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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    By the way, do as I say, not as I actually do myself.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Incisor
    Incisor Posts: 2,271 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Take final readings of meters at the old address and opening readings at the new address, keep them on one sheet of paper together with all of your paperwork for the move and do not lose this paper until you have the closing bill from the old place and the first bill for the new place and you are happy with the closing and opening readings on the bill.
    After the uprising of the 17th June The Secretary of the Writers Union
    Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee Stating that the people
    Had forfeited the confidence of the government And could win it back only
    By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier In that case for the government
    To dissolve the people
    And elect another?
  • boglin
    boglin Posts: 430 Forumite
    We registered at the Move Me website, which lets you produce a planner with useful reminders about what you need to do before and after moving. It also provides template letters with drop-down menus of addresses of organisations such as the main banks, councils, power suppliers, etc.

    I printed the letters off before we moved (knowing that the computer would be out of action for a while) and mailed them in window envelopes. I also had change of address cards printed (I used Vistaprint postcards which were free with just postage to pay - but you could print something off on your computer printer) and have put them inside Christmas cards ready to post - I printed off address labels for those before moving as well. This will save you some postage!

    Ditto to all the above - especially the tips about redirecting mail (you can do this online at the Royal Mail website) and about making your bed up as one of the first tasks at the new house.

    Lots of luck and happiness in your new home! :beer:
  • Old_Git
    Old_Git Posts: 4,751 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Cashback Cashier
    tell your employer, doctor, dentist, DVLA insurance ect .
    I still get the odd letter for the people who lived here before me ,and I am here 11 years .
    "Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"
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