Moving Checklist

Your first steps towards a trouble free move begin when you:

1. Before Moving Day

• Confirm removal dates with White & Co
• Sign, complete and return the agreement along with all supporting documentation
• Book insurance at the declared value
• Make arrangements to sell anything you don’t want, cars, furniture, etc
• Book flights and check luggage allowance with Travel Agent / Airline
• Make arrangements for pets: Inoculations, Kennelling, Flights
• Contact: Doctor, Dentist, Optician

Remember to get copies of your family’s medical history and prescription details if necessary.

• Copy all personal papers: educational certificates; birth/marriage certificates; insurance policies; legal documentation; etc.
• Transfer or set up new bank accounts.
• Notify credit card companies.
• Cancel any store cards.
• Advise the relevant authorities you are leaving: NHS; HM Customs and Revenue; DVLC
• Notify all policy companies: Insurance; Assurance; Investments; Etc
• Notify all service providers:

• Bank
• Doctors
• Dentist
• Optician
• Vet
• Telephone
• Water
• Gas
• TV License 
• Passport Office

• Send change of address cards to friends and family
• Ask Post Office to re-route mail
• Clear the loft
• Put items you are not shipping into storage, sell or dispose of
• Confirm the Pre-Move Survey inventory completed by the White & Co consultant to ensure the correct space allocation for your shipment.

2. One Week before Moving Day

• Cancel milk/newspaper deliveries
• Start running down contents of fridge / freezer
• Arrange minders for children and pets on moving day
• Find and label keys
• Separate jewellery, trinkets and small items
• Sort out linen and clothes
• Clean all outdoor items

3. One Day before Moving Day

• Take down curtains and/or blinds
• Collect children’s toys
• Defrost Freezer and Fridge
• Pack your travel luggage
• Identify and isolate items not to be part of your shipment

4. On Moving Day

• Check metre readings and make a note of the readings to advise to the relevant suppliers
• Pack essential items into your hand luggage
• After removal team has emptied the house, check through to ensure everything has been removed
• Switch off power and water
• Hand keys over to Estate Agent