Getting organised? Here are some great tips!

• Post Office
• Taxation department
• Leasing company
• Insurance company (to transfer or terminate household insurance)
• Life insurance company
• Car insurance company
• Financial institutions (to transfer and close accounts)
• Shops, stores and fitness center, where you might have charge accounts
• Relatives, friends and regular correspondents
• Publications you subscribe to
• Local memberships – magazines, sports etc.
• Doctor(s) and dentist (to obtain copies of your records)
• Internet service (to terminate)
• Television service (to terminate)
• Electricity and gas companies (to disconnect any fittings from the supply and terminate)

The following are classified as dangerous goods and cannot be stored or transported:

• Ammunition
• New or partially used cans of paint
• Linseed oil
• Bleach products
• Gas cylinders, turpentine (unless emptied)
• Kerosene
• Gasoline
• Cleaning fluids
• Aerosols (any kinds)
• Vegetable oils
• Chemical sets.

• Anything left behind in the attic, garden, garage or basement?
• No clothes at the dry cleaners, shoes at shoe repair shops, sporting goods in lockers at clubs/schools?
• If possible, turn off air conditioners and use them only when necessary during the packing. Furniture kept in a constantly cooled climate may condensate when suddenly exposed to hot air. Allowing your furniture to adapt to the warm air can be helpful in eliminating moisture problems during transit
• Dispose of all remaining flammables, dangerous, or hazardous materials. Throw or give away bottles of nail polish, and liquids in glass bottles
• Are your windows and doors locked? Old house keys surrendered?

All set for the moving? Great! Get a good night’s sleep.