Whether you are shifting to a new house or renovating your current one, your life during this period is bound to become fraught with stress, tension and emotion. You are prone to becoming perturbed, hot-tempered and grumpy. However, you should keep in mind that during this period everything was meant to go haywire and out of routine, and so you should brace yourself accordingly. You should learn not to accommodate feelings of shame if you get stressed out or feel tensed during these times of transition in your life. But you are bound to feel low if you have a heated argument with family members. So, here are some useful tips which can make the change of home or the extension of your home a more pleasurable experience.
Seek some help
It is a great thing to have mates or colleagues who would be willing to help you out with your packing and unpacking job. Reach out to them without any hesitation and you will find many of them willing to help. You may not burden them with the heavier jobs, like lifting, sorting etc., but you may request them to keep your kids engaged while you go about your job, which is quite a respite for you. Also, you should search for professionals, like waterproofing contractors Melbourne, before you start the work.
Avoid worrying about the small stuff
The renovation may leave behind heaps of plaster crumbs, dust and wood splinters. Many contractors or floor tilers Doncaster will handle the basic cleanup following a renovation – they will carry out waste disposal, do a general vacuum cleaning and mop down. If their cleaning does not satisfy you, you can hire the services of a heavy-duty cleanup firm for a more thorough job
Time management
Approaching things at full steam throughout the day without any breaks in-between is a sure-shot recipe for shooting up your stress levels. There certainly is a lot of sorting, packing, tidying and unpacking to do but dividing things up on a task by task or room by room basis is a fine way of making the job a bit easier. You should take tea or snack breaks between tasks. You can go out for a walk to temporarily escape from the tiresome drudgery. This will help you feel refreshed before you take on the next task.
Smart packing
After you have moved back to your newly renovated home, what can be more frustrating than having to find that you are unable to remember which packing case has your bedding, which has your cutlery and so on? The solution to this is to clearly label each of your boxes. Also, you would surely like to avoid cooking on the very first day in your newly refurbished house. So you can think of ordering some food from outside and relax with your family on this occasion.