As soon as you have found your new home
- Give written notice to your landlord
- Start getting quotes from removal firms or van hire companies
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One month before moving
- Find out the proposed completion date
- Book a few days off work for moving
- Tell your phone provider when to stop and restart your account
- Give your bank, employer, doctor, insurance company (and all those other important people) your new address
- Redirect your post
- Arrange a meter reading and tell all utility companies of your move
- Confirm a separate date for taking over utilities at your new address
- Packing yourself? Start collecting boxes
- Have a good clear out. Be ruthless, and don't forget the loft
- Start packing things you don't use regularly
- Start using your freezer contents
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Two weeks before moving
- Start emptying the garage and the shed
- Arrange a child and pet minder for the big day
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One week before moving
- Finish packing - and remember to write the contents on each box
- Keep any valuable documents separate and safe
- Pay the milkman and cancel the papers
- Empty and defrost the fridge and freezer
- Confirm the moving date and time with the removal company
- Tell all your friends and family your new address and when you will move in
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One day before moving
- Finish the last bit of packing
- Keep your valuables and documents in a safe place
- Keep your wallet handy
- Make a box of moving essentials including: coffee, tea, milk and biscuits (don't forget a kettle), screwdrivers, Stanley knife, light bulbs, toilet paper, address book, bin liners and maybe even a radio
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The day of the move
- Start filling the van
- Do one last walk through your old house to check you've got everything
- Disconnect everything and write down all meter readings
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