Moving Tips

Four weeks before you move:

• Book Fairway Removals to assist in your move
• Notify Post Office of your change of address and redirect your mail
  
• Notify people who will need to know your new address, eg. doctors, phone and internet company, VicRoads, Medicare and friends and family
• Begin to think about what items you do not want to take with you when you move.
  You can get rid of unwanted items through garage sales and donating to charities.
• Use up as much of the food in the fridge and freezer as possible and begin to pack up items in the cupboard which you know you will not use.
• Make a list of all the items you do want to take with you, and begin to collect packing supplies such as boxes and tape.
• Begin to pack up non-essential items, marking the boxes as to which room they belong to.
• If renting, notify landlord and confirm date you will be leaving the home, arrange for a final inspection in order to get bond back.

Two weeks before you move:

• Pack up all important documents such as birth certificates, passports, bank records etc in the one safe place
• Make enquiries for insurance for the new property
• Make arrangements to disconnect your existing services and connect your servces at your new premises eg. electricity, gas, internet, phone etc.

One week before you move:

• Confirm your details and arrangments with your removailst
• Pack up remaining items - mark boxes clearly
• Make travel arangements for pets
• Plan what you wish to take in the car with you on the day of the move
• Consider getting moving isurance if you have valuable antiques or fragile items.

2 days before the move:

• Defrost freezer and clean out
• Take down curtains and pack away

The day of the move:

• Collect keys and gather them in a safe place
• Make sure you have correct payment for the removalist
• Make sure all important documentation and valuables are with you
• Strip beds of all bedding
• Disconnect large appliances such as washing machine and dryer
• Turn off electricity at the meter, and check all windows are securely locked at your old premises
• Make sure removalist has correct address and details
• Check all rooms in the house and garage one last time, making sure you haven't left anything behind