8 - 4 Weeks Ahead
- Decide on a firm date for moving
- Visit or call Fort Knox Self Storage to reserve your self storage unit
- Book the free Fort Knox Self Storage
free move-in trailer, if required
- Book removalist or a rental van (information available upon request at Fort Knox Self Storage)
- Arrange insurance either with removalist or insurance company for goods
in transit
- Buy
packing supplies from Fort Knox Self Storage
- Start packing boxes as soon as possible
- Sell or donate unneeded items. Try a garage sale or market stall
- Advise children's school/kindergarten of move and get copies of school
records
- Start to use and finish food in freezer and pantry.
4 - 1 Week Ahead
- Continue packing and remember to label each box with contents and
intended location
- Have clothing dry cleaned. Check items in repair shops
- Notify gas, electricity and phone companies of your cancellation and set
date for reconnection at new address
- Advise the Electoral Role of your new address
- Change address for drivers licence and motor registration
- Organise to redirect mail with Australia Post
- Make an inventory of your household contents
- Organise house insurance to be transferred from old house to new and
make any adjustments for coverage. Update values
- Send change of address cards to memberships, magazines, friends and relatives
- Return borrowed items and pick up things you have lent to others
- Ask friends and relatives to help on moving day
- Arrange for pets to be transported.
Day Before
- Empty, clean and defrost fridge and freezer. Check that water trays are
empty
- Disconnect washing machine and let hoses drain. Prepare other appliances
for removal
- Drain Garden hoses and store in clean garbage bins
- Have everything packed and ready to load except bedding.
Moving Day
- Consider the essential things you will need when you first arrive and
carry them with you
- Remember to also carry valuables and important papers
- Have children help out (if applicable). Keeping them involved helps them
take the move in their stride
- Strip beds. Cover mattresses with
mattress bags
- Pick up
Fort Knox Self Storage free trailer
- Check inside the house and garden so that nothing is left behind
- Turn off water and lights. Lock windows and doors.
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