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Transcript of Moving Planner & Checklist
Martyn Gerrard
Estate Agents
Moving Planner
&
Checklist
First things first:
The key to a stress-free move is to start planning early and know what to do first. Use our
move planner to help ensure a perfectly organised moving experience!
One month before D-Day:
• Order boxes and packing materials.
• Compare quotes from several removal companies and book. Remember to check
their insurance provision and terms of service carefully.
• Tell your bank and credit card providers, building society, insurance companies and
all other relevant companies about your new address, giving them plenty of time to
update their records (some require a month).
• Don't forget your TV license, the Inland Revenue, DVLA, charities, and the delivery
addresses given for any companies you regularly order from on the internet, like
Amazon or grocery shopping sites, Sky needs 3 weeks notice.
Two weeks before D-Day:
• Start eating the food in your freezer.
• Send change of address cards or emails to friends and family.
• If you think you will need to book storage space, organise that now.
• If you are going to have your house professionally cleaned, arrange it now.
• De-register from your doctor, dentist, optician etc if you are moving out of their
catchment areas.
• Check you have insurance coverage for the move and make sure it is adequate for
your needs.
• Prepare labels for each box or item of furniture so that removals know which room
they are to go in.
• Prepare labels for each room so that removals know which room is which when they
get to the new house.
One week before D-Day:
• Arrange parking for the removal vans at the new house, introduce yourself to your
new neighbours and give them your moving-in date.
• Organise your utilities to be switched off at your current house when you move out,
have the meters read, and connected on your moving day at the new house. Don't
forget your phone and internet service.
• Arrange the mail forwarding service through the Post Office.
• Make a list of all important phone numbers like estate agents, solicitors, removal
companies, insurance, utilities along with any account numbers.
• Arrange babysitting for any young children, and pet-sitting if necessary. If any
children may need a day off school, write a letter now.
• Find out your seller's solicitor's contact details, in case of difficulties at the house of the
day of the move.
• Visit your doctor and arrange supplies of any medicines you regularly take, to keep
you going until you can find a new doctor.
• Start running down your freezer, empty and clean and ready for it to be moved.
Two days before D-Day:
• Begin throwing out anything you don't want. Divide rubbish, which can go to your
local dump, and donations, which can go to a charity shop. Don't forget to clear
your loft, shed and garage.
• Cancel your milk delivery and newspapers.
• Take down curtains and blinds; if you will be putting the curtains up at the new
house, drop them in to a dry cleaner's near the new property (if practicable).
• Re-confirm arrangements with your moving company.
• Find out the locations of stopcocks and fuse-boxes at your new house.
• Call the local council and find out when the rubbish collection and recycling days in
your new neighbourhood.
• Send an email to relevant people saying you'll be offline for a few days and pack up
all computers; also pack up stereos and big electrical equipment.
• Pack up valuable, delicate or small items like jewellery and ornaments.
The day before D-Day:
• Collect any medicines, inhalers etc that you will need over the next few days, along
with paracetamol, plasters, contact lens solutions, glasses, razor, toothbrush and a
change of clothes and add to your 'personal luggage'.
• Collect together your keys, paperwork, contract, insurance documents, important
phone numbers, removals paperwork, utilities paperwork, a calculator, an alarm
clock, your cheque book and credit cards, and add to your 'personal luggage'.
• Pack a box containing the kettle, mugs, teaspoons, sugar, teabags, coffee, snacks,
takeaway menus, scissors, a torch, corkscrew/bottle opener, a radio, soap, toilet
paper and towels and mark it clearly. Blue tac for labels for rooms at the new house.
• Pack school uniforms, school bags, PE kits and schoolwork in a separate box and
mark it.
• Fill your car up with petrol and plan your route. Check for roadworks so you can
avoid them.
• Pack a box of basic cleaning equipment for the new house, including a dustpan and
brush, strong bin liners and a toolkit, and mark it clearly.
• Box up things like books and out-of-season clothes.
• Get cash out for last-minute emergencies, basic supplies and tips.
• Recharge your mobile phone and keep charges handy.
On the day:
• Each person should keep their 'personal luggage' on them. Pile them by the door
until you're ready to go - don't leave with boxes where movers may put them in the
van.
• Strip beds, pack bedding separately and mark clearly whose is whose and which
room it is to go in.
• The box containing the kettle, mugs etc should travel with someone in the van who
should then ensure it's put in the new kitchen area.
• Leave a note with your contact details for the new occupants if necessary.
Printable Checklist
Please print off and tick each company as you give them your new details
Financial Ref No/Account No Telephone Tick
Bank or Building Society
Home Insurance
Building Insurance
Inland Revenue
Credit Cards
Rental/Hire Purchase
Pension Companies
Savings/Bonds
Life Policies
Employer - Payroll
Catalogue Companies
National Insurance
N.B Some phone companies require a months’ notice or you may get billed for that period.
Services Ref No/Account No Telephone Tick Electoral Register
Council Tax
Gas
Telephone Land Line
Electric
Mobile
Cable/Satellite/ Internet
Services
Club Cards-
Boots/Tesco/Sainsbury etc
TV Licence 0844 800 6722
Water
Post Office - redirection
Motoring Ref No/Account No Telephone Tick Vehicle Registration- DVLA 08702400010
Vehicle Insurance
Driving License - DVLA 0870 240 0009
Breakdown Services
Health Ref No/Account No Telephone Tick Doctor
Dentist
Optician
Private Healthcare
National Blood Bank 0845 7711711
Others Telephone Tick Subscriptions
School/Colleges/Nursery
Library
Milk Delivery
Gym/Golf Club
Newspapers
Unions
Miscellaneous
Notes
Final preparations:
Task Notes By Whom Done Pets - make moving arrangements
Moving Vehicles - arrange for neighbours to leave
room for you at both ends
Fridge & freezer - defrost two days before move
List everyone who needs to receive a change of
address card
Make a 'Last out - First In' Box.
NB: This box should be filled with the items you need most when you first arrive!
Contents Notes Done Keys (car, home, etc)
Money & Credit Cards
Jewellery
Kettle
Tea
Coffee
Milk
Mugs
Snacks
Basic cutlery & crockery (you may want to
use plastic)
Cork screw
Bottle of Champagne
First Aid Kit
Towels
Toilet Paper
Hand Soap
Toiletries
Scissors
Bedding
Pen
Small Radio
Matches / lighter
Basic Tools
Shower Curtain
Torch