CHECKLIST

Complete Relocation Service Handy Checklist, Schedule and Reminder Sheet

You’ve found the perfect place and your moving date is now set. But it still seems like there’s a lot to be organized. We’ve prepared this handy checklist, schedule and reminder sheet to help make your move smooth. Print this out and use it as your main point of reference as your moving journey unfolds.

4 Weeks Before Your Moving Date

  • It’s time to organise removalist insurance quotes. What to know more about removalist insurance with Complete Relocation Service? Click Here
  • Get Complete Relocation Service to sort out all your utility arrangements – E.g.: connection of telephone, Internet broadband and TV services, electricity and gas supply, etc. More details?
  • Furniture Hire? Complete Relocation Service will see to that for you. More details?
  • Outstanding bills may need settling now.
  • Write an inventory detailing the items you wish to move. It helps to categorise items as follows:
    • Moving
    • Storage
    • Disposal
    • Giveaway
    • Garage sale
  • Learn about your new location. You’ll need to know where everything is when you move:
    • Supermarket
    • Hospital
    • Petrol station
  • Check out local schools and childcare services. Best to organize the transfer of your children's school details to the new school now.
  • Your computer. Back up your hard drive! Make arrangements for your printer, scanner and any other hardware to be packed securely for travelling.
  • Collect all family records that you may need to give to practitioners: dental, school, vet and medical.
  • Are you currently renting your premises? Give your current landlord the date that you will be vacating the premises. This needs to be done formally – in writing.
  • Organise your property inspection now so that you can recoup any bond or deposit attached to the lease.
  • Through Complete Relocation Service, make arrangements for the premises to be professionally cleaned prior to the inspection (see above). More details?
  • Ask Complete Relocation Service to review any home, contents and car insurance you hold. More details?

3 Weeks Before Your Moving Date

  • Pack items that you rarely use – things that are in storage in your basement, garage or loft space or attic. Complete Relocation Service can help with packing, boxes and storage. More details?
  • Donate unwanted items to charity or hold a garage sale.
  • Rubbish removal? Complete Relocation Service can help. More details?
  • Empty and de-assemble waterbeds in preparation for easy transport.
  • Take apart any built-in fixtures and fittings that you wish to transport.
  • Time to take apart outdoor items like swing seats, cubby houses, barbeques, gazebos, etc. Remember to put fittings such as bolts, brackets and screws in a secure container for safekeeping. And don’t forget to label the container!
  • Prefabricated furniture needs to be disassembled now — computer desk or sewing machine desks — ready for transportation.
  • If needs be open new bank accounts, safety deposit and/or Post Office boxes.
  • Your pets. Make sure you have all necessary veterinary records, medical history, and any immunisation certificates associated with your pet. And when it comes to the moving date ensure that your pet is ready for collection. Packing a familiar toy or blanket will give your pet reassurance whilst travelling.
  • Put your valuables in a safety deposit box. You can retrieve them just before your move date.
  • Plan your route – outline and stops, and organize accommodation if necessary.
  • Put aside enough cash to see you through the move.
  • Verify your move schedule with the new real estate agent or the landlord. Now’s the time to put interim accommodation in place if necessary.
  • Separate the boxes and luggage required for yourself and your family.
  • Need temporary or permanent storage? Complete Relocation Service can help. More details?
  • Do you need to hire a Ute, a truck or a trailer. Complete Relocation Service can help. More details?
  • Now’s the time to services your machines! Your car, lawnmower, and other mechanical items. Make sure you drain oil to prevent leakage during transit.

safetyIMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE: Some goods are classed as dangerous and cannot be put in storage or transported: Many may seem innocuous but they can represent a very real risk when being transported. These are:

  • Ammunition
  • Cans of paint
  • Linseed oil
  • Bleach products
  • Gas cylinders (unless emptied)
  • Turpentine
  • Kerosene
  • Petrol
  • Cleaning fluids
  • Aerosols of any kind
  • Vegetable oils
  • Chemistry sets

 

2 Weeks Before Your Moving Date

  • Time to take a look at Complete Relocation Service at www.completerelocationservices.com.au to make sure ensure get all the help you need.
  • Take back any rental DVDs and library books.
  • Make a detailed plan for specific needs of children and pets before, throughout and after the move. These might be medication, nourishment, care, or even entertainment.
  • Time for your garage sale. All those unwanted items MUST go.
  • Create an inventory list. Print one for each box and attach it for easy reference to the top of the box.
  • Final Week Before Your Moving Date
  • Enjoy the many benefits of Complete Relocation Service cost savings, great discounts, and deals for arranging disconnection/reconnection of telephone, gas and electricity services. More details?
  • Time to say goodbye. How will you spend your last night in your home?
  • Gather all keys, external and internal, and hand them to your new landlord and tenant. Use the Complete Relocation Service Notification Service to inform service providers that you are changing address. More details?
  • Send the Complete Relocation Service’ e-Card to let people know your new address
  • Eat drink and be merry! Plan to use food and drink from your refrigerator and freezer.
  • Prepare meals for moving day and make plans for the next day too.
  • Defrost your refrigerator and clean it thoroughly.
  • Remove all valuables from your safety deposit box.
  • Your personal luggage – pack this last and arrange to keep jewellery and valuable documents with you - alternatively send these by registered mail.
 
Your Moving Day

Look in all cupboards before you leave – You never know!

Take a final stroll around the premises just to double check nothing has been left behind.

Important! Remember to remove the electric garage door opener from your vehicle before you drive away in it.

 
After Moving Day

Use the Complete Relocation Service’ New Address Notification Service to complete the task of informing all relevant companies that you have moved. More details?

Send another Complete Relocation Service e-Card to let everyone know you have actually moved into your new premises.