Moving Home Tips
Moving house the easy way
So you're moving home and after booking your move with Peter Sadler Removals you're confident your moving day is in safe hands. But remember! What happens on moving day is just one aspect of everything that needs to happen when you move house. If you don't know where to start our moving house checklist provides a good guide to all the things you should consider.
The Peter Sadler moving house checklist
Four weeks to go
- Consider your insurance needs. We offer transit insurance as part of any move you make with us. However to ensure the cover meets your requirements it is important to consider the specifics of your situation. If you're unsure, give us a call and we can help guide you through this process to ensure you obtain the best level of cover available.
- Create a list of your items and decided on what's coming or going. Be ruthless. If items were gathering dust in your old place, why let them take up space doing the same thing in your new home? For those unwanted items consider a garage sale, e-bay or donating to charity.
- Start making a list of incoming mail. This becomes a handy reference for changing your address later. Consider printing a change of address card, ready to give to family, friends and colleagues.
- If you're going to need storage, confirm the booking now. Peter Sadler Removals offer short term storage options and can assist in securing long term storage if necessary. Just give us a call and ask, we're always happy to help.
- Consider you're travel arrangements on moving day. For those moving long distances, additional accommodation along the way may be needed.
- Organise packing materials. Peter Sadler Removals can provide you with boxes, packing materials and equipment. Delivery to your door is at no extra charge. After the move return the boxes to us, we'll refund 50% of the cost of all boxes returned to us in good condition.
Two weeks to go
- Reduce your food. Avoid the supermarket and focus on using up the food in your pantry, fridge and freezer.
- Remember the pets. On moving day, it's often easier for pets to be cared for by friends - now is a good time to arrange that.
- Update your home insurance. Contact your home insurance company and ensure both homes are covered for the necessary periods.
- Time to start packing. Begin with non-essential items and clothes. Label all boxes clearly.
- Essential services. Organise final meter readings with your utility companies and confirm connections to your new home.
One week to go
- Cancel any regular deliveries and pack all but what you think you'll need for the final week in terms of clothes, toiletries, linen and kitchen items.
- If the packing process has left you with a lot more rubbish than usual organise a drop off at your local tip.
- Organise redirection of your mail. Choose a reasonably long period so that important documents and bills don't fall through the cracks.
The day before
- Disconnect your washing machine and let the hoses drain.
- Disconnect any gas bottles.
- Prepare appliances for removal. Ensure everything is shut down and fully disconnected, particularly any computers and laptops.
- Empty your fridge & freezer contents into an esky and clean the fridge thoroughly.
- Pack any remaining items into boxes.
- If necessary, secure street parking for the removals truck.
On the day
- Carry your new and old keys, valuables and any important documents with you so they don't get lost!
- Once everything is on the truck, do a final check of your old place to ensure that the home is clean, nothing has been left behind and all rubbish has been removed.
- Organise an essentials pack - basic food, a kettle, cutlery, crockery and glassware. After a long moving day no one wants to search through dozens of boxes just to make a cup of tea.
- Make sure you have fresh clothes, towels, bedlinen and any toiletries (including medications) on hand.
