Moving Guide

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• Newspaper delivery
• Milk delivery
• Telephone
• Internet
• Cable
• Gas
• Electricity
• Water
• Other

Get organised

• Obtain a supply of boxes from places like the supermarket
• Obtain packaging tape and heavy marker pens
• Arrange for a furniture removal van
• Arrange transit insurance
• Arrange for care of your children on moving
• Make suitable arrangements for any pets
• Arrange contents and fire insurance for your new home. Talk to your Harcourts consultant regarding this.
• Organise shifting times with the purchaser of your old property and the previous owner of your new one. Your Harcourts consultant will help co-ordinate this.

Notify your change of address to

• Bank
• Credit card companies, i.e. visa, diners, fuel cards
• Post office for redirection of mail
• Registrar of electors (at Post Office)
• Registrar of motor vehicles & drivers license
• Tax department
• Insurance companies (house, contents, car, health etc)
• Hire purchase or finance company
• Investment companies
• Local council
• Shops where you may have charge cards
• Clubs and organisations
• Police (if you own and store firearms)
• Friends
• Relatives
• Publications you subscribe to
• Doctor
• Dentist
• Church
• Accountant
• Who else sends me mail?

Remember to

• Clean the stove
• Defrost the fridge/freezer
• Tidy the yard
• Ensure that the chattels that have been sold with the property aren’t accidentally packed
• Disconnect all appliances
• Disconnect the TV aerial
• Return any borrowed items
• Throw out items that you don’t intend taking with you (organise garage sales)
• List valuable items for special care when moving
• Advise removal company of dangerous goods being moved i.e. ammunition, petrol, spirits, chemicals
• Securely pack all jewellery, money, special documents and papers (i.e. legal, tax, insurance etc)
• Set aside items you will need on the day of the move so you can take them with you, e.g. food, drinks, cleaning products
• Pack each room leaving the boxes stacked and labelled with the room they are to be moved to i.e. kitchen. It is a good idea to write on each box a list of its general content
• Boxes containing breakables label ‘FRAGILE’ and identify these items to your removal people
• Pot and pack away plants and cuttings you are taking with you
• Explain your packing procedure to the removal people and be at your new home when they arrive

Don’t

• Put breakables or liquid filled containers in drawers
• Overload drawers and make furniture too heavy to shift (too much weight can damage furniture)
• Move netting, barbed wire, timber, wood, coal etc, without special arrangements being made
• Store perishable goods where they might be overlooked

Make arrangements

• See your solicitor to sign transfer documents/mortgage discharge documents
• Advise your children’s school that your children are leaving and the name of their new school so that files can be forwarded
• Enrol children in new school

Things to organise for new home

• Newspaper delivery
• Telephone
• Internet and cable connection
• Gas
• Electricity
• Water
• Other

The week before moving

• Remind and confirm dates/times/locations for furniture removal company
• Confirm moving in/moving out details and key exchange with your Harcourts consultant
• Let children say goodbye to friends and neighbours
• Say goodbye yourself

Have one last check

• Nothing left behind?
• No clothes at dry cleaners?
• No gear stored away from your property?
• Electricity and gas turned off?
• Telephone disconnected?
• Water turned off and no taps left running?
• Light switches off?
• Windows and doors latched?
• Keys with solicitor? (if appropriate)

After the move

• Have spare keys cut
• Make an insurance claim, if any damage has occurred during the move
• Familiarise children with how to get to and from school
• Enjoy your new home
• Keep in touch with your Harcourts consultant. We’d love to hear how you are going.

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