4 Weeks Before the Move Date

Get quotes from Removal Companies – you may want to move yourself, consider the different options and cost implications – always check the contracts of removal companies especially the small print.

Consider if the removals company is insured  – what happens if something breaks?

Ensure that the Removal Company you select is a member of an association such as Storers or Guild of Removers and have an insurance to cover them – so that your prized possessions are protected.

Check with your own insurers as to what cover you may have in place should you decide to do the removal yourself.

Make an inventory – items you are taking with you.

Think about cleaning your existing property

How is the rubbish going to be removed?

Consider foods, refrigeration and open products.

Consider weather, time of day, traffic and routes you will take on the day of moving.

Children and their schooling

Post and redirection – banks and building society accounts

Utility providers, gas, electric, telephone, council tax, satellite, broadband and water meters, who will inform the suppliers, and how will you provide your solicitor with this information.

Cancel deliveries such as milk and newspapers

Inform friends, family and work place and schools

Label boxes for ease

Make a list of the important essentials – so what items you will need on the first day. It could take time unpacking, and organising your new home. The more planned your move the less stressful the moving day should be.

Think about how you will pack – the type of boxes you will need, bubble wrap, the weight of the boxes.

Consider how the items will be carried in to your new place, will they get through the doors.

May be you would like to send some thank you cards to your neighbours