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tips | Moving in a new home
Moving into your new home can be stressful. However, a little bit
of organisation can go a long way toward making your move as smooth
as possible. By using Choice Homes tips below, we aim to point you
in the right direction and remind you of a few things that can get
easily forgotten in the race to move home:
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At this stage make sure your removal company is booked/ Book
time off work |
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Give notice to your landlord and if you are living in rented
accommodation |
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Have a clear out and throw away anything you don't need or
give it to charity |
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Start collecting the newspapers, tissue paper, boxes, cardboard,
wrapping and padding |
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Contact your telephone and utility providers to tell them
you're moving |
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Start packing things you rarely use, and any clothing that
you're unlikely to need in the next couple of weeks, e.g. if
it's summer, you can pack your winter clothes |
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Arrange accommodation for your pets during the move |
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Phone the telephone company and ask them to connect the phone
in your new home |
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Arrange building insurance and contents insurance for your
new home |
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Tell the local authority that you're moving home |
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Contact your water, gas and electricity companies, at least
48 hours notice is required by both your existing supplier and
your new authority |
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Arrange for the professional disconnection of gas cookers
and any other appliances that you are taking with you (give
seven days notice) |
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Arrange for your final telephone bill, and arrange for a telephone
connection at your new home - see if you can transfer your existing
number over to your new home |
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Cancel standing orders or direct debits from your bank account
in favour of your existing house (mortgage, gas, electricity
payments) and complete fresh ones for your new house |
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Cancel deliveries of paper, milk, and so on and pay off your
accounts |
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Arrange for your mail to be redirected |
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Start packing everything else except those things you'll need
between now and your move |
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Pay any outstanding bills |
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Arrange with the Post Office to have your mail redirected
automatically to your new home. Redirection costs £6 for
a month; £13 for three months; and £30 for a year.
That is the price per surname rather than per property. |
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Put important and valuable items, such as passports, birth
certificate and jewellery, in a safe place |
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Get a TV license for your new home |
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Turn off electricity, gas and water supplies at the mains
at your old address |
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Check all appliances are disconnected |
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Secure all windows and doors before heading to your new home
Pack a box of essential items, such as toilet paper, a torch,
a kettle, spare bulbs |
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Defrost the fridge and freezer |
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Disconnect appliances |
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Clean the house |
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Check your utility suppliers have switched on your gas, electricity
and phone in your new home |
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On the day, pack one box with a kettle, tea bags, coffee,
milk and snacks. Matches, kitchen roll, can-opener, sharp knife,
cutlery, plates, screwdriver, candles, loo rolls and light bulbs
are also a good idea. Keep this box with you, along with important
documents, telephone numbers you may need, cash and valuables
and the keys to your new house. |
Useful links
Find a removal company
Buy packing boxes
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