things to do the day you move in?

CharlieRabbit01

have a box with the kettle some mugs, sugar tea bags, milk ready so you can have a cuppa when you get there.

paddyrg

Tea, before all else. It'll be cold, hot drinks will be welcome and make sure you take regular breaks. Grim as they are, a couple of pot noodles can always keep you fuelled in an emergency.

Buy hot water bottles - you don't know how/how well the heating works yet so have a backup heat source to get you settled in bed if there are problems.

Read meters and take photos of them on your phone - just in case you have any faffing around with suppliers.

Get the boxes into the right rooms - one person can do this whilst the other gets the kitchen in order. Kitchen is always important place to start. Then get the bed in order. That way, no matter what else happens, you are in a position to be able to spend the night and have meals.

Agree right now, upfront, that neither of you will take offence if the other is grumpy. You'll get tired, in strange setting, lots of disorientation, lots of reasons to end in tears. Just know that upfront and agree to make friends again once you've settled and slept ;-)

ceecee1

I made my bed, went to the chip shop and opened a bottle of wine !

Enough done for one day.

Grimbal

We moved a couple of days ago. Our priorities were:

meter readings taken
tea, biscuits & snacks out
mugs & glasses unpacked, a few spoons to be going on with
bed made & daily toiletries unpacked
got boiler & heating working
kitchen to a workable level

that's about all we could manage on the first day. It really takes it out of you this moving lark !

rosyw

worried_jim wrote: »

I got up at 5am the first morning in my new house and put my record collection back into alphabetical order. Got my priorities right!

Good luck for tomorrow!

Made me :rotfl: So glad I'm not the only one! first thing I did on the first morning was sort out my sound system, followed the CDs, record collection took a while longer, but then there's nearly 8000 of them! Everything else that needed doing was so much easier with some decent background music :dance:

cakeforbrains

I second CharlieRabbit about the box with kettle, mugs, teabags. You will also need sugar, longlife milk, spoons, a washing up sponge, washing up liquid, TEATOWELS, phone charger and biscuits.

Pixie5740

googler wrote: »

I'd say get your bed made up early on so that the end of the day you can just crash into it, rather than faffing about late at night.

:T

That is a great tip. I also like to unpack the kettle, mugs and tea bags early on.

I'm moving tomorrow....again.

dancingfairy

toilet roll! also soap, cleaning cloths etc. Some biscuits and takeaway menus for me
Oh some sheets/curtains/something you can hang in a window is always useful. Maybe a torch in case you have problems with electric? A sleeping bag/blow up bed/bedding as appropriate.
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ValHaller

Already covered, but I'll say it again. Read your meters as the very first at and record the readings in your diary.

ERICS_MUM

1. disinfect the toilet seats and tap handles before using
2. before you leave your old home, pack a bag with clothes and toiletries to last a couple of days so you don't have to go rummaging in boxes looking for clean undies, toothpaste and bath towels. (Also phone chargers)
3. check that all lightbulbs work - do it before it gets dark so you can see to change any that have blown
4.locate the fuse box (or whatever they are called nowadays).
5.plug in the fridge ASAP so it can "settle" for a while before you fill it