Two Months Before Moving

Moving checklist

Two months before moving:

Arrange to get a quote (we would recommend you get more than one quote to make sure that if we can’t do your move, another company can.
Accept the quotation and see what availability we have. If you have been given any dates that you are working towards please tell us and we will make a note in our diary. (if the dates do start to fill up, we will give you a call).
Dispose of anything you don’t want.
Start gathering packaging materials – we can help with this once you have made a confirmed booking.
Dispose of any unwanted goods you do not want to take to your new home.

One month before moving

Start packing items that aren’t used regularly or are out of season such as clothes, decorations, loft and attic content, garden and garage items etc.
Start running down your freezer contents.
Cancel all rental agreements.
Contact carpet fitters if needed.
Notify your doctor, dentist, optician, vet, organ blood donor offices of your move.
Tell your bank and savings/share accounts.
Inform Telephone Company.
Ask royal mail to re-route your post.
Tell TV licece, car registration, passport office.
Notify HP and credit firms
Backup important computer files.

The week before move:

Book mains services for disconnections
Pack a ‘survival kit’ of clothes, medicine, towels and so on to last you through the day of your move.
Finish of all the packing of boxes, apart from the items you’ll need in the last week.
Make local map to new house for friends.
Organise parking at the new home (very important for the removal van).
Plan where things will go in your new home.
Cancel the milk and newspapers.
Clean out the freezer.
Arrange minders for the children and pets.
Recruit family and friends to help.

The day before move:

On moving day:

-The keys to your new home (give a spare to the removal company).

-Maps and directions to your new home.

- A contact telephone number for our removal team.

- Some cash in case you stop on route.

-Important documents.

-Pets if you haven’t got someone to look after them.

-Items of great personal value that are literally irreplaceable.

-Your ‘survival kit’.

-Your ‘rations kit’.

A Useful Countdown to Moving Day

Arrange buildings insurance for your new home
Contact several removal companies for estimates
Arrange telephone connections with British Telecom
Start running down freezer stocks
Arrange with gas and electricity boards for final readings to be taken on moving day and for supplies to be connected at your new property
Inform post office of new address and arrange for post to be re-directed if required
Remember to cancel local deliveries, i.e. newspapers, milk etc. for moving day onwards
Label all spare keys for new owner and leave one set with Estate Agent