Moving Tips
Before moving day:
- Clear out unwanted goods — hold a garage sale.
- Get rid of flammables — paint, petrol, gas cylinders.
- Empty fuel from mowers, clippers, trimmers and so on.
- Clothes — do you need them all? Charity shops may want them.
- Separate books — disposable, family reading, valuable.
- Check all electrical goods — will they work in the new home?
- Start making up your change of address list.
- Arrange to have mail forwarded.
- Agree termination date for electricity, gas, oil, telephone and other main suppliers.
- If you are taking electrical goods such as a stereo, see if you still have their original boxes.
- Have rugs cleaned.
- If you have children, separate cherished toys to travel with you.
- Round up personal documentation — marriage/birth certificates, driving licenses and so on.
- Keep passports separate so they are not packed.
- Want to take the car? Check on import regulations and the duty payable.
- To say nothing of family pets — make sure vaccinations and documentation are up to date.
- Will your new home be ready? If not, you need to arrange temporary storage.
- Shops, schools, theatre, life styles — it's never too early to find out about your new home
- Start running down freezer stocks.
- Arrange your finances — close or transfer bank accounts, savings accounts and so on, if necessary.
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