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    Your Moving House Checklist

    By kriscunningham | Blog, house_and_property_related | 0 comment | 14 August, 2018 | 0

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    ☐ Newspaper and/or milk delivery.

    ☐ Telephone, internet and cable TV.

    ☐ Gas, water and electricity (arrange a final meter reading).

     

    Organise for moving day:

    ☐ Obtain supply of boxes (the supermarket can be one supplier).

    ☐ Get packaging tape and heavy marker pens.

    ☐ Arrange for furniture removal (get quote, confirm time).

    ☐ Arrange care of your children on moving day.

    ☐ Make suitable arrangements for any pets.

    ☐ Arrange transit insurance and contents and fire insurance for your new home.

    ☐ Organise shifting times with the purchaser of your old property and the previous owner of your new one.

    Notify your change of address to:

    ☐ Bank, credit card and charge card companies.

    ☐ Post office for redirection of mail.

    ☐ Elections Registrar.

    ☐ Registrar of motor vehicles and drivers license.

    ☐ Tax department.

    ☐ Insurance companies.

    ☐ Hire purchase or finance companies.

    ☐ Investment companies.

    ☐ Local council.

    ☐ Clubs and organisations.

    ☐ Police (if you own and store firearms).

    ☐ Friends and relatives.

    ☐ Magazine subscriptions.

    ☐ Doctor, dentist, accountant, lawyer.

    Don’t forget:

    ☐ Clean the stove and defrost the fridge/freezer.

    ☐ Tidy the yard.

    ☐ Ensure that the chattels that have been sold with the property are not accidentally packed.

    ☐ Disconnect all appliances.

    ☐ Disconnect the TV aerial.

    ☐ Return any borrowed items.

    ☐ Throw out items that you don’t intend taking with you.

    ☐ List valuable items for special care when moving.

    ☐ Advise removal company of dangerous goods being moved (i.e. ammunition, petrol, spirits, chemicals).

    ☐ Securely pack all jewellery, money, special documents and papers (i.e. legal, tax, insurance etc).

    ☐ Set aside items you will need on the day of the move so you can take them with you (i.e. food, drinks, cleaning products).

    ☐ Pack each room leaving the boxes stacked and labelled with the room they are to be moved to. It is a good idea to write on each box a list of its general content.

    ☐ Clearly label boxes containing breakables as ‘Fragile’ and identify these items to the removal people.

    ☐ Pot and pack away plants and cuttings you are taking with you.

    ☐ Explain your packing procedure to the removal people and be at your new home when they arrive.

    Do not:

    ☐ Put breakables or liquid filled containers in drawers.

    ☐ Overload drawers and make furniture too heavy to shift (too much weight can damage furniture).

    ☐ Move netting, barbed wire, timber, wood, coal etc without special arrangements being made.

    ☐ Store perishable goods where they might be overlooked.

     

    Make arrangements to:

    ☐ See your solicitor to sign transfer documents/mortgage discharge documents.

    ☐ Enrol children in new school.

    ☐ Coordinate the forwarding of any files from the children’s previous school to their new one.

     

    Organise for your new home:

    ☐ Newspaper delivery.

    ☐ Telephone.

    ☐ Internet and cable TV connection.

    ☐ Gas, electricity and water.

    The week before moving:

    ☐ Remind and confirm dates/times/locations for furniture removal company.

    ☐ Confirm moving in/moving out details and key exchange with your Harcourts consultant.

    ☐ Say goodbye to neighbours.

    One last check:

    ☐ Nothing left behind?

    ☐ No clothes at the dry cleaners?

    ☐ No gear stored away from your property?

    ☐ Electricity, gas and telephone disconnected?

    ☐ Water turned off and no taps left running?

    ☐ Windows and doors latched?

    ☐ Keys with solicitor (if appropriate)?

    After it’s all over:

    ☐ Have spare keys cut.

    ☐ Make an insurance claim if any damage has occurred during the move.

    ☐ Teach children how to get to their new school.

    Enjoy your new home and keep in touch.

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