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The complete moving house checklist
Everything to sort, week by week, from booking your removal to your first week in the new place.
8 weeks before
- ✓Get removals quotes and book your preferred date
- ✓Start decluttering — sell, donate or recycle what you won't take
- ✓Request time off work for moving day
- ✓Check your tenancy agreement or exchange contracts for key dates
6 weeks before
- ✓Order packing materials (boxes, tape, bubble wrap)
- ✓Start using up food from the freezer and cupboards
- ✓Research schools, doctors and dentists in your new area, if moving locally
- ✓Look into parking suspensions or permits needed for moving day
4 weeks before
- ✓Notify your bank, employer and subscriptions of your new address
- ✓Set up mail redirection with Royal Mail
- ✓Book time off for both moving-out and moving-in days
- ✓Start packing rooms you use least — spare rooms, garage, loft
2 weeks before
- ✓Confirm final details with your removals company
- ✓Arrange for meter readings on your move-out date
- ✓Transfer or set up utilities (gas, electricity, water, broadband) at the new address
- ✓Pack a room at a time, labelling boxes clearly by room and contents
1 week before
- ✓Confirm parking access at both properties
- ✓Pack an essentials box (kettle, chargers, toiletries, medication, paperwork)
- ✓Defrost the freezer if you're taking it with you
- ✓Take photos of meter readings and any existing property damage
Moving day
- ✓Do a final walkthrough of every room, cupboard and loft space
- ✓Take final meter readings
- ✓Hand over keys, alarm codes and any instructions to the new occupants
- ✓Keep your essentials box with you, not in the van
After the move
- ✓Register with a new doctor and dentist
- ✓Update your address on your driving licence and vehicle registration
- ✓Register to vote at your new address
- ✓Check smoke alarms and locate the stopcock and fuse box
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