Universal Removals

Moving Checklist

Countdown to moving day!

When you’re moving home internationally there seems to be an endless list of things to think about and organise. Here’s a helpful list to remind you.

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5-6 weeks before moving:

Check that your passports and visas are valid
Check whether any permits are required e.g. for residency, work or vehicles
Check your travel documents and tickets
Collate all your personal documents e.g. birth certificates, marriage certificates and medical records
Advise your solicitor, bank, doctor, dentist, insurance company, building society
Cancel subscriptions to clubs and magazines
Notify Schools
Obtain invoices for new purchases (for customs import facilities)

3-4 weeks before:

Complete the insurance form
Dispose of the items you don’t want to ship
Supply a contact number in the UK for after you have moved
Supply your overseas contact address and phone number
Check with your Universal Move Manager with regard to VAT refunds on new purchases
Ask for final accounts for gas, water and electricity
Complete all outstanding credit agreements
Cancel all rental agreements
Run down stocks of food and drink
Confirm your removal date with Robinsons

1-2 weeks before

Arrange for mail to be forwarded
Clean garden tools, bicycles, etc
Arrange care for children and pets on moving day
Arrange for mains services to be disconnected
Advise your newsagent and milkman and pay their final accounts
Empty lockers at school and work
Return or retrieve any items on loan
Drain fuel from motor mowers
Dispose of plants and perishable food

1-2 days before

Separate all personal items which are to travel with you e.g. keys, documents, passports, tickets, certificates, currency, clothing, etc
Disconnect, clean and dry any electrical appliances that you wish to ship
Arrange with neighbours to leave sufficient parking space for the removal vehicle

On Moving Day

Remain on hand in case the packers have any questions
Check all rooms, cupboards, walls, loft, garage and shed to make sure nothing has been left behind.
And finally, try and relax and let Universal do the work!

Notification Checklist

In summary, here’s a list of organisations and people you may need to notify of your move:

Doctor
Dentist
House insurance company
Car insurance company
Electricity Board
Water Board
Gas Board
Telephone company
Internet provider
Bank
Post Office
Building Society
Inland Revenue
School/college
Local council
Library
DVLA
Motor organisation
Milkman
Newsagent/magazine subscription
Sports/social club
Satellite/cable TV provider
Church/place of worship
Vet

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Costs - guide prices for moving overseas

Several factors can affect prices for overseas moves; eg packing requirements other than standard packing and wrapping (eg crating requirements, cardboard wrapping etc), distance from UK loading address to UK port of exit, destination port within the destination country and distance from the port of entry to the final destination.

Quoted prices are on a door-to-door basis and include all of the elements involved - including packing materials, labour costs for packing and wrapping, and physical loading of the shipping container. Freight charges are what we are charged for getting the shipping container from the UK loading address through to the destination port of arrival.

The following prices are based on 20 foot containers, which would fit the average 3 bedroom house taking virtually all contents. They also assume that we are to ship through to appropriate port at destination, clear customs and deliver to residence and unpack and unwrap. Charges cover customs clearance and delivery to final residence.

Of course we can give you an accurate quote by assessing the actual volume of goods to be moved, which we are happy to do free of charge you can visit our online volume calculator www.universalremovals.com/Latest/Volume-calculator.html or please fill in our quotation form www.universalremovals.com/Quotation-Request.html

Moving from the UK to Australia: £3500-£4000
(for Australia, ALL consignments are unloaded from the shipping container on arrival. It is not possible for the shipping container that is loaded in the UK to be placed at the delivery address in Australia.)

Moving from the UK to Canada or USA: £4000-£5000

Moving from the UK to New Zealand: £3000-£3500

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