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Moving With Pets: Packing Tips for a Safe, Stress-Free Move
A pet packing checklist for moving day — food, records, ID tags, a quiet room during the move and a gradual introduction to the new home.
How to Use Reusable Moving Bins: The AMB Guide to a Smarter Move
From delivery day through pickup: choosing a package, labelling by room, packing bins for safe lifting, using The First One and getting the bins collected.
How to Pack Hanging Clothes for Moving
Don’t unhang your whole closet. Bundle the hangers, slide a drawstring bag over them and carry each section straight into the new closet.
How to Pack a Kitchen for Moving Without Wasting Space
Your pots and pans come with built-in packing space. Nest smaller items inside them, protect the knives, and don’t make any one bin too heavy.
Free Donation Pickup Services in Birmingham
Several Birmingham-area charities will collect furniture, clothing and household goods from your home. Here’s who picks up, what they take and how to book.
Declutter Before Moving: Purge Before You Pack
Moving is the perfect time to decide what deserves space in your new home. Sort into keep, sell, donate and toss before you pack a single bin.
Every rental includes one green bin
The First One you pack. The First One you open.
Quick checklist
- Medicines and prescriptions
- Phone chargers
- Important documents
- Toiletries and a towel
- Basic tools
- A change of clothes