10 Home Maintenance Tips for Fall

10. Check The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Make sure a working carbon monoxide detector is installed on every floor and outside every separate sleeping area in the home. Follow instructions in the packaging of all alarms to test and make sure they work.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Full-service: professional moves within a state are charged by the hour while moving across state lines is charged by weight and mileage.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Hired help: If you hire help, get at least three price quotes and seek recommendations from family and friends. A full-service mover should visit your home in person, not give a quote over the phone or online and should provide a written estimate.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Do it Yourself: DIY is the cheapest cost - rental truck, gas, packing materials and perhaps pizza and beer for friends helping.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Insure it: check your insurance policy to determine if it provides coverage for your belongings while in transit. If not, you’ll probably want more than the basic free coverage a full-service mover provides.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Be Prepared: plan out where furniture and boxes will go before moving day arrives. The less time movers spend rearranging, the less expensive it will be.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Unloading: in urban areas, reserve a space or two in front of your new home for the moving truck by parking your own vehicle there ahead of time. If the movers have to park too far away to unload, you could incur a ‘long carry’ surcharge.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Be Flexible: moving rates depend on when you book. The busiest time for movers, and most expensive time for consumers, is summer weekends near the 15th and 30th of the month.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Save on Boxes: you can buy used boxes from a moving company or find free boxes from somebody who has just moved.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Save on Packing Materials: fill suitcases, laundry baskets and plastic containers with unbreakable items. Use pillows, scarves and towels to wrap fragile items.

Tips To Make Your Move Simple

Declutter: taking less stuff is cheaper and less hassle. Set up a staging area with various piles, such as Throw-out, Recycle, Donate and Sell.