When you are planning your move, print this page out and tick off each item as you complete them:

	Confirm dates with Fergusons Removals
	Sign and return contract together with payment
	Confirm insurance arrangements at declared value
	Arrange a contact number
	Dispose of anything you don't want
	Start running down freezer contents
	Contact carpet fitters if needed
	Book mains services for disconnections
	Cancel all rental agreements
	Notify doctor, dentist, optician, vet
	Tell your bank and savings/share accounts
	Inform telephone company
	Ask Royal Mail to re-route your post
	Tell TV licence, car registration, passport offices
	Notify HP and credit firms
	Make local map to new house for friends and moving company
	Clear the loft
	Organise parking at new home
	Plan where things go in new home
	Cancel the milk/newspapers
	Clean out the freezer
	Arrange minders for children/pets
	Find and label keys
	Address cards to friends and relatives
	Separate trinkets, jewellery and small items
	Sort out linen and clothes
	Put garage/garden tools together
	Take down curtains/blinds
	Collect children's toys
	Put together basic catering for family at new home
	Disconnect and bundle cords on television and stereo components. Label each cord with masking tape and a description of where to connect it.
	Plan and measure where your furniture will be placed in your new home. It's helpful to draw a layout of your new home and sketch in the major furniture pieces.
	To save time on moving day, move your boxes from the basement, upstairs or attic to the main floor prior to the move date. consider carrying items from the back to the front garden or garage ahead of time.
	Keep your phone connected through moving day to stay in touch with friends, family and the moving company.