PreMove Checklist
Some important things to bear in mind
when moving.
- PERSONAL ARRANGEMENTS
- Passports
- Visa for destination country if
required
- Work permits if required
- International drivers license
- Overseas bank account
- Flights
- Overseas accommodation
- Re-claim tax on any new items
purchased
- Insurance - accidental and medical
- Travel insurance
- Transit insurance for your goods
- TO CANCEL
- Gas
- Electricity
- Water
- Bank and building society accounts
- ISP
- Council
- Electoral register
- Insurance - house contents / car
insurance / private medical insurance
- Schools
- Club memberships
- Doctor
- Dentist
- Landlord
- Food / milk / newspapers
- TWO - FOUR WEEKS PRIOR
TO MOVING DAY
- Confirm moving date with us
- Complete customs paperwork for
your move and take a photocopy of your passport, also
take photocopies for your own records
- Complete removal insurance paperwork
- Arrange parking permits with your
local council - we can do this for you
- Book an electrician for any light
fittings you want shipped - we can book an electrician
for you
- Book a plumber for any appliances
that need disconnecting - we can book a plumber for you
- If you are shipping your carpets
you will need to arrange for them to be lifted and cleaned
- Check with manufactures that domestic
appliances will work at destination
- Hire a skip to dispose of any
unwanted items
- Cash in on car tax
- Arrange transport and care for
any pets
- UP TO TWO WEEKS PRIOR
TO MOVING DAY
- Ensure valuables that are travelling
with you are kept in a safe place
- Pack personal items
- Go through your house, garden,
garange etc and throw out any unwanted items
- Empty freezers
- ON MOVING DAY
- Ensure parking space is available
and any parking permits that have been booked are in place
- On the removal teams arrival,
guide the foreman and team through your property, room
by room, identifying which items are to be packed and
shipped
- Before the crew leave, carry out
a final check with the foreman to ensure that nothing
has been left behind
- Hand customs forms, copy of passport
and any other outstanding forms to the foreman
- Obtain copy of inventory from
the foreman
- ON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION
- Ensure you are there to receive
goods
- Make contact with your appointed
agent
- On delivery day, advise removal
team which items are to go where
- Ask removal team for item numbers,
so you can cross them from the inventory
- Identify which boxes and packages
you would like unpacked. We will unpack, re-assemble and
dispose of debris on the move day
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