Selling your home in preparation to move is an exciting, stressful, busy and complicated process — and it wouldn’t be a surprise if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed in the midst of it all. Between staging, packing, and looking for a new place, making sure your current home is in working order may not seem like a big priority.

If you’re moving with kids in the near future, you know better than anyone how stressful and logistically-demanding it can be. Finding a new neighborhood, a great new home, changing schools, organizing the logistics, packing, saying goodbye to your friends, neighbors and possibly even family members… it’s all a huge undertaking that takes a large toll both financially and emotionally.

Curtis McDowell was tired of not getting ahead working for someone else, he began exploring ways to use his operations and industry knowledge to start his own business.

Ever since I moved house and broke a beautiful antique wash basin, I’ve become a patient person – when it comes to moving! It was a lovely Delft Blue basin that had been in my family for years, and I eventually tired of looking at that sad, grey-gluey scar running the length of that gorgeous porcelain, and had to dispose of the piece. Preventing these moving tragedies is really just a matter of adequate preparation and having the right tools.

Moving during the winter months can be difficult, especially during the holidays–but it can be made even worse in bad weather. Winter weather can be unpredictable and the last thing you want to do is move in a snowstorm.

If there’s ever an ideal time of year to move, it’s rarely Christmas time. However, when you must do it during the holidays, here are five ways to make the process a little bit easier: