Moving Checklist
Use this checklist to stay on track from the first quote to moving day.
8 weeks before
- Request and compare quotes from moving companies
- Decide what to keep, sell, donate or throw away
- Start a folder for documents, quotes and receipts
4–6 weeks before
- Book your moving company and confirm the date in writing
- Order boxes and packing materials
- Start packing things you rarely use
- For international moves: check visas, customs rules and shipping documents
2 weeks before
- Change your address with the post office, bank and employer
- Arrange to transfer or cancel utilities and internet
- Use up food you can't take with you
Moving week
- Pack a box of essentials for the first days
- Label every box with its room and contents
- Defrost the fridge and freezer
- Confirm timings with your moving company
Moving day
- Be there when the movers arrive and when they leave
- Check the inventory before you sign
- Take meter readings and photos of the empty home