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Moving tips Europe
Step-by-step plan
1. As soon as you know you are moving
2. 4– 2 weeks before your move
3. 2 weeks before your move
4. Last couple days before your move
5. Last day before your move
6. Moving day
7. Arrival at your new residence
8. After the move
As soon as you
know you are moving
Make appointment with De Haan Removals
Provide termination notice for old rental contract
Put your house up for sale
Arrange mortgage
Inform school of relocation
Make arrangements with new owners regarding taking over the carpet, etc.
Arrange time-off from employer
Investigate possible reimbursement of moving expenses
Investigate possible tax reimbursement of moving expenses
Cancel maid service
Request moving notices from the post office and complete
Begin sorting items you are not taking with you to your new residence
Arrange with your phone service provider to have your telephone disconnected
effective one day
after your move
We recommend that you do not schedule your relocation on the very last
day but to give yourself at
least one-day leeway.
The following documents should be arranged ahead of time:
1) summary of verification
of residence
2) Proof of health
3) Original diplomas and
certificates
4) School report card
of each child
Seek information regarding:
Schools
Clubs
Child care
Family care
Social care
Healthcare center
Public transportation
Garbage removal
Dog tax
Municipal regulations
4- 2 weeks before your move
Register children at new school
Order address/business cards
Inform insurance on house and personal property
Cancel service for electricity, gas and water to your old residence
Order nameplates
Continue sorting items that you will not take to new residence
Check the dates of your passport, drivers license and vaccination records.
In case you still have the original boxes for your TV, stereo or computer,
please make these available
to the movers to allow for
optimal packing.
2 weeks before your move
Send change of address cards
Arrange childcare for the moving day
Arrange pet care for the moving day
Inform landlord
Redeem (store specific) savings stamps
Cancel post office box and request new post office box
Return library books
Store important papers, which you don’t need immediately, and jewelry
in a safety deposit box
Advertise for sale any items of value that you don’t want to take
to your new residence or dispose of
Start packing
Last few days before your move
Loosen any carpet you are taking with you
Take down lamps/light fixtures
Take down curtains (except in bedrooms)
Inform suppliers
Take down dish antenna from roof
Defrost freezer
Pack everything except items that you will need at the last moment (unless
you agreed that De Haan
Removals will arrange packing)
Pick up easy meals for the evening before and the day of the move
Check to make sure there is enough coffee for moving day
Request garbage removal
Make washing machine transport ready
Leave garbage containers empty and clean, accompanied by with garbage
calendar
Bring any chemicals to the depot or chemical bus
Leave behind the “milieubox” environment box at your old residence
In case your residence is equipped with a hoisting loft, please ensure
accessibility
Ensure that important documents and passports are kept separate in order
for these not to be
included in the relocation.
Please make sure you have properly disposed of all hazardous and flammable
acids, i.e., fuel, paint,
poison, cleaning supplies
and perishable foods.
On the last day before your move
Defrost refrigerator and clean out
Disassemble furniture, if possible (unless you agreed that De Haan Removals
will arrange this)
Remove swing from the clock
Try to reserve a place for the moving truck in front of your residence
with your vehicle and perhaps
your neighbor’s
vehicle.
Pack your last minute items
Set apart your hand baggage, perhaps in a separate closet, marked “Don’t
Move.”
We would like to remind you that it is your responsibility to disassemble
items fixed to floors, walls and ceilings.
These need to have been disassembled before the movers arrive. (unless
you agreed that De
Haan Removals will arrange
this)
In case of inclement weather, please make sure that your driveway is clean
to prevent accidents
Take down remaining curtains
Keep all keys in your hand baggage
Keep all passports, travel documents, money and checks in your hand baggage
Walk through house to check for items left behind
Read meter
Turn off gas and electricity (except if electricity is needed to continue
heating)
Turn of water in the winter (even if it is not freezing)
Shut all windows and doors firmly
Return keys to landlord or new owners
After arrival at your new residence
Place as much as possible in the correct place
Check all unpacked items for possible moving damage
Make one room “livable” as soon as possible
Hang bedroom curtains
Refrigerator and freezer – give one day rest before connecting to
electricity
Remove transport safety on washing machine
Unpack everything (unless you agreed that De Haan Removals will arrange
unpacking)
Hang up your nameplate on front door
Schedule pickup of empty moving boxes with De Haan Removals (options based
on your
geographical location)
Make arrangement with renter for possible moving damage to residence
Introduce yourself to the new landlord