Preparation for Removal |
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During the countdown to moving day, you can print off this list and use it as a guide to completing important tasks, ticking off items as you do them.
4 Weeks Before Moving
- Tour your house including the attic, garage and storage shed. Decide which items should be discarded or donated to charity. Consider a garage sale.
- Contact The Careful Company and request an accurate quotation of your moving charges.
- Begin to use up frozen food. Buy only what will be used before moving. It is inadvisable to move frozen goods in the van over large distances.
- Make your travel reservations for the trip - airline, hotel, rental car.
- Arrange to transfer records, etc. Refer to the Moving Checklist.
3 Weeks Before Moving
- Arrange for transportation of pets, including kennels. Check with your veterinarian.
- Start preparing your plants for the move.
- Return library books, video tapes and other borrowed items. Collect anything lent or out for repairs.
- Dispose of flammables - paint, matches, pressure cans, cleaning fluids, etc.
- Notify the Post Office, bank, etc of your pending change of address. Refer to the Moving Checklist.
2 Weeks Before Moving
- Draw up a floorplan of your new home and indicate furniture placement. It makes moving in twice as easy.
- Set a date with a reliable service firm to prepare your appliances - washer, dryer, etc - for moving.
- Start packing if you have planned to do some of it yourself. Refer to the Packing Brochure from your remover.
- Arrange for a baby sitter for moving day.
- Plan to discontinue utilities, delivery services, etc. Refer to the Moving Checklist.
1 Week Before Moving
- Prepare your car for the trip. Finish packing all suitcases and basic essentials. Plan to carry with you valuable documents, currency and jewellery.
- Drain water from the garden hose and oil/fuel from the power mower and other machinery.
- Defrost and wipe dry the fridge and freezer.
- Take down curtain rods, shelves and items permanently attached.
- Dismantle large power tools such as lathes, grinders, etc.
- Prepare a list of first minute items you will need upon arrival at your new home. See our Moving Day Survival Kit checklist.
The Day Before Moving
- Loosen screws, tracks, and tacks from carpets, etc.
- Prepare your plants for moving.
- Take down electrical fittings - wall clocks, heaters, etc.
- Take down any fixtures - towel rails, etc.
- Disconnect the washing machine and bolt down the washing machine drum and refrigerator motor if necessary.
The Morning of Moving Day
- Keep pets out of the way in a safe place. (Animals are not allowed to travel on the van except by special arrangement.)
- Collect together small valuables and personal documents and carry these yourself.
- Keep coats and articles you want to take with you personally to one side in a box clearly marked "DO NOT REMOVE".
- Strip beds and fold bedding in plastic sacks.
During the Move
- Keep children out of the way.
- Give each room a final clean as it is cleared. Keep cleaning materials in a box marked "LOAD LAST".
- Pack a large box with items you will need as soon as you arrive, e.g. kettle, cups, tools, snacks.
- Put wardrobe keys, etc in key bags and keep safe.
Before Leaving the Old House
- Check that no item has been left that shouldn't be.
- Hand over the keys.
- Be sure the van driver has your new address, directions and key if necessary.
- Check all windows are closed and doors are locked.
- If the new owner is not arriving the same day, turn off water, gas and electricity.
