Estimating volume for a move from Milan within Italy
To organize a national move from Milan, the number of rooms is only a first reference. Two similar apartments can contain very different amounts of furniture. A useful estimate describes what will really start, distinguishes the removable furniture from the whole objects and lets visible the information still to be checked.
Start from a room-to-room list
Prepare a separate list for living room, kitchen, rooms, bathroom, balcony, cellar and box. Next to each element indicates whether it leaves, remains or has yet to be decided. This distinction avoids calculating a complete transport when some furniture will be sold or left in the old house. Do not forget the objects rested over the closets and those stored in the storage rooms.
For each large furniture, the width, height and depth of the design are required. It also signals glass doors, stone tops, elements attached to the wall or parts that cannot be separated easily. An overview helps to read the list, while a close photo clarifies a particular detail.
Distinguish apparent volume and bulk of transport
A fitted wardrobe occupies a space other than its protected panels; a sofa, on the other hand, can keep almost all its encumbrance. For this reason, the simple sum of geometric volumes does not define the necessary medium alone. Protections, shape of the pieces, overlapping possibilities and fixing modes come into play.
Do not estimate independently how compressed a padded furniture or how much weight can support a box. Describe the status in which the objects will be delivered and leave the vehicle to the operational evaluation. The measures collected are designed to reduce uncertainties, not to replace a site visit when needed.
Make boxes comparable
Saying “about thirty boxes” is more useful if you also specify the format. If you already have the packaging, measure an example for each type and indicate how many units you expect to use. If you still have to start, take pictures of the shelves and communicate what content will be packed: books, dresses and fragile objects require different distributions.
Keep out-of-standard necks separate, such as bicycles, high lamps, rolled carpets and televisions. A final list can contain three groups: furniture, boxes and special pieces. In this way an unusual object does not disappear into a generic amount.
Upgrade your estimate before departure
After emptying the cabinets, compare the actual number of packages to the initial one. It immediately announces important additions, a purchase to withdraw or a mobile that will no longer leave. Changes can affect load, personnel and travel organization.
Attach to the request addresses, floors, lifts and accesses of the two houses. The volume describes the load; this information describes the work needed to handle it. A complete evaluation considers both and allows to define with greater precision the service required.