Before you move (just a few things to remember)

• File a change of address form with the Post Office for each person receiving mail at your home.
• Contact doctors and dentists for your family's medical records. Ask your doctor for colleague recommendations in your new area. Get copies of renewable prescriptions.
• Notify your utility suppliers (electricity, gas, water etc) of you moving date and your new address. Have the final meter readings ready for them.
• Check homeowners insurance policies to see if moving is covered.
• Transfer insurance to cover fire, theft and personal property at your new home.
• Plan your route to your new destination.(Make travel and/or accommodation arrangements, and if driving far, have your car serviced.)
• Pack a box of things you'll need as soon as you arrive at your new home. (This might include disposable plates and cups, cold drinks, snacks, tea bags, coffee, powdered milk, electric kettle, non-aerosol cleaning supplies, light tools, bathroom items, bin bags, light bulbs and most important, a corkscrew!). Take this box with you or have the driver load it last and unload first.