Removal day with packers

[AngelicCurls]

We are (hopefully) a whisker away from exchange and are hoping to complete in the next 10 days. We are going with a removal co with packing included. As yet we have done absolutely no packing or sorting out at all. We did a reasonable de-clutter prior to putting the house on the market so there won’t be much if anything to chuck but I’m not sure whether we can really just leave everything as is for the packers to pack? Is that really the case? Just feeling overwhelmed at pres, still dealing with crapper than crap solicitors, picky buyers and have run out of oomph to pack.
Plus have 2 young kids, DH is away next week and have no-where to store any packed boxes.

Any tips hugely appreciated

Just pack a few days clothes (don't forget shoes), phone charger, important docs, bedding, toiletries, and basic knife/fork/spoon/plate/mug set each in the car and then sit out of their way while they go through your house like locusts. They don't care about decluttering, they just pack! Its amazing, and they don't worry about underwear drawers (ours put paper on top of all the drawers and just put them on the lorry like that), rubbish or anything else.

We had packers for our last move and worried a bit like you

They moved everything —even the full kitchen bin—

Just take basics (and I packed underwear and ahem, personal items ) and left them to deal with the rest.

They were ace!!’

We are having packers and are still in the decluttering stage . I'm not too concerned about how they'll deal with what we do actually want to take though.

One thing though... they packed us on the one day and moved us the next (and we only moved 4 miles up the road).

They didn’t do it both on the same day.

We are being packed one day and moved the next and also going a few miles away. Packing will take 6-7 hours they've said so makes sense.

Everything PPs have said. Ours packed over 2 days, putting everything in storage.
I even went out to coffee while they packed!

Plague of locusts is the description I use too!

Before:

1. Pack a few days worth of clothes, as if you were going away (don't forget ironed work/school clothes if needed) and toiletries, and a couple of favourite toys. Put it in your car along with important documents, necessary medications and any thing like homework, work paperwork.

1. Label anything which is staying in the house.

1. Put aside a place for things you are using on the day but don't want packing yet (coats, shoes, cleaning products). Make this clearly defined and labelled . (Your car? Downstairs cloakroom? Cupboard under the stairs?)

1. Pack a box with breakfast for tomorrow, the kettles, mugs, teaspoons, snacks, a toilet roll, maybe some cleaning stuff.

Put this in your car or 'don't pack' place, and make sure it goes on the van last.

1. Put anything fragile, which you want packing carefully together, so they can do the fragile pack. The kitchen might be good for this, as most fragile stuff will be there.

They will go through your house so fast you'll wonder what happened. If you put something down it will get packed. Seriously they have seen it all before so don't be embarrassed about underwear etc.

They often leave clothes in drawers and pack the chest of drawers as is. All our kids toys were in trofast boxes, they just packed the boxes as they were.

If your kids are very young, make sure they see your stuff start to go on the lorry, and see some of it being unloaded so they understand the process.
My friends child spent weeks picking things up and saying 'I used to have one of these in my old house.'