red stickers for items that you will definitely use, and remember that most things can be bought in Tesco today for a lower price than the price of pizza!
3) Determine volumes
Well done - this is the hardest bit. Now you need an idea about the volume of all your items. A simple reference point is the standard builder run, the most common slip you see on the streets of residential buildings. Builders & # 39; skips a measure of 6 or 8 cubic yards - so take an average of 7 cubic meters (5 cubic meters) and use this as your test when you walk through each room. Stroll through each room and note how many firmware stickers will be filled. Once you do this, add everything and get a general estimate of the volume for each category.
4) Arrange the house for cleaning
Armed with your estimate of volume, you are ready to clean the house!
Red = hold
If you don’t want to do it yourself, you will need a specialist removal company to move things from A to B. Contact the British Deletions Association
Amber = selling / donating
There are many ways to get rid of items of decent quality that you do not want. eBay, Gumtree and Freecycle are great channels, but remember that they require a meeting with people you have never met before, who are not from a professional organization. If you use them, make sure that you are not alone when the person comes to gather.
Other options are local thrift stores and social businesses. Please note that any furniture should have a fire safety certificate, or they will not be able to accept it. Furniture reuse network is a wide network of social enterprises in the UK whose goal is to maximize furniture reuse.
Green = get rid of
There are four main options when it comes to disposing of unwanted items from a home gap:
a) Put it all down in the trunk of your car or hire a van to take it to a local tip
b) Call your local council to organize bulky waste collection. It should be fairly cheap, but the disadvantages are that it usually takes at least a couple of weeks to organize, the maximum number of items (and not real garbage) will be limited, and all things must be put outside ( they are not going from the inside).
c) Hire a pass. Skips are charged at a fixed rate and require permission to pass when parking on the road. You need to download everything yourself. Prices vary greatly depending on where you are in the UK, but £ 170 (including VAT) for 6 cubic mileage probably is a fair reference. In addition, you will need to pay for permission to pass (if the pass must be parked on the road) and, depending on the street, the suspension of the parking lot. Googling Search [your region]& # 39; This is the easiest way to find a local badge rental company.
d) Use professional cleaning and garbage disposal. The cost of cleaning houses is similar to renting permits without the cost of a permit. They charge based on the amount of litter cleared - so you don’t have to guess about the exact amount - and their rates include all the loading and sweeping. They appear in the two-hour arrival windows and are reused and recycled where possible, including the transfer of reusable items to the Oxfam and the British Heart Foundation.
5) And finally, do not forget ...
Identity theft is a growing problem in the UK. Consider using a shredder to destroy confidential documents, but be careful not to throw out the documents that you later need. If you move a lot of items in a house that has been intact for some time, you are probably squeezing out a lot of dust, so open many windows before you start, and think about wearing a dust mask. Also, use extreme caution when lifting heavy objects.
If you manage to cope with all of this, you definitely deserve a cup of tea and sit down. I hope you have not cleared the comfortable chair and kettle in this process!
