hit me with your house moving must haves

tealady

I would try opening and closing all windows.
If they have locks make sure you have a key for every one.
I was trying to air a house recently that had been empty for some time. Took me ages to find all the keys.
Oh and as you have pets check where the best dog walks are before you move, then you have a good excuse to keep away from all the activity as the dogs will need a walk.
You could look on FB for any local dog walking groups.

SandyN21

slimzoe said:

Racky_Roo said:

Mine are probably a bit random from others suggestions but I think they're useful.

I bought some sticky carpet/flooring protector film from amazon and laid a line throughout the whole house before anyone else got in and started walking on it. I don't usually, but as everything was brand new I didn't want it getting dirty by removals etc. I actually left it down for a few days until all my new furniture had been delivered.

I also bought cupboard shelf liners from ikea on rolls in advance so when I started to unpack the kitchen I had it ready.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/variera-drawer-mat-transparent-80012853/ but you can buy it on amazon/ebay too

I had a plan of my kitchen layout so also used a bit of time to plan out where I thought i'd want stuff to go as previously i'd just put it in whatever cupboard and ended up moving it a few times as it didn't work later. This time I haven't moved anything so the planning must have worked.

Also check you are getting a cutlery tray in a drawer. Lots of kitchens don't come with them and nothing worse than cutlery rattling round until you source the right sized one. If you know in advance you can buy one.

I bought Ikea disposable paper black out blinds for the bedrooms as I had ordered shutters and they had a long lead time, but they're also great for the first few days as you won't have poles to hang curtains on day 1. You can hang multiples next to each other for wider windows.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/schottis-block-out-pleated-blind-dark-grey-90369507/

Bring a door mat with you in the car if you don't have one built in. You'll be having lots of deliveries and visitors so don't want your flooring getting wet and dirty

this is brilliant! the floor lining is a great idea (i actually was wondering about that this morning, we have tiles in the hall and kitchen but nice carpet in the rest of the house!) kitchen cutlery trays there is a pile in our current garage for some random reason so we had already said we would take a couple lol. 
i am dreaming of my kitchen  and planning is well in place! i have a plan and a picture so going to sit and look! 
our shutters are being fitted on the Wednesday after we move in (already booked and deposit paid) so only have a few days.
also good call on the mats, we have some in our current kitchen so will put them down. 

Before my house went on the market I bought clear pvc covering from Dunelm at £3 a metre to keep my newly laid wood flooring in the hallway protected.  And also provide those blue plastic shoe covers.

warby68

Lots of great advice already and my tips are mostly covered.

We were once caught out with this one though - our vendor had taken all the light bulbs and we didn't notice until dark. Not sure what a new build will have these days but make sure you have bulbs and/or that the light fittings all work before it goes dark.

slimzoe

brilliant advice and suggestions here! thank you everyone

have updated my spreadsheet!