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[EvesMama]

1.Send letter reg move or to cancel service to...

Gas
electric
water
phone
council tac
phone
broad band/dial up
sky
t.v licence
banks(for each account send a separate and signed notice of change)
credit/store cards/catalogues
loan companies
ermm.sure ther'll be more..

2.ring round for quotes on removal firms - these vary greatly IME, best to look round and dont just go with cheapest as your furniture may not get their in one piece!(i used Sandersons- teesside last year and will prob use this time too)..also check when they need paying (best paying when work is done not upfront!)do they charge for travelling time, how many hours minimum and insurance for your valuables

1. gut your present house!

we have a box of stuff which has remained unopened since our first house 8 years ago!..yes i really need it, but best to chuck all rubbish now so you dont get charged extra to move it, then chuck it anyway! plus, you might be able to make some cash selling stuff on ebay/car boots thru paper etc

4.try to arrange for children to be looked after, its difficult for us and not nice for them being shoved here and there while furniture being moved around.

erm...someone else help me out, i know theres loads more and im gunna need it in next few weeks!

Add child benefit office/tax credit and ?child trust fund account? to the list of people to tell....?

oh, and possibly Drs and dentists depending on where you are moving to...

oops yep those are v.important too!

1. get yr post redirected (this takes a while)
2. sort out childcare/schools - let them know you're moving, make sure you have new places
3. throw a leaving "do" - even if it's takeaway & wine amid the boxes, really lovely to say goodbye to everyone

This should help

www.helpiammoving.co.uk/moving_house/4-2weeks_before_moving_day.php

cant even copy and paste as it says page not found..or am i being dim!

www.helpiammoving.co.uk/moving_house/4-2weeks_before_moving_day.php

try this I don't think it pasted properly.

oh it has done it again - that line shouldn't be there but there were some dashes

try

www.helpiammoving.co.uk/ and then click on the logo where it says about Radio 2. Then click on checklist

wow you are a superstar!...good site for boxes too (we had loads from last move broken down in garage..just incase!and when friend said she was moving, she asked for them..so she took all but 10 and now she'll be in rented waiting for her new house prob after we've actually moved!..so have to buy loads more for ourselves!pah!!
gunna have a good look at that site this evening

I have packed precisely 2 boxes. and have now run out of boxes. Waiting to hear from solictor about exchange date this week - hopefully. Then the panic will set in!

Got a car full to take to charity shop too.

got ten boxes packed already and all dd's toys!!!..we'll need another load just for rest of them as was birthday last week and party yesterday!house looks like santa grotto!

im moving next weds-my nerves are frazzled!

poor you
have you done all ur letters and gone most stuff packed?..removals sorted?..if yes..sit down, feet up and chill out for an hour!

Print out some change-of-address cards for friends and family.

Personally I wouldn't bother with post office redirection - as long as you tell all the important people you're moving it's probably only the junk mail you'll miss out on. Leave some printed labels for the new owners saying "please redirect to ..." so they can easily forward things to you. The post office charge one for each surname you know, so if you and partner have different names you have to pay twice!

Ask the removals people for quotes for packing too - I've just had an over-the-phone estimate of between £160 and £240 to pack our very full 2 bed flat which seems like an absolute bargain as it would take us FOREVER I'm sure!

our quote for packing was £195 plus VAT - but we have a lot of stuff in our 3 bed house and large shed!

have just about done everything evesmama
am so stressed though!

well yeah i can imagine(and only too recently remember too!)..is everything arranged then?are the kids getting looked after?
im a bit worried about dd when we move as shes starting new nursery tmorrow for 2 1/2 hour morning sessions and well be dead stressed dropping her off, getting back for prob an hour before picking her up again, then back that way to house with removals..i hate having her bustled around

evesmama-no im doing it all on my own, and with 4 kids!

OMG!!

We only moved last Oct so a lot of it is still boxed up in the shed! Even so I still have filled th boot of the car with stuff for the charity shop today.

oh your worse than me, we moved here last july!
no wonder your stressed doing it all yourself!,,try and get kids into group or with a friend or family for few hours on day just to give you head room!

Agree about getting the kids out of your hair for the day if you can!

Does that mean you are not getting a removals co to move your stuff???

I may have to do the day on my opwn as DH is on jury service starting next week but I will have removal men to do the lifting! I just have to tell them what to do. So should be in my element Thinking of getting a clipboard, just so I can look like I know what is going on!

at you in your specs n clip board , tight bun and prodding stick to 'move them along'

evesmama-my h who im currently seperated from is coming down on saturday and taking my 2 boys to my mums until the moves complete so that will be a big help.

oh good that will be of some help!..no wonder your stressed!..i make all arrangement proir to move, booking removals all the selling and buying stuff..pack most of boxes myself and lable them and make a list of them..then on the day...hand the LOT over to dp...you must be a stronger person than i am to do 'everything'!..do you have removal firm too?

evesmama-im using pickfords and im paying extra for their packing service, its worth it imo
am blimmin furious though that the vendor of the house im buying has phoned her estate agents to complain because ive organised utility supplies at the new address for the date we move in, she said it was too early!!!!!