Critical Moving Step: Creating Your Own Moving Inventory List

Creating your personalized moving inventory list ensures that all your treasured items make it to their destination. This task might seem a little stressful at first, but we promise it’s quite simple.

Your personalized moving inventory checklist will keep you focused when moving in and out.

Having your own moving inventory list is likely to be helpful for insurance claims and just to keep things clear when packing and unpacking.

As much as we know we are working with trusted vendors, there is nothing as valuable as written data so that when memory fails us, we can still find our key items. iMoving is here to help you move with ease, stress-free. 

Pro-tip: Take a slow and detailed video of your home before beginning to pack so that you can remember how to best unpack your items.

It is a list you create according to your household of all items packed, according to the room they belong to, and their box number so they can be easily found.

Let's Begin (No Stress):

• Start with the big items and work your way down. Keep a tally of the number of items your mover should be delivering ie: TVs, lamps, and kitchen appliances.
• Tally out the number of boxes of other smaller miscellaneous items sent and label each box accordingly. Assigning a box number for each room can make the process flow smoother, as you can label each box with its contents and the assigned room and have a check list to follow when unpacking.

Important Side Notes:

You can go room-by-room when creating your list to ensure nothing is missed. Don’t stress about labeling small things like the number of towels or sheets, but rather think of this list as a master guide to what you should find delivered by your mover. Ie: 2 boxes of towels and sheets.

If you have kids we recommend making this into a fun game where they tally out the number of big items, and then you review and double-check their finds. Sometimes you will find that kids notice the small things we tend to miss in our count.

It's important to note the condition of each item. For example, if the TV always had a crack on the upper left, note this and take a photo so that if it arrives with 4 new cracks you can put in an insurance claim for the damage.

When you're finally loading up the truck, take a tally that everything on your list was actually loaded onto the truck.

A moving inventory list is great and can be found online, but your personalized version is likely to keep you on track for your move and assist you in the unpacking phase. Take the extra few minutes to write one down on your phone or on paper as extra insurance for yourself.

Moving can be a little rough, but with enough preparation and the right movers, you will be settled in your new place in no time. iMoving is here for you every step of the way.