We have compiled a list of 21 items you need to consider to help you when moving to your new home.
- Start packing early
- Label your boxes
- Declutter your belongings
- Start packing your least used rooms first
- Arrange your utilities early
- Use good quality packing materials
- Identify valuables and breakables
- Look into arranging a storage unit if needed
- Disconnect any appliances you are taking with you
- Pack a bag of essentials to keep separate on the day of the move
- Put screw and bolts from your furniture in bags and attached the bag to item of furniture
- Think about where your furniture will go in your new home
- Keep wires organised
- Update your address / get mail redirected
- Notify companies of your move
- Arrange insurance for your new home
- Update your driving licence
- Make a note of meter readings
- Clean your home
- Check through your home to make sure you haven’t left anything
- Return the keys to your old house to the relevant person