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Your Moving Timetable
4 Weeks to Moving Day
3 Weeks to Moving Day
2 Weeks to Moving Day
The Week of the Move
The Day Before the Move
Moving Day
4 Weeks to "Moving Day"
• Prepare a detailed valuation of your home contents to move for insurance
purposes (consider the replacement value at destination)
• Obtain all necessary visas, work permits and residency permits
• Dispose of any items that you do not wish to move overseas
• Begin reducing your supply of frozen foods
• Check that all passports are valid
• Make arrangements to open bank and credit card accounts at your destination
• Obtain family medical and dental records
• Check regulations and organise the transportation of pets
• Advise any Life Insurance companies of your intentions and arrange
payments of premiums, if applicable
• Schedule your moving date with Move Management Australia
• Ask for final electricity, gas, water and telephone bills and arrange
disconnection should this be necessary
• Cancel subscriptions (or arrange forwarding) for magazines, books,
clubs, library etc
• Notify the children’s school and arrange for educational transcripts
to be forwarded to their new school
3 Weeks to "Moving Day"
• Notify Move Management Australia of your delivery address (if known)
and/or temporary address details.
• Arrange full insurance cover for your home contents to move - prepare
valued inventories.
• Cancel all rental agreements, memberships (including sports clubs),
etc.
• If you are a returning overseas resident, locate your inbound packing
inventory (these can be useful if not necessary for customs clearance)
• Locate marriage and birth certificates, or obtain copies of them should
they be required.
2 Weeks to "Moving Day"
• Arrange a "Garage Sale" of any unwanted items
• Arrange a date with the post office for all mail to be forwarded to
your new address
• Advise everyone of your change of address (post office, insurance companies,
credit card companies, etc)
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The Week of the Move
• Ensure that you have labelled everything clearly, ie; AIR/SEA/STORAGE/DO
NOT PACK, etc as required or ensure that packable items are clearly segregated
room by room if your consignment has multiple destinations.
• Put aside all personal items that you will carry with you (passports,
money, airline tickets, etc)
• Return any rented or borrowed items, ie; books, video tapes, tools,
etc
• Drain fuel from any motors and clean any outdoor items (eg; tools,
toys, etc)
• Make arrangements with your neighbours to allow enough parking space
for vehicles on moving day
• Reconfirm your travel tickets at least 48 hours before departure
The Day Before the Move
• Remember to disconnect your fridge/freezer at least 24 hours before
the move in order to allow defrosting and airing if applicable.
• Dispose of all perishable and flammable goods. Remember these goods
cannot be shipped overseas.
Moving Day
• Relax and enjoy your moving experience.
• If at all possible, try not to arrange to travel on the same day as
the move as this will tend to add to the stress involved
• Show our Moving Team exactly which goods are to be packed, pointing
out items of particular concern
• Once the consignment has been loaded and BEFORE our Moving Team leaves,
please check around your home, making sure nothing has been left behind. Remember
to check al drawers, cupboards and the attic
• Finally, our Moving Team may ask you to complete a "Performance
Report". This should be handed back to them or if you prefer, it can
be posted back to Move Management Australia. You will also be required to
sign and retain a copy of the packing inventory compiled by the crew leader
at the conclusion of the physical move process. Please keep this in a safe
place, as it is an account of all items nominated, packed and handled by Move
Management Australia Pty Limited. You will need it again on delivery day.
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