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MOVING CHECKLIST
We have prepared a handy moving check list to assist you in preparing for
your move.
Planning ahead can remove much of the stress involved in moving home.
One Month before Moving
Pick up a Change-of-Address Kit from the Post Office and fill it out:
* Friends and family
* Banks
* Insurance companies
* Credit card companies
* Magazines and newspapers - cancel local newspaper delivery
* Doctors, dentists and other providers - transfer drug prescriptions
Take a look around the house. Start to think about what you don't want to
take with you.
* Use up perishable foods
* Sell, donate or hold a garage sale for unwanted items
Prepare a list of what you want to move.
* Large appliances?
* Outside furniture?
Order packing supplies:
* Boxes
* Packing and masking tape
* Markers
* Packing paper
Start packing boxes. Mark boxes clearly as to contents and room to be placed
in. Mark "Open First" clearly on boxes containing important items to be
unpacked first:
* Dishes
* Pots and pans
* Alarm clock
* Bedding
* Special toys
* Towels
* Light bulbs
* Plates
* Tools - hammer, pliers, wrench
Make arrangements for picking up your important records:
* Birth
* Doctor
* Dentist
* Legal
* Optician, optometrist
* School
* Veterinarian
Contact your child's new school and notify them of your upcoming move to
their area.
Two Weeks before Moving
Pack your vital documents in one place:
* Passports
* Military records
* Mortgage records
* Marriage license
* Birth certificates
* Vehicle titles
* Stock certificates
* Insurance papers
* Bank records
* School records
* Medical records
* Tax records
Make arrangements to disconnect your utilities. Get refunds for any deposits
made. Have meters read. Give new address for them to send their final bill:
* Cable
* Electric
* Gas
* Internet
* Telephone
* Water
Make arrangements to connect utilities at your new residence.
Make arrangements for cleaning
Check with your insurance company about transferring coverage to your new
home.
Arrange to have a sitter watch your children at their house on moving day.
One Week before Moving
Plan what goes in the car with you:
* Toys and games for kids
* Special breakable items or collections
* Important documents and records
* Change of clothes and toiletries for your first day
* Vacuum cleaner - if you want to clean right away
* Toilet paper
* First aid kit
* Food kit with bottled water, cereal, bananas
Make travel arrangements for your pets and plants.
Purchase moving insurance if you have valuable antiques and collections.
Have your car tuned up.
Moving Day!
* Strip your beds.
* Show movers around. Make sure your possessions to be moved are inventoried
with them.
* Get all keys together. Put in a safe spot.
* Make sure moving van driver has correct address, phone number and
directions.
* Check all rooms one last time. Remember closets and cupboards, and garage!
* Make sure all windows and doors are locked.


To complete
our online moving quotes form, please
CLICK HERE
If you
already know your volume, please
CLICK HERE
If you
would like a quote on moving your vehicle, please
CLICK HERE
We welcome you to our online service, and hope that we may be of some
assistance with your next interstate furniture removals and backloading
or office relocation. Specializing in backloads & backloading rates, so your
furniture and personal effects can be delivered to anywhere in Australia,
without compromising on quality of service, and without costing you a small
fortune.
Specializing in a wide range of relocation services,
interstate furniture removals, local removals, interstate removals and
backloading. The genuine furniture removalists & interstate movers you can
trust for your furniture removal, household removals & small removals.
Whether your moving interstate, require a small move or backload or a number
of interstate backloads. GTS Furniture Removals has got it covered.
   
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