If you have ever thought about moving into a new home, then the prospect of packing away all of your furniture will likely be daunting and worrying. Because of this, many people find moving home a stressful process and the idea of ensuring that everything arrive at the new home in one piece is something which people expend a great deal of effort thinking about. One of the main concerns which people have when moving is often their antiques. By their very nature, these items can often be more valuable and more delicate and are thus more at risk during the moving process. So what can you do to help keep your antiques safe when moving into a new home?
The first thing which you will likely need to think about is the way in which you will be transporting your antiques. When thinking about moving to another home, most people consider taking apart their furniture in order to make it easier to transport. With modern furniture, this can be quite simple and often only a selection of simple tools are required in order to dismantle the furniture and reassemble it in a new home. This means that more modern furniture is easier to place into a removal van and easier to move from one place to another. However, with antiques, this can be a great deal more difficult.
As such, freeing up space in the removal van is often required and it might well be that you need to hire a larger removal vehicle than you might otherwise have imagined.
As well as demanding more space, it can often be that antiques will require to be move and stored in a certain manner. Because of the age and the value of the items in question, it can be difficult to transport the items in the manner which keeps them as safe as possible. While most modern furniture is stacked in the back of the removal van, attempting this with antiques can often lead to unnecessary stress and strain being placed on the items in question. As such, it can be advisable to avoid putting heavy (or indeed any) items on top of any antique furniture which you might be transporting.
This might well require that you hire a larger van or that you make two trips, but this often depends on the delicacy and the value of the items in question.
Another point to consider when transporting larger antiques is which packing materials and protective measures you are able to take. Through the use of bubble wrap, blankets, dust sheets and other such materials, you can effectively cover those items which cannot be placed inside boxes or crates. While smaller pieces are easily packed away, larger items will take extra effort to protect. Wrapping them in sheets or blankets is a great way in which to prevent dust, scrapes, scratches and other such issues which can cause long term damage to your antiques.
In those instances where you are unsure of how best to treat older furniture and the best manner in which you can keep your furniture safe, it can be useful to seek the advice of the professional house movers. Because of the value of many people’s antiques, whether it is financial or sentimental, being sure that they survive the move to the new home can be absolutely essential. When you are worried about lacking the experience, equipment or the expertise transport the pieces, finding the right professional removals experts could well be the answer and can help you set up your old antiques in your new home in no time at all.
