Free checklist
The 6-week move day checklist.
From a removalist who's done a thousand moves. Print it, screenshot it, work it. No email signup, no PDF download form, no upsell. Just the list.
6 weeks out
5 things.
- Get quotes from 2 to 3 removalists. Lock yours in early.
- Start a 'move' folder: leases, contracts, settlement dates, removalist quote.
- Walk through every room and decide what is going, selling, donating, binning.
- List anything specialty (piano, pool table, safe, art) and tell your removalist now.
- Notify your landlord or solicitor of the date if applicable.
4 weeks out
5 things.
- Sell or donate furniture you are not taking. Facebook Marketplace, local op shops, Habitat ReStore.
- Order packing materials if self-packing. We supply if you'd rather.
- Update address: Medicare, ATO, banks, super, insurance, electoral roll, drivers license.
- Notify utilities of disconnect and reconnect dates: power, internet, gas, water.
- Book child care or pet boarding for moving day if you need it.
2 weeks out
5 things.
- Pack everything you don't use weekly: books, decor, off-season clothes, garage.
- Defrost the freezer, run down food stocks, plan the last week's groceries.
- Confirm pickup time with the removalist. Walk the access route in your head.
- Photograph the rental for bond return: every room, every wall, the oven, the carpets.
- Book the steam clean if your lease requires it.
1 week out
4 things.
- Pack the rest of the kitchen except day-of essentials.
- Pack a 'last in first out' box: kettle, two mugs, two plates, phone chargers, toilet paper, soap, basic tools, sheets for one bed.
- Disassemble flat-pack you can't carry assembled. Bag and label all hardware.
- Strip beds the morning of, not the night before. Sleep in linen, pack in the morning.
The morning
6 things.
- Final walk-through. Every cupboard, every drawer, the laundry, the garage, the shed.
- Strip beds, pack day-of toiletries. Box stays open until last.
- Greet the crew. Walk them through the house. Point out anything fragile or special.
- Unplug the fridge 2 hours before pickup so it can defrost on the drive.
- Put pets in a carrier or a friend's house. Trucks open and close all morning.
- Final clean of bathrooms and kitchen surfaces as rooms empty out.
On arrival
5 things.
- Walk the new place before unloading. Decide where the big furniture goes.
- Direct the crew. Don't hover. Tell them which rooms get which boxes.
- Make the bed first. Find your 'last in first out' box. Set up the kettle.
- Photograph the new place's condition for your records.
- Day one is for sleep, not for unpacking everything.
After
4 things.
- Get the bond back: send the photos and the cleaning receipt to the agent.
- Update your address everywhere you didn't last time.
- Tune the piano if you moved one (4 to 6 weeks after, once it has settled).
- Leave a Google review for the removalist if you're happy. It's how small businesses survive.
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