UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee

Moving In Checklist

• When you arrive at your new home, check appliances, utilities and heating/cooling systems to prevent unpleasant surprises.  Arrange for repairs if necessary.
• Make sure your new phone service is working and that you can receive mail.
• Clean your new home and get ready for your UNIT to arrive.
• When your UNIT portable storage container arrives, show the driver where you want it placed.
• Start unloading, but remember you have days or weeks or as long as you need to unload.  This is one of the many benefits of using a portable storage container when moving.
• Remove “last load” and “essential boxes” first. 
• Start unloading and placing furniture and boxes in the designated room.  Now the floor plan and box labeling really pays off.
• Setup essentials first (i.e. microwave, coffee maker, alarm clock, beds).
• Setup kitchen and bathrooms first.  Once these rooms are functioning, you can focus on the rest of the house at a more relaxed pace. 
• Have some fun.  Take time to enjoy your new surroundings.  Help the kids and pets get settled in their new home.
• After your goods are unloaded, contact UNITS at 414-486-8648 to have your portable storage container picked-up.
• Make sure the UNIT is free from debris and swept.  On the day of pick-up make sure the UNIT is unlocked!

 UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee wants to thank you, once again, for your business.  It was a pleasure being your portable storage container company!

Moving Out Checklist

• When your UNIT is delivered, verify with the driver where you want the portable storage unit placed and sign for delivery.
• Your are responsible for how your goods are packed and loaded in your UNIT.   Check out Packing Tips blogs.  Personally supervise hired labor.
• Load your goods in a pre-designated order, saving “last load” items and “essential boxes” for the rear of the portable storage unit.
• Check every room, closet and cabinet one last time before finishing and locking the UNIT.
• Once your goods are loaded, lock your UNIT and put the key somewhere where you will remember (i.e. on key ring or in purse).
• Keep a friend or family member informed of your plans and locations in case of an emergency or unforeseen event.

Stay cool and relaxing knowing your belonging are being transporting to your new home.  Call us at 414-476-8648 or e-mail at units@brewtown.net with any questions.  We are here to take the hassle out of moving and storing.

  Moving Checklist – 1 Week Before Moving

• Finish packing and prepare an “essentials” box.  Designate several boxes and items as “last load” items.  Pack your suitcases and valuables separately.
• Drain all gas and oil from your mover, snow blower and other motors.  Gas grills, kerosene heaters, etc need to be emptied as well.  Remember you cannot pack any toxic materials or combustibles.
• Empty, defrost and clean your refrigerator at least 24 hours before moving day.  Prepare all appliances for loading by draining water and wrapping cords.
• Notify friends and family of your new address and how to reach you while you are moving.

 Remember when moving and storing with UNITS you have as many days as you need to load.  Load some everyday so the job is not overwhelming.  We can be reached at 414-476-8648 to answer your loading, moving and storing questions.

Moving Checklist – 2 Weeks Before Moving

• Contact your financial institution to transfer or close accounts.  Clear your safety deposit boxes and pick up some cash for “on the road” expenses.
• Confirm travel arrangements for pets, plants and family.
• Confirm mobile storage unit placement and obtain any permits.
• Put together a folder of important information about the house for the new owner (garage door access code, security system, appliance warranties, etc).
• Ask friends and family that have keys to your house to dispose of the key.

Mobile storage units allow you to stay in control of your move.  You pack your belongings with care and are the only one with the key to the mobile storage unit.  Contact UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee at 414-476-8648 (UNIT) to stay in control of your move whether you are moving across county or just in the metro Milwaukee area.

Moving Checklist – 3 Weeks before Moving

• Make sure all library books and videos have been returned and that all dry cleaning have been pick-up.
• Start or continue packing items you don’t use often.
• Decide if you will keep your plants or give them away.  Remember, plants cannot be loaded with your other household items in portable storage units.   Consider taking a slip of the plant and moving it with you to your new home.
• Have your automobile(s) serviced and prepare for auto registration to be transferred.
• If moving to or from an apartment or condo, arrange to use the elevator on your loading and unloading days.

 UNITS Milwaukee will delivery your portable storage units on weekends to all the counties we service (Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dodge, Racine, Kenosha, Ozaukee and Washington).  Please call us soon at 414-476-8648 (UNIT) because the weekend schedule fills up fast.

 Moving Checklist – 4 Weeks Before Moving

• Reserve your moving and storing UNIT today.  Reserving early will help you get the delivery time that works best for you.  Remember, you can change your delivery time up to 24 hours before delivery at no charge.
• File a change of address form at the post office.  If you do not know your new address, ask the postal service to hold your mail at their office in your new city.
• Contact utility companies to disconnect, transfer or connect services.  Plan on keeping current services through your move date and having new ones available prior to your move-in date.
• Contact your newspaper and set a date to cancel your subscription.
• Make travel arrangements for pets.  Remember necessary medicines, and medical and immunization records.

Remember that moving can be stressful.  Ask if an extra moving and storing UNIT can be reserved just in case you need more room.  Call Janelle or Jim at 414-476-8648 for local customer care.  We live right here in Wisconsin and know how fun moving is in the Wisconsin weather!

Moving Checklist – 5 Weeks Before Moving

• Plan ahead for your UNITS mobile storage container delivery to your current home and future home.   Contact your property manager or local municipality to ensure you will be complying with their packing rules and restrictions. 
• Have your yard sale or donate your items that are not being moved. 
• Continue collecting boxes and other packing supplies. You can order boxes and packing supplies from UNITS and they will be delivered with your portable storage unit. 
• Start packing items you don’t use often.
• Donate anything that did not sell at your yard sale and remember to get a receipt for income tax purposes.

UNITS will deliver a portable storage unit in Milwaukee county.  Both our warehouse and administrative offices are location in Milwaukee county.  We are locally owned and operated, give us a call at 414-476-8648.

Moving Checklist – 6 Weeks Before Moving

• Make list of items that are valuable or difficult to replace (grandma’s gold ring, passports, etc) and plan on carrying them with you or shipping by certified mail.
• Make list of friends, family and businesses that need to be notified of your move.
• Start working your way through each room taking inventory and deciding what to get rid of and what to move.  Start planning a yard sale or donating items to local charities.  Moving is a great time to recycle items you no longer need.
• Plan to use up items or dispose of items that cannot be moved, such as frozen foods, gasoline, kerosene and paint thinner.  Remember, no combustibles, plants, or animals can be stored in a portable storage unit. 
• Dispose of flammables, corrosives and poisons.  Contact your municipality for safe means of disposal.
• Subscribe to the newspaper in your new town to start learning about events and local culture.

UNITS delivers portable storage units as far south as Racine and Kenosha counties.  Phone UNITS of Milwaukee at 414-476-8648 with moving and packing questions.

Many of our customers are overwhelmed with planning for a move.  I have broken down the big moving “to do” list into 11 “to do” lists starting 8 weeks before moving.  I hope these help!

Moving Checklist – 8 Weeks Before Moving

• Create a “move” file to keep track of estimates, receipts and other important documents.
• Check with IRS to see what expenses, if any, are deductable.
• Get a quote on your storage unit. 
• Budget for moving expenses and start collecting estimates.
• Start researching your new community.  Look for community guides on-line.
• Read up on moving and loading.   Check-out this blog for tips!
• Start collecting boxes, packing papers, packing peanuts and bubble wrap.
• Draw a floor plan of your new home and start deciding where your furniture and belongings will go when you unpack your storage unit.

Remember, UNITS deliveries their storage units as far west as Waukesha, Jefferson and Dodge counties.   Contact UNITS of Milwaukee at 414-476-8648.

Many of our customers at UNITS ask how to pack their belongings.  I respond carefully!  Okay, really there are many things to consider when packing: weight of boxes, durability of belongings, and ease of access.  Start with lots of high quality boxes, packing tape, bubble wrap and have a scisscor and sharpie on hand.  Here are a few of my personal favorite packing tips to help get the job done:

• Do not over pack boxes; bulging box sides can damage surrounding boxes and not protect what is inside.
• Place liquid containers in plastic bags to reduce the chance of leaking.
• Reinforce boxes with an extra strip of packing tape!
• Place heavy items in the bottom of the box and lighter ones on top.
• Remove light bulbs from lamps before packing.
• Place lamp shades in boxes to protect from denting.
• Never pack any item that could cause a fire or damage to the UNIT (no toxic materials, gas, kerosene, fireworks, loaded firearms)
• Pack items from the same room in the same box to make unpacking easier.
• Pack some everyday, so you are not overwhelmed with packing all in one day.

I hope these tips help when packing your UNITS storage container.  Remember UNITS of Milwaukee is only a phone call away (414-476-8648) when you need some advice.  Check out these additional packing tips from our web site.  Happy packing!