PLANNER AND CHECKLIST
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PREPARE TO MOVE 3 – 4 WEEKS PRIOR

• Thoroughly clean inside & outside of house, garage and garden shed.
• Begin run down supplies of frozen and other perishable foods.
• Check large appliances and furniture will fit in your new home, and make a list of anything you will not take. If selling, advertise them for sale.
  
• Keep list of incoming mail and notify change of address for any subscriptions.
• Advise friends and relatives of your move date and new address.
• Prepare an inventory of everything and store it with your valuables.
• If you are packing, plan how and when to pack your belongings.

2 - 3 WEEKS TO GO

• If renting, advise your current landlord.
• Advise change of address to all relevant contacts (work, schools, doctor, bank stores, clubs etc.).
• If Chris Watkins Transport is not packing for you, start packing and labeling boxes with contents and intended location in your new home. Packing materials are available from Chris Watkins Transport.
• Make arrangements to move your pets or vehicles, if required. Chris Watkins Transport can arrange these for you.

1 WEEK TO GO

• Arrange re-direction of all your mail.
• Advise Electoral Roll and Taxation Office.
• Advise the relevant authorities for change of address on your license and car registration.
• Organize disconnections and final accounts for telephone, gas, water and electricity.
• Confirm new phone number and connection date.
• Ensure that services are connected to your new home, and ready to go for the day you move in.

3 DAYS TO GO

• Cancel any regular services such as lawn mowing, deliveries etc.
• Empty rubbish bins.
  
• Dispose of flammables correctly. Drain fuel from lawn mower & any machinery.
• Prepare bulky items which are being moved such as trampolines, garden furniture, swings, etc.

1 DAY TO GO

• Defrost fridge and freezer. Remove food and wash out interior.
• If Chris Watkins Transport is arranging transport for your car, have it ready for collection.

THE BIG DAY - Don’t Worry!

• Consider taking in the car with you the essentials you will need when you first arrive.
• Carry all valuables and important papers with you.
• Lock doors and windows and collect all keys.
• Check nothing has been left behind.