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PROPERTY ADVICE

The Home Movers’

Checklist If you are selling your current home, make a list

of where all the important things are in your home
such as the stopcock, gas and electricity meters for
the new owners.

Preparing to move? Our handy checklist will ensure you don’t
miss a thing.

oving house can be a very stressful time – but it 4 weeks before
doesn’t have to be. Use ESPC’S handy moving
Mchecklist (downloadable from espc.com) and Cancel local services and settle outstanding bills.
our guide, to make moving home hassle-free.
Arrange mail redirection service.

Pack up belongings – make sure to label the boxes so
you know where things are on the other side!

8 weeks before
2 weeks before
Get a move-in date arranged with your solicitor, and
your seller’s solicitor. Defrost your freezer.
Send out change of address to relevant contacts.
If you live in a rented property, notify your landlord
of your intention to leave (or before this point if Arrange a time with solicitor to collect keys for new
required, please check your agreement).
home.
Arrange a removals company if required. Think about If you are selling your current home, make a list of
how long you might need them for, as many of them where all the important things are in your home
charge by the hour.
such as the stopcock, gas and electricity meters for
If you need storage facilities, book this in. the new owners, and set aside any guarantees and
instruction manuals for appliances that are staying
Notify relevant utilities companies that you will be (such as the boiler and kitchen appliances).
leaving your current property.
Plan for moving day. If you have young children or
Begin to clear out your current property and dispose pets, you may want to arrange for them to be looked
of/donate any items you don’t want to take with you. after by someone else on the day.

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