Moving House Checklist

Use our moving house checklist to prepare for your upcoming move and assist with a hassle-free moving experience.

Have You Discontinued or Redirected These Services?

Post office for redirection of mail
Your bank (to transfer your account)
The electoral registrar
Hire purchase company
Your insurance company to transfer your household insurance/motor vehicles
Your life insurance company
Your health insurance company
Obtain your children's school records
Local council for rates
Stores – where you have charge accounts
Relatives, friends and regular correspondents
Club Memberships
Publications to which you subscribe
Has your doctor or dentist recommended someone in the location to which you are moving
Your solicitors/accountants
Your church
Credit card companies
Airline frequent flyer programmes
Cleaners and gardeners

Ensure your move is confirmed with The Moving Company as soon as moving dates are known
Complete your transit insurance proposal and return to The Moving Company
Spring clean – discard the things you no longer want, clean out expired medicines
Dispose of inflammables or leave for new owners (i.e. paints, turps, kerosene, petrol which are items we cannot carry)
Arrange childcare for day(s) of moving (if applicable)
Dismantle fragile kitset furniture
Have BBQ/heater gas bottles professionally purged
Arrange for a specialist to disconnect plasma TVs

Defrost freezers
Empty rubbish bins
Drain most fuel from mowers/petrol weedeaters
Thoroughly clean garden tools, mowers, golf clubs, outdoor furniture and bikes for quarantine inspections if moving overseas
Empty vacuum cleaners (export shipments only)
Identify items not to be packed and place in one area
Ensure washing machine taps are turned off
Identify the items for your "Priority Cartons" – those items you want first on delivery/or the items for temporary use if going via storage
Arrange a simple breakfast for move day and empty the dishwasher!
Water plants being moved (for nationwide moves only)

If we are storing your household goods, the following articles are classified as DANGEROUS GOODS and cannot be stored: ammunition, paint, linseed oil, turpentine, kerosene, petrol, cleaning fluids and aerosols of any kind
Don't store perishable foods such as cereals, flour, vegetables, meat/fish etc.
Please don't have your furniture French polished just before moving and if you are packing, don't put breakable items or liquids in drawers (i.e. perfume)
If you are selecting volume based intransit insurance, remember to identify any antique items or special items of value over NZD$10,000.00 on our insurance proposal form

Ensure your fridge is empty and clean
Check everything to be packed and moved has been loaded and sign and retain a copy of our inventory list for your records

I would like to say a big big "thank you" to The Moving Company for the tremendous way in which my relocating to Blenheim was handled. From when you first came to give me a quote at the property in Christchurch, to the guys who came and did the packing and took the goods away, to the chap that drove the truck up to Blenheim and got everything unloaded and into my new property.

Nothing had been marked, nothing broken. I was especially delighted that my electronic piano had travelled so well. The whole shift was done very professionally and efficiently. Will be highly recommending the company to anyone I know that is likely to be shifting. Once again many thanks.

Kind regards, Fay Wilson. Moving Within New Zealand