Your Moving Checklist
12 weeks before you move:
√ Chose your mover and signed the acceptance note
√ Sort through basement, loft and garage
√ Resolve what to do with prohibited items
√ Make proper provision for pets
√ Decide whether or not you are taking your car
10 weeks before your move:
√ Dispose of the things you don’t want to take
√ Start to prepare your mailing list of people who need your change of address
√ Notify banks, savings accounts, credit card companies, magazine subscriptions, hire purchase and rental companies
√ Start to round up passports, birth/marriage certificates and other family documentation
√ Apply for any necessary visas
√ Check that electrical goods will work in your new home
√ Separate favourite toys
√ Make sure your pet’s vaccinations are up to date
√ Arrange for mail to be forwarded
√ Decide whether or not to buy any new household goods – check tax refunds
√ Decide which clothes travel with you
√ Start to dismantle climbing frames/garden furniture
√ Agree on insurance value and terms with your mover
√ Make arrangements of connection of services at your new home
√ Return library books
√ Cancel deliveries, newspapers, subscriptions, etc.
√ Find new homes for your plants
√ Defrost the refrigerator/freezer
√ Plan simple meals for moving day to avoid using appliances
√ Separate luggage items you need for personal travel
√ Clean garden tools, bicycles and any other gardening equipment
√ Empty the fuel tanks of powered tools such as mowers
√ Check you have enough medication for at least two weeks, and ensure you have copies of any necessary prescriptions for use at destination
√ Collect travelers checks or local currency
√ Arrange for someone to look after the children on moving day
