Moving Checklist

Moving can be a busy time so this checklist may be of help to ensure all bases are covered and your move is as smooth and as stress-free as possible!

4 Weeks Before Your Move

Get together strong cardboard boxes, tape and marking pens
Confirm your moving date
Select a furniture removal service or hire truck to suit your needs
Have a thorough clean out. Organise a garage sale or donate unwanted items to a charity
Use the frozen and canned foods in your pantry and freezer.
Start your packing!

Keep packing!
List essential items you’ll need on moving day
Prepare an inventory of everything you are packing and moving and keep with your valuables
Contact utility companies and arrange disconnections and connections for your new address- gas, electricity, telephone, cable TV, internet
Advise local service providers of final service dates – papers, mowing etc.
Return local library books and videos
Collect outstanding dry-cleaning, lay-bys, shoe repairs
Complete an Australia Post Mail Redirection Service application to redirect your mail to your new address

Ask your local bottle shop or supermarket for boxes
Hire a trolley for moving heavy items and boxes
Use old blankets or sheets to cover and protect your furniture
Keep pieces from a disassembled furniture in a strong plastic bag, label and keep in an Essentials Box which is kept separately with you
Remover the plate from your microwave and tape the door closed
Pack your frozen foods into ice in an esky
Pack sharp tools with plenty of padding taped around them
Don’t use newspaper to wrap shiny surfaces – use butcher’s paper instead
Pack heavy items into smaller boxes and light items into large boxes
Tighten lids on jars and bottles as they are packed
Place pot plants into heavy duty garbage bags should soil spills occur
Number your boxes and keep a list of what’s in each one