Moving House Checklist
7 DAYS TO GO
- Notify your post office to redirect your mail
- Arrange Electoral Roll transfer
- Advise the Taxation Office
6 DAYS TO GO
- Advise motor registry (your licence, motor vehicle registration etc)
- List essential items you will need on moving day
5 DAYS TO GO
- Ask your move consultant about our free utility connection service that can take care of the below.
- Contact your supplier regarding disconnection of your phone and billing. Arrange new number and date of connection required.
- Organise accounts for gas, water and electricity
- Ensure continuity of these services at your new address
4 DAYS TO GO
- Cancel local arrangements, for example, lawn mowing
- Check with manufacturers whether your washing machine and refrigerator motors need bolting down for transport
- Clean out medicine cabinet
- Empty rubbish bins
- Do final clear out of garage and unwanted furniture
- Empty steam iron, toaster, griller etc
- Dispose of flammables (throw out or give to neighbours)
- Drain fuel from lawnmower and other machinery
- Wash and dry laundry
- Prepare any items requiring dismantling which are being moved, for example, trampolines, garden furniture, modular furniture etc.
1 DAY TO GO
- Tighten lids on all jars containing liquids
- Dismantle TV aerial if transporting this
- Defrost fridge and freezer and remove food
- Wash out interior of white goods
- Separate items that belong to the house, eg, appliance instruction manuals, kitchen items, including roasting dishes and baking trays
- Disconnect all Hi Fi and Computer components that will require packing (label cords where necessary)
THE BIG DAY
- You should be just about organised
- Consider packing a carton with essential things you will need when you arrive, eg, bathroom essentials, toilet paper, and basic kitchenware
- Carry all valuables, cash and important papers with you
- Tighten all taps
- Turn off water heater
- Check gas, electric switches and lights
- Lock doors and windows and return house keys
- Make sure you complete the “walk through” with our Removal Crew prior to their departure to ensure that all goods have been removed