From Guest Blogger Heather Roberts: Green Moving Tips and Guidelines

Before you move your home you should check out its energy performance if possible. In some ways you can do that with an energy performance certificate or its equivalent. This will give you an idea about what you need to improve around the home or your future home so you could make it more eco-friendly and possessing a smaller carbon footprint.

The next thing you should do is visit the house of your choice before your moving day so you can see whether you can implement some sort of energy-saving measure when you finally move in. Ask the previous owner about possible things they may have done to make the home more environmentally friendly if any and go by that with your future choices.

A good way to start on that is to check out the insulation of the walls and the roof as well as checking for any possible cold spots and making sure they are draft proof. This will raise the energy efficiency of the home as well. Combine that with some energy-saving light bulbs and you will have a good beginning to the preparations beforehand.

When you come down to the packing aspect of the moving process you will need to focus on possible second-hand solutions to moving boxes rather than buying new material. You can find those at a number of places such as retail stores, local liquor stores and classifieds websites among other places. If you’ve used second-hand boxes make sure you recycle them or donate them in the end instead of just trashing them.

Supermarkets and grocer shops will always have a number of boxes available for those who need them and even as a customer of these stores you may be offered such boxes for free. All it takes is asking nicely and you will likely get a decent amount of good, but never perfect size boxes.

You should downsize your belongings so they would be easier to move when you’re preparing yourself. You could find a way to do that by either selling them or donating them to charities. You can start with a garage or yard sale or by using classifieds websites or other similar ones to do just that. You will gain some funds out of the entire process and you will counteract the expenses you’ll have to cover during the move.

Think about the benefits of hiring a moving company which specializes in green moving as it will let you know they have things under control and your carbon footprint at its smallest. They will use eco-friendly materials and transportation methods as much as possible during the moving process.
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