Are you moving to a new location? A good step-by-step plan will ensure that everything goes smoothly. Our moving experts have prepared this practical checklist for your private or business move.
- Contact Bert Ooms Removals for an exact moving quote without any obligation
- Give notice of termination of old tenancy
- Putting old house up for sale
- Arrange mortgage
- Moving telephone / applying for a new telephone connection
- Notify school or schools
- Discuss takeover of carpets etc. with previous and future residents
- Inquire about rent subsidy options
- Arranging relocation leave with employer(s)
- Inquire about possible reimbursement of moving expenses
- Enquire about possible tax deductions for moving expenses
- Taking measurements of new house
- Cancel domestic help
- Collect removal notices from post office and send completed
- Start clearing out everything you are not taking with you to your new home
- Apply for an establishment licence from the municipality
- Purchase municipal guide and map
- Schools
- Associations
- Childcare
- Family care
- Social work
- Consultation office
- Public transport
- Household waste collection system
- Dog tax
- Municipal provisions
- Registering children at new school
- Ordering business cards
- Order stationery
- Notify home and contents insurance company
- Arrange disconnection of electricity, gas and water from old home
- Arrange connection of electricity, gas and water to new house
- Make appointment with gas fitter to connect gas appliances in new home
- Make appointment with electrician to connect electrical appliances in new home
- Have nameplate made
- Lots more tidying up what doesn't need to go with you to new home
- Send address changes see (A)
- Arranging childcare on moving day
- Arranging shelter pets
- Inform housekeeper
- Redeeming savings stamps local retailers
- Cancel PO Box and apply for new one
- Returning library books
- Store important papers and jewellery, not immediately needed, in a bank safe deposit box
- Clearing out everything you no longer want to take with you to the new house
- Possibly offer items for sale through an advertisement
- Start packing (see under C)
- Cleaning new house and 'branding' rooms
- If necessary, loosen floor covering
- Taking down fixed lamps
- Taking down curtains (except in bedrooms)
- Informing suppliers
- Removing satellite dish from roof
- Packing everything you don't need until the last minute
- Arranging simple meals before and on the day of the move
- Checking whether there is enough coffee in the house (movers run on that)
- Call in municipal cleaners for bulky waste
- Locking drum guard for washing machine
- Loosen perennial garden plants (if season is suitable)
- Leave domestic waste containers empty and clean (accompanied by waste calendar)
- Take the contents of the environmental box to the municipal depot
- Leave the environmental box in your old home
- Defrosting and cleaning the refrigerator
- Set full freezer to cold setting
- Dismantling removable furniture
- Taking the pendulum out of the clock
- Trying to reserve space for moving van with own car and from neighbours
- Contact us for space requirements, probably minimum 12 metres needed
- Packing last things
- Put garden plants in buckets or plastic bags
- Taking down final curtains
- All keys in hand luggage
- Money and payment cheques in hand baggage
- Check house for items left behind
- Meter reading
- Cut off gas and electricity (power needed for heating winters ?)
- Draining water pipes in winter
- Close all windows and doors tightly
- Handing over keys to the caretaker / new residents
- Waving to the neighbours before departure or not 🙂
The movers of Bert Ooms Removals will help you on this day, we have the knowledge and experience! !
- Payment by mobile PIN with the foreman of Bert Ooms Removals
- Putting everything in the right place as much as possible
- Making one room 'habitable' as soon as possible
- Hanging bedroom curtains
- Give fridge and freezer a day's rest before switching on
- Loosening drum guard for washing machine
- Unpack everything
- Screwing nameplate to door
- Report any moving damage (see moving conditions)
- Contact Bert Ooms Removals about collection of empty moving boxes
- Settle any damage to the property with the landlord
- Meeting the new caretaker
- Declaration of change of address within 5 days of moving to your new municipality
- Collecting new mailbox key
- Your employer
- Family
- Friends and acquaintances
- Neighbours
- Business relations
- The municipality to which you are moving
- Your GP or specialist
- Your dentist
- Your pharmacy
- Your health insurance
- All your insurance agencies
- The Cross Association
- The bank / giro
- The notary
- Regular suppliers
- Your children's school
- Course organisers
- Your garage
- Associations you are a member of
- Height, width and length measurements of all rooms and other spaces
- Awning fixing options
- Height of walls under windows
- Available space for fridge and cooker
- Cable box connection location and distance from the location of your radio and TV
- Number and location of sockets
- Homeowner regulations
- When the municipal cleaning service comes by
- Is there connection to the gas grid ?
- When was the last time the chimney was swept
- Is there a special connection for electric cooking ?
- Are pets allowed?
- Can the moving van come to the door ?
- Is there a lifting beam present ?
- Is there a lift available for the move ?
- Can a moving lift be installed ?
- Discuss packing with your adviser at Bert Ooms Removals
- Start packing moving boxes ASAP, it takes more time than you think
- Note on each moving box what it contains and note the room in the new house
- If you are short of moving boxes, call Bert Ooms Removals or collect them from us
- We hang hanging garments in special wardrobe cabinets in the moving van
- Lock lockers and the like, key in hand luggage
- Books in smaller book boxes or spread over several boxes
- Bottles upright in boxes. Keep flammable and hazardous substances separate
- Ask your adviser at Bert Ooms Removals how best to pack
- Breakage insurance only applies if you have the packing and unpacking handled
- Roll of silverware in wrapping paper
- Do not pack sharp things with fragile items
- Make provisions for PC and CD player
- Do not wrap large mirrors and paintings, we take that care
- Put small plants together in a box, we will take care of large plants
Ask your Erkende Verhuizizer Bert Ooms Verhuizingen for advice if you are struggling with anything, we have probably experienced it all before! !
- Check the notice period in your current lease.
- Write to your current landlord by registered letter.
- Does your current location require remedial work ?
- Are adjustments needed at your new location ?
- Is your contractor ready on time ?
- Consult with the current landlord about your notice period.
- Consult with the new landlord from when you will be welcome.
- Call Bert Ooms Removals for a chat, take your time for this
- Set a realistic timetable for moving day
- Are you moving during the week or on weekends ? what suits your operations ?
- Weekend constitutes less of an interruption to your activities but is more expensive.
- Discuss internally the order in which each department should be moved.
- Discuss with us the number of movers, moving vans, ladder lifts.
- Discuss with us roughly the financial implications of your above requirements.
- Announcing relocation internally, moving house can be a considerable source of stress.
- Inform your customers, suppliers and partners.
Bert Ooms Removals can give you a rough cost indication right now ! !
- Determine what needs to be moved, perhaps nice opportunity to tidy up ?
- Determine what can be thrown away or left behind.
- Whatever is not stickered during the move will not be moved !
- Call a meeting with your move coordinator and our project manager.
- How many moving boxes are needed, we will estimate this with you
- Our appraiser will determine the number of moving boxes during the appraisal.
- What materials are needed at your premises ?
- What protective measures for lifts, frames are needed ?
- Should the floors be drained with sheet material ?
- Think about how to mark the different spaces
- For example, for the 1st digit use floor -stripe- 2nd digit room number.
- Mark all moving boxes, furniture and equipment to be moved.
- Mark everything with our special labels that leave no traces of glue.
- Place these numbers on boxes, furniture and equipment.
- Also place these numbers next to entrance doors at your new location.
- Who disassembles and assembles all furniture ? Your supplier or our movers ?
- Check your own insurance policy and/or discuss it with us.
- Temporary excess inventory or archives can be stored.
- Storage can be offered by Bert Ooms Removals right away in the quotation.
- Your IT infrastructure contains a wealth of information, make enough backups.
- Plan connecting the IT infrastructure to your new location.
- Start getting your office equipment ready to move in good time
- Rented or leased equipment ? get written permission.
Bert Ooms Removals makes an exact no-obligation quotation now ! !
- Does everyone know and understand the marking ? your employees and suppliers.
- Determine the loading and therefore unloading sequence.
- Who directs the unloading ? so that the movers put everything neatly in the right place.
- Red line for packing, really pack everything in boxes that fits in.
- Anything that doesn't fit in the boxes, leave it, your movers will arrange.
- Clearly mark all moving boxes with breakables.
- Tape all moving boxes tightly both on the top and bottom.
- Moving boxes not too full and not too heavy.
- Moving boxes if you can easily lift them yourself we certainly can.
- Never fill moving boxes higher than the top edge, tape them closed normally.
- After moving boxes are marked, do not place them on furniture or in cupboards.
- Keeps both boxes and furniture accessible and easy to move.
- Empty furniture, desks and filing cabinets are easier to move around
- Full office furniture is more likely to be damaged.
- We can also move full cabinets (horizontally only) with cabinet low loaders
- Consult and inquire with us, sometimes full furniture gets out of place.
- Make sure there is enough parking space on moving day, every metre is 1 !
- Inform the following authorities about changing your address :
o Municipal services
o Gas and energy supplier
o Water company
o Telephony supplier
o Mail and/or PO Box
o Subscriptions to newspapers, magazines
o Trade and professional organisations
o Banks
o Insurance companies
o Address on company car registration certificates
o Tax authorities
o Check that you have written to all your suppliers
- Unplug computers and office equipment, ready to be moved:
o Disconnect equipment and perhaps roll up loose cables
o back up the computer memory, if necessary
o remove toners and trays from the photocopiers
- Get a cleaning company to clean the rooms after your departure.
- Come early, movers want to start early !
- Put someone in charge in each department so that everything goes according to plan.
- Rule 1 contact person at the loading address.
- Arrange 1 contact person at the unloading address, let them direct the delivery.
- We are happy to place everything directly in the right location for your convenience.
- Relocating during the move is not an option !
- Bert Ooms has a project coordinator at both the old and new addresses.
- Ensure adequate security, at both the old and new address.
- Setting up a small help desk to solve problems.
- Entrances and exits must be free at all times during the move
- Corridors and lifts should be easily accessible.
Is there something that needs special attention? One of Bert Ooms Removals' advisers will be happy to discuss it with you!
- Check that all address changes have been submitted properly.
- Unpack the moving boxes, put the empty ones together in a storage room or hallway.
- Check that all address changes have been submitted properly.
- Arrange waste containers for a larger initial waste stream.
- Contact Bert Ooms Removals for collection of empty boxes and materials.
Bert Ooms Removals wishes you every success at your new location!
