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Wise Moving Tips
A Few Gems For You
About 30 days before the moving date, get onto:
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Finding and carefully choosing a removalist company
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Discarding any items you do not wish to take with you
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Lining up a local council pick-up
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Booking cleaners
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Going through your fridge, freezer and pantry to discard any opened packets and goods past their use-by-date and use up food
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Advising utility suppliers such as electricity, gas, telephone and internet about disconnection and reconnection
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Having your mail redirected and letting Australia Post know about your move
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Informing your insurance companies so that your contents insurance policy can be updated with the new address
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Updating your address with your gym club, local library, food delivery companies, charities, Pay TV providers and sport teams
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Advising the Australian Electoral Commission, Centrelink and any other Governmental Departments
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Advising your bank, superannuation fund and other financial institutions
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Letting your doctors, dentists and vets know about your change of address
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Starting packing, ensuring boxes are labelled and accompanied by an inventory list
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Identifying items that either need special handling care or are very heavy, and making necessary arrangements to have them moved safely
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Making arrangements for the kids to be minded on the day of the move if not at school
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Advising your accountant, solicitors and any other professional advisers
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Identifying whether any gas cylinders or air bottles need emptying
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Creating a folder with all your moving documents
About a week before the moving date, you should:
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Tidy up the yard
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Clean the oven
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Organise having your carpet cleaned, and attend to a flea treatment if applicable
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Start dismantling furniture
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Confirm arrival time with removalist and cleaners
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Ensure you have a parking permit for your removalist if necessary
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Cancel any routine deliveries such as magazines/newspapers
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Defrost your fridge the night before the move
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Empty out your fridge, having a portable Esky with ice for transport
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Arrange the final inspection with your agent
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Back up computers
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Arrange a ‘goodbye’ get together with your neighbours
On the moving day, you will need to:
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Drop the kids and pets off to friends or relatives if they are not getting picked up
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Look throughout cupboards, the pantry, and built-in wardrobes for any forgotten items
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Keep your valuable items such as jewellery and important legal documents on you or secured
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Have snacks, beverage and food available during the moving day
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Have the keys easily accessible and in a safe place so you can easily find them when you need to hand them over to the agent
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Direct and supervise the placement of your boxes and furniture in the new home
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Check that the utilities are all connected in the new home
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Before you lock the doors, ensure everything is turned off