Your Compete Property Buying Guide 14 Remember to organise ☐ Telephone, internet and cable TV. ☐ Gas, water and electricity. ☐ Newspaper delivery. Organise for moving day ☐ Obtain supply of boxes. ☐ Get packaging tape and heavy marker pens. ☐ Arrange for furniture removal (get a quote, confirm date and time). ☐ Arrange care of your children onmoving day. ☐ Make suitable arrangements for any pets. ☐ Arrange transit insurance, and contents and fire insurance for your new home. ☐ Organise collection of keys with the seller’s sales consultant. Notify your change of address to ☐ Bank, credit card and charge card companies. ☐ Post office for redirection of mail. ☐ Elections register. ☐ Register of motor vehicles and driver’s licence. ☐ Tax department. ☐ Insurance companies. ☐ Hire purchase or finance companies. ☐ Investment companies. ☐ Local council. ☐ Clubs and organisations. ☐ Police (if you own and store firearms). ☐ Friends and relatives. ☐ Magazine subscriptions. ☐ Doctor, dentist, accountant, lawyer. Don’t forget ☐ List valuable items for special care whenmoving. ☐ Advise removal company of dangerous goods beingmoved (i.e. ammunition, petrol, spirits, chemicals). ☐ Securely pack all jewellery, money, special documents, papers (i.e. legal, tax, insurance, marriage/birth certificates, wills, passports etc.). ☐ Set aside items you will need on the day of the move so you can take themwith you (i.e. food, drinks, cleaning products, scissors). ☐ Pack each room leaving the boxes stacked and labelled with the room they are to bemoved to. It is a good idea to write on each box a list of its general content. ☐ Clearly label boxes containing breakables as ‘fragile’ and identify these to the removalists. ☐ Pot and pack away any plants and cuttings you’re taking to your new home. ☐ Explain your packing procedure to the removalists and be at your new home when they arrive. MAKINGTHEMOVE YOURCHECKLIST
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