Helpful Hints
BEFORE YOU GO…
Have you discontinued these services?
- Milk delivery?
- Newspaper delivery?
- Telephone?
- Gas & Electricity?
- Water?
Have you notified your change of address to:
- The post office, for redirection of mail?
- The Electoral Registrar?
- Your Insurance Company?
- Stores - where you have charge accounts?
- Relatives, friends & regular correspondents?
- Club Memberships?
- Publications to which you subscribe?
- Your doctor & Dentist?
- Your solicitors?
- Your Church?
- Your children's school?
Have you also:
- Defrosted the Freezer & all other appliances ready for
removal?
- Please check & make the necessary arrangements with an
electrician if needed.
- Had your outside TV aerial taken down & dismantled by a
qualified technician?
- Arranged for electricity or gas to disconnect any fittings from
the supply? (We are not allowed to do this.)
- Put aside bits & pieces you don't want to take? (Why pay to
have them moved?)
A few don'ts:
- Don't fail to advise if you are moving any valuable antiques or
paintings with your household goods. (For our mutual
protection & insurance purposes)
- Don't put breakables in drawers.
- Don't put liquids in drawers (sauce bottles, perfumes,etc)
- Don't overload drawers with linen, sheets & clothing (to
much weight can damage furniture)
- Don't try to move large quantities of wood. They cannot be
handled in our vans.
- Don't store perishable foods such as cereals, flour &
vegetables.
- The following articles are classed as DANGEROUS GOODS &
cannot be stored or transported:
Ammunition, new or partially used cans of paint, turpentine,
kerosene, petrol, cleaning fluids & any oil.
- Don't forget to drain fuel from lawnmowers.
- Don't store or transport jewellery, money, legal documents or
articles of extreme value. KEEP THEM WITH YOU.
- Don't forget to tell us EVERYTHING you want moved. It's your
responsibility to check before the van drives off.
NOW ONE LAST LOOK
AROUND
- Anything left behind? Check the attic, garden shed, garage,
under the house?
- Is everything turned off & locked up?