Moving home tips - anything over and above the usual?

cymruchris

There are plenty of lists of 'what to do' and 'don't forget' when you're moving home.

All the usual - take readings and inform energy suppliers - book a good removal company - get plenty of boxes and packing tape - make sure you know where the kettle is - don't forget the teabags etc etc etc. 

But aside from these 'everyday things' that appear on the various checklists - did anything out of the ordinary crop up on your house move?

- Was there something you wish you'd done, but you didn't?

- Was there something you did you wish you hadn't?

- Do you have any 'tips' for someone that would be moving house soon?

- Anything you'd do differently on the property you left behind?

- Anything you'd do differently on the property you moved into?

tealady

Make sure a set of bedding for all beds plus a change of clothes per person are packed separately. Once the beds are in get beds made. Nothing worse than working all day then having to make a bed before you climb into it.

RHemmings

Declutter declutter declutter. Before moving day. Did I say it often enough? Declutter. 

Robin9

Old bit of carpet for both properties to minimise dirt/wet traipsing in 

jonnydeppiwish!

Get all of the furniture in the correct room first, then all of the boxes in a garage (preferable), or a spare bedroom. 

Take one box at a time to empty. If there are any boxes left after 6 months, think about whether you actually need the contents.

Kettle, Hoover, bedding, cleaning supplies and basic wash kit with you in a car.  Don’t forget to turn the fridge on after the required settlement period.

Don’t put anything in the attic (except Xmas decs).

Brie

Label all of the boxes with something understandable.  No secret codes.  So "kitchen", main bedroom, dining room, etc.  

Valuables into luggage to also travel in your car along with your change of clothes.

In your box labelled "kitchen" also state "tea" so your teabags, basic cutlery, UHT milk, sugar, local pizza place menu, paper towels, mugs.  Or if you are like my OH and decided to pack us an easy supper of a pack of buns and some hotdogs in a tin - DON'T FORGET THE TIN OPENER!!! Opening a tin with a screwdriver and plyers is not easy.  

Can you get to the house before the movers with cleaning supplies?  Place we moved to was pristine but the place we moved out of was, shamefully, not.

Brie

Oh and pets.  Book them in for a spa holiday starting the day before you move and until the day after at least.  Unless they are a goldfish or tarantula.  Well actually do it for the tarantula as well.  They are scary things to find when you least expect it.  (don't ask me how I know)

Millsandovis

Declutter, put stuff in storage if you can afford it and make sure pets are sorted 

LHW99

Make sure the kettle mugs and tea / coffee things are first into the kitchen before you worry about anything else!

propertyrental

New locks.

Maahes

RHemmings said:

Declutter declutter declutter. Before moving day. Did I say it often enough? Declutter. 

When we moved after living in the same place for twelve years we took 115 bags of declutter to the recycling centre.