“Book more than one day off work to move and don’t just leave a weekend to pack,” agrees Hannah Crawford – AKA Han With a Van – who is based in north London and offers “big sister energy” when helping clients with removals all over the UK. “Not only is it going to take you a bit of time practically to get everything packed, actually do the move and then unpack, but if you don’t give yourself enough time, then everything takes much longer to settle down at the other end.” Decluttering and packing to move are two different things, says Crawford: there isn’t time to have a big sort out if moving day is imminent.