4 to 6 weeks before your moving date
- Get and compare quotes from removal firms.
- Ask if you need to pay extra for insurance or packing.
- Ensure the removal firm is a member of the National Guild of Removers and Storers.
- Make sure that you read your contract so that you know what to do if any of your goods get damaged in the move, and check your household insurance.
- Make a list of everything to be moved and give a copy to the removal firm.
- Avoid peak times to move if possible, e.g. Bank Holidays, end of school terms and Fridays.
- Make a list of the utility companies you need to contact.
- Consider paying to have your mail redirected by the post office.
- Start packing anything that you won’t need before you move.
- Have a clear out and give to charity or bin anything you don’t need anymore
1 week before your moving date
- Buy or hire boxes if the removal company aren’t supplying them.
- Make a list of where the furniture is going to go in your new home.
- Pack boxes and then label the contents plus which room it needs to be delivered to – e.g. mark your label Books/Study
- Arrange for your telephone number to be transferred if you are moving locally or your final bill to be sent if you are not.
- Cancel any regular deliveries – e.g. papers and milk.
- Send out new address cards to friends and relatives.
- Defrost your freezers a couple of days before the move.
- Organise for final readings of your water/gas/electricity meters (this will require 72 hours’ notice).