Moving house can be an overwhelming event, because of both the physical and emotional changes that it brings.
Most of us like familiarity, routine and order, and these things often go out the window during a move.
The key to taking the stress out of moving house is to maintain a sense of order throughout the process. This comes with careful planning, something Move by Design move managers are experts at.
The trouble with moving house
I once spoke to an agent who told me she was working with an elderly couple. They had moved to their current two storey home around 4 years previous. Since that time the wife’s mobility had reduced significantly. The husband really wanted to move to a single storey home.
But the wife was so traumatised by the last move that convincing her another house move was a good idea was proving very difficult. I don’t know the details of why that previous move turned out to be so challenging and I don’t know if they decided to move again, but I thought it was so sad and life limiting that just the thought of moving house could be so awful for someone.
A fresh start
Moving house doesn’t have to be difficult and should be a joyful and exciting experience. Of course there’s always going to be some sadness when leaving a home where we’ve created special memories, but the prospect of a move and a new beginning should create a feeling of exciting possibilities – a blank canvas ready for you to create your next masterpiece – be that new friends, new experiences or a different home environment.

Feeling stressed and worried about your move isn’t the best way to start life in your new home, so how can we do things differently and replace that stress and worry with energy and joy?
Do more of what works
As a way to bring more balance into our lives we’ve sought out intelligent ways to reduce the amount of time and energy we spend on mundane, domestic chores. It’s now common and makes complete sense to have someone tidy and clean your home on a regular basis, have a gardener tend your garden and use a laundry service to do your laundry. All these services enable us to spend more time on the things we need or love to to do, whether that’s work, family or time for ourself.
Moving house is like having the rug pulled out from under your feet, both physically and metaphorically. Your beautifully crafted routine goes out of the window and you’re faced with a domestic chores list on steroids – there’s a large number of tasks of varying difficulty vying for your attention, many requiring significant time and energy that all need to happen within a short and to fixed time frame. Progress in all other aspects of your life is now on hold.
It’s this intensity and disruption that makes the event so stressful. And so, just as we use a cleaner, gardener and laundry service to make life easier, it makes even more sense to use a trusted moving service to help make sure the multitude of tasks happen without any hiccups and to make your move an easy, enjoyable and joyful experience.
Let the professionals make life easy for you
This is where Move by Design can help. We provide a unique, professional moving service. We can take care of everything from pre-sale house preparation, settlement maintenance requirements, professional packing, move day management, unpacking and new home set-up and organisation.
Our clients can leave the entire move to us and then walk in the door of their new home and the kitchen will be organised, the media connected and even the beds made. My aim is for clients to be able to move into their new home with the energy to enjoy it from day one and that rarely happens if they take the conventional route to moving house by trying to do many tasks themselves.
Out with the stress and focus on joy
To achieve a stress-free move, you need to be organised and be comfortable using professional service providers to help with the process. I believe moving house shouldn’t be something to fear. Instead, it should be looked on as an opportunity to experience joy, make a start fresh and try new things.
This is much easier with Move by Design doing all the work, so you don’t lose a second of precious time and energy. Life is too short to endure another stressful move, you can enjoy moving house and make this life changing experience easy. In the words of Marie Kondo – hold on to what brings you joy and give the rest away.
If you have a move on the horizon, we’d love to be your move manager and make the experience easy and enjoyable, contact us to find out how we can help turn stress into ease.
Clare Gregory-Jones
Owner, Move by Design.
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