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Moving Home

Moving to a new home can be a stressful experience but with some careful planning you can turn the process of moving home into an enjoyable experience.

We have created a list of some useful tips which may help you when moving to your dream home.

  1. Confirm the date when the exchange of contacts will take place so you can start planning moving home in advance. Discuss this with your solicitor and try to exchange contracts on a Friday. This will give you the whole weekend to move.
  2. Contact the estate agent to confirm when you can pick the keys up.
  3. Check the contract you have received from the solicitors to make sure the items you have agreed to leave behind are left in the property for the buyer.
  4. Contact a number of removal companies to get quotes for the removal costs.
  5.  If you do not plan to use a removal company contact the local van hire company and make sure you hire a van big enough for large items including furniture, TV and carpets.
  6. If you need short term rented accommodation contact the local estate agents plus a storage company to store your belongings.
  7. Purchase some suitable card board boxes to store the items you plan to take with you.
  8. Clearly label your boxes this will help you when unpacking the items in your new home.
  9. Store important documents in a secure and safe place
  10. Draw up a check list of all items you plan to take with you. This way you can ensure all the items will be packed ready for the move.
  11. If you don’t plan taking everything with you consider giving some of the items away to the charity shop or selling them in a car boot sale.
  12. If you need new furniture, carpets, light fittings order them in advance.
  13. If your travelling a long distance plan your route in advance
  14. If you have children or pets arrange for someone to look after them during the moving home process.
  15. Contact the various companies including gas, water, electric, phone company, satellite TV, poll tax, banks, credit card companies and so on to advise them you are moving home.
  16. Visit the post office to get your mail transferred to your new address.
  17.  Inform the doctors and dentisit you are moving
  18. And most importantly pack your tea, coffee or a bottle of wine in a separate box as you may need a nice drink to celebrate moving to your dream house.
  19. You can also use the i am moving home web site which allows you to notify all the companies via email that you have changed your address and moved to a new house