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Making a house move checklist is important

HOUSE MOVE To do list FOR HOME MOVERS

Our House Movers Checklist and our House Move To Do List provide valuable guideline for home movers once they have agreed their sale and purchase deals.

There are three essential steps.

  1. Ensure that you have a clear Critical Path Analysis in your house move to do list for home movers, covering the period between acceptance of offer and projected removal date.

  2. Send a copy of principal target dates to your solicitor conveyancer so it can become a blueprint for the other parties involved.

  3. Update and amend your house move to do list and implement it, keeping everyone informed about changes that may jeopardise the outcome.

WEEK 1
List Your Possessions

Photograph furniture on a room by room basis. 

 

List all your valuables.​

 

Identify items needing  special packing or loading or that need to go into storage.

 

If you are downsizing make a list of those items you wish to sell at auction or give to charity shops.

Contact an auction house and send photographs and details of items you want to sell.

WEEK 3-12
The House to House Removal

Keep track of progress with the of the sale and/or purchase.

Notify the estate agent of any changes.

Notify the house to house removals company as soon as possible if your removal date needs to be changed.

WEEK 14
Exchange of Contracts

Cancel your existing tv and Internet arrangements.

 

Arrange for new tv and Internet services at your new home.

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Notify your bank of your new address and the Direct Debts that need  changing.

Notify your insurance companies and your motor insurer of your new address.

Update  your driver's licence and car registration details

WEEK 15
After Exchange of Contracts

Begin packing valuables and personal possessions.

To make unpacking easier, prepare numbered labels to be stuck on boxes.

Arrange for your home to be professionally cleaned prior to completion.

WEEK 16
Moving Day

Oversee the packing and removal.

Supervise unpacking at your new home.   

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