What goes and what stays
Use a plan of your new space to work out what will fit and what won’t.
If you’re not sure, measure it, and the space.
Make a list of all the furniture/big items to be moved. |
Plan – Don’t relocate junk
- Don’t leave the sorting until the last minute – you will end up relocating the rubbish.
- As soon as you know you are moving, start to go through your belongings.
- This is a great opportunity to have a good clear out.
- Pace yourself, 1-2 cupboards a day / week, depending on your timeframe.
- Be ruthless.
- Get rid of everything you don’t want / need / use.
- Giving away / donating feels really good.
- Don’t expect to get rid of your junk or make money at a garage sale. E-bay is the new garage sale.
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Get Professional advice
Get some quotes from removalists.
Have the removalist check the volume of your household contents; you want everything to fit into the vehicle on moving day.
Find out what else your removalist will provide, eg boxes and packing materials.
Order boxes and packing materials to arrive for packing at least 2 weeks before moving day. |
Before Packing Day
Precious documents need to be packed first
- Birth certificates
- Financial records
- Passports
- Insurance papers
- Medical records
- Tax records, etc.
Put them in a safe place (your office, with your parents etc.)
Stockpile clean old newspapers for wrapping glassware and china. |
Packing - if packing goods yourself:
Make sure you have markers, labels, packing materials and packaging tape with dispenser.
- Pack room by room
- Mark each box clearly with Room (to be placed in at new address)
- Contents
Identify the following Essential Items as ‘Unpack First’ (if you are able to take these items in the car with you, even better).
- Enough plates / cutlery for 1-2 meals
- Cups and mugs for 1-2 meals.
- Can opener
- Kettle
- 1-2 pots / pans
- Quick food (baked beans, bread, cereal)
- Tea/coffee / cordial
- Sheets and bedding for each bed
- Sleepwear
- Towels (one each)
- Toiletries / Toilet Paper
- Bathroom cleaner
- Alarm Clock
- Television
- Computer
- Vacuum Cleaner / Broom
- Wash up liquid and dishcloths
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Checklist
- Removalist booked or call BBC Removals on 9661 4390
- Children booked into new school.
- Packing boxes ordered to arrive 2 weeks before moving day
- Change of Address lodged with Post Office (2 weeks before move)
- Friends/family advised of new address
- Change of addressed advised to:
Bank
- Doctor/dentist etc.
- Insurance Company
- Notified insurance company change of address and moving date for transfer of cover
- Pets accommodation booked (day before and after move)
- Baby sitter for day of move (to help with any littlies)
- Cancel regular deliveries:
- Milk / Paper / Bread / Fruit / Vegetables
- Utilities to connected at new address and disconnect at old address. E.g. Electricity / Gas / Telephone / Internet / Water
- Cleaners booked for day after move
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