Moving house- admin

~moneysavingnovice~

I'm due to complete on the purchase of my very first home in a couple of weeks

So, I've been thinking about all the admin stuff I need to do. So far I've got:
-gas/elec- read old meter readings in rented flat, pay balance, read meters in new place and set up account with provider(s)
-council tax- close old account, set up new
-water- transfer balance from old property to new (both unmetered, both Thames Water)
-electoral roll- inform of change of address before 10 August
-bank- inform of change of address
-phone- as above
-student loan- as above
-experian- as above
-register with doctors in new area
(-just cancelled sky so don't need to move that)
-mail redirection
-new tv licence (we were paying through LL)

Can anyone think of anything I've forgotten?

Jowo_2

insurance - arrange buildings/contents insurance for new place and update provider of life insurance with new address.

googler

Who to tell you're moving

Accountant
Bank (High Street and Online)
Book or Music Club Subscriptions
Broadband Supplier
Building Society
Burglar Alarm Servicing or Monitoring
Car Insurer, Car Clubs (AA, RAC etc)
Clubs – Rotary, Community, Sports etc.
Council (both old & new) - Council Tax Department
Council – cancel any Parking Permits
Credit Card(s) Supplier
Dentist
Doctor
DSS
DVLA
Electricity, Gas & other Utility Suppliers
e-mail provider(s)
Employer
Family & Friends
Hire Purchase Companies
Hospital, if you attend regularly
Household Insurance Supplier – Building and Contents
Home Phone Supplier
Inland Revenue, or HMRC
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Library
Life Assurance Supplier
Loan or Credit Companies
Magazine Subscriptions
Milkman – cancel deliveries
Mobile Phone Supplier
Neighbours
Newsagent – cancel paper deliveries
Online Retailers (Amazon, eBay, Paypal, Play, etc)
Optician, Hairdresser, other Beauty/Health professionals
Pension Providers
Royal Mail – set up your re-direction service for 3/6/12 mths
Satellite or Cable TV Supplier
Servicing Contractors (Boiler, CH, other Appliances)
Schools & Nurseries
Stores or Chains with discount or club cards
TV Licencing Office
Vet & Kennels

~moneysavingnovice~

googler wrote: »

Who to tell you're moving

Accountant
Bank (High Street and Online)
Book or Music Club Subscriptions
Broadband Supplier
Building Society
Burglar Alarm Servicing or Monitoring
Car Insurer, Car Clubs (AA, RAC etc)
Clubs – Rotary, Community, Sports etc.
Council (both old & new) - Council Tax Department
Council – cancel any Parking Permits
Credit Card(s) Supplier
Dentist
Doctor
DSS
DVLA
Electricity, Gas & other Utility Suppliers
e-mail provider(s)
Employer
Family & Friends
Hire Purchase Companies
Hospital, if you attend regularly
Household Insurance Supplier – Building and Contents
Home Phone Supplier
Inland Revenue, or HMRC
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Library
Life Assurance Supplier
Loan or Credit Companies
Magazine Subscriptions
Milkman – cancel deliveries
Mobile Phone Supplier
Neighbours
Newsagent – cancel paper deliveries
Online Retailers (Amazon, eBay, Paypal, Play, etc)
Optician, Hairdresser, other Beauty/Health professionals
Pension Providers
Royal Mail – set up your re-direction service for 3/6/12 mths
Satellite or Cable TV Supplier
Servicing Contractors (Boiler, CH, other Appliances)
Schools & Nurseries
Stores or Chains with discount or club cards
TV Licencing Office
Vet & Kennels

Great list, thanks! With regards to HMRC, do I need to do this if I'm telling my employer?

chelseablue

googler wrote: »

Who to tell you're moving

Accountant
Bank (High Street and Online)
Book or Music Club Subscriptions
Broadband Supplier
Building Society
Burglar Alarm Servicing or Monitoring
Car Insurer, Car Clubs (AA, RAC etc)
Clubs – Rotary, Community, Sports etc.
Council (both old & new) - Council Tax Department
Council – cancel any Parking Permits
Credit Card(s) Supplier
Dentist
Doctor
DSS
DVLA
Electricity, Gas & other Utility Suppliers
e-mail provider(s)
Employer
Family & Friends
Hire Purchase Companies
Hospital, if you attend regularly
Household Insurance Supplier – Building and Contents
Home Phone Supplier
Inland Revenue, or HMRC
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Library
Life Assurance Supplier
Loan or Credit Companies
Magazine Subscriptions
Milkman – cancel deliveries
Mobile Phone Supplier
Neighbours
Newsagent – cancel paper deliveries
Online Retailers (Amazon, eBay, Paypal, Play, etc)
Optician, Hairdresser, other Beauty/Health professionals
Pension Providers
Royal Mail – set up your re-direction service for 3/6/12 mths
Satellite or Cable TV Supplier
Servicing Contractors (Boiler, CH, other Appliances)
Schools & Nurseries
Stores or Chains with discount or club cards
TV Licencing Office
Vet & Kennels

Excellent list, Im moving to my first place soon so im going to be needing it

googler

~moneysavingnovice~ wrote: »

Great list, thanks! With regards to HMRC, do I need to do this if I'm telling my employer?

I don't know - that will depend on your tax situation. It won't do any harm to tell HMRC anyway, will it? Price of a stamp, or time taken to e-mail or complete a form on their website, maybe....

mufi

Terrific list, thank you.

Just one to add: holiday company and/or travel agent - it has just dawned on me that I have tickets due to come by post after my moving date, for an October holiday...

googler

That's made me think of another -

Concert/Theatre Ticket Agencies

Tickets sometimes mailed out two weeks prior to event; if booked well in advance and you move.... but Royal Mail redirection should catch them.

BabyBoots

I would add, arrange check out inventory on your flat, go online to deposit service and request deposit back on rented flat. Also tell window cleaner if you have one (or any other tradesperson that visits - gardener/cleaner/babysitter?) and breakdown service provider if you have one.

InaPickle

Also might need to change stored addresses anywhere like Amazon etc. you order from online.

Not as urgent, obviously, so long as you aren't in a rush ordering anything and don't get into a blind clicking frenzy on the site.

Evilm

InaPickle wrote: »

Also might need to change stored addresses anywhere like Amazon etc. you order from online.

Not as urgent, obviously, so long as you aren't in a rush ordering anything and don't get into a blind clicking frenzy on the site.

I agree with this - hubby forgot one of the accounts and didn't look when ordering something a few months later so it got sent to the old address and went missing (even with a postal redirect). Luckily the retailer was good and sent another out.

I was rather annoyed with him for not checking it before pressing the confirm button!