Sort out Your Belongings and Decide Their Fate Purging your home of unneeded items and organising your belongings is a task that needs to be done a month or two before moving day (so that you have enough time to sell or donate your unwanted belongings before the move). Making last-minute decisions about the fate of your possessions will not only result in confusion and frustration on moving day but will also delay your move and increase the final relocation cost. Therefore, you’re strongly advised to sort out your items and decide what to do with them well ahead of time: Throw away damaged and worn out items that can never be used again; Make a donation pile of items in good condition you don’t need or don’t like anymore; Set aside fancier items you can sell to pocket some extra money for your move (See also: How to organise a moving sale); Request a list of the items your movers won’t move for you and decide what to do with any such things in your possession – use up some (perishable food, cleaning supplies, etc.), give others away to neighbours and friends (paints, fertilisers, pesticides, motor oils, antifreeze, propane tanks, chemicals, and other flammable, explosive or corrosive materials), plan to take the non-allowable items you want to move to your new home with you (in your car or on your flight), arrange for the shipment of pets and plants, etc.; Organise the items you want your movers to relocate to your new home – by type, purpose, priority, destination room, or any other way that makes sense for you and will help you unpack quickly and easily; Put aside valuables and essentials you will keep with you – important documents, medications, basic personal care items, some extra clothes and shoes, eating, bathing and sleeping essentials, jewellery, items of high sentimental value, expensive electronics, favourite entertainment items, etc.