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BEFORE THE MOVE
- Arrange to get your mail re-directed. Application forms for 1, 3, or
12 months re-direction service are available from your local post
office or call the Credit Card Payment line on 0345 777 888. - Send change of address forms to: credit cards, change accounts
and subscriptions. - Advise: friends, relatives, your bank, building society, insurance
company, Inland Revenue, employer, Council Tax office and DVLC of
your change of address. Not forgetting your doctor, dentist, optician and the children's
schools. - Read meters and inform the utilities of your move.
- Arrange supplies to your new home - electricity, gas, oil, telephone, milk and
newspapers - providing written instructions on dates. - If you have kitchen appliances that require professional re-connection or plumbing-in,
make arrangements for the appropriate electrician, plumber or fitter to call on moving
day or the day after if possible.
- Pets can get in the way on removal day - consider booking
them into the kennels/cattery for the day. - Defrost refrigerator and freezer.
- Confirm moving date with removal company.
