Moving tips - Moving Company Amsterdam - Fa. P.M. de Wit & Zn
The move
Make an appointment with a certified mover such as Verhuisbedrijf Amsterdam - Fa. PM de Wit & Zn
Cancel your lease on your old home
Offering an old house for sale
Arrange a mortgage
Relocating telephone/requesting a new telephone from KPN
Notify school
Make agreements about taking over floor coverings and the like with previous and future residents
Inquire about rental subsidy options
Arrange relocation leave with employer
Inquire about possible reimbursement of moving costs
Inquire about tax deduction options for moving costs
Take measurements of new house
Cancel domestic help
Collect a moving notice from the post office and send it completed
Start by clearing out everything you won't be taking with you to your new home
Moving to another municipality?
Apply for a business permit from the municipality
Purchase a municipal guide and map
Inquire about:
schools
associations
nursery school
family care
social work
consultation agency
public transport
garbage collection system
dog tax
municipal provisions
Two to four weeks before you move:
Register children at new school
Order business cards
Order stationery
Notify your home and contents insurance
Arrange electricity, gas and water disconnection in old home
Arrange electricity, gas and water connections for new home
Make an appointment with a gas fitter to connect gas appliances in your new home
Collect a moving notice from the post office and send it completed
Have a name tag made
A lot more cleaning up that doesn't have to be taken to the new home
The last weeks before you move:
Send address changes
Arrange childcare on moving day
Arrange pet care
Inform the caretaker
Redeem savings stamps at local retailers
Cancel PO Box and request a new one
Return library books
Store important papers that you do not need immediately and jewelry in a bank safe
Have a name tag made
Clean up or remove anything you no longer want to take with you to the new home. offer for sale through an advertisement.
Start packing
The last few days before you move:
Cleaning new house and marking rooms
If necessary, loosen the floor covering
Remove fixed lamps
Remove curtains (except in bedrooms).
Inform suppliers
Remove the satellite dish from the roof
Pack everything you won't need until the last minute
Prepare simple meals for the night before the move and the moving day itself
Check whether there is enough coffee in the house
Engage municipal cleaning for bulky waste
Secure washing machine drum protection
Request a moving card from the municipality
Cutting off perennial garden plants (if the season is suitable)
Leave household waste containers empty and clean, if possible accompanied by the waste calendar
Contents of the poison box sent to the poison box or to the municipal depot. Also leave the environmental box in your old house.
On the last day before you move
Defrost and clean the refrigerator
Place the full freezer on the coldest setting
Take apart removable furniture
Remove the pendulum from the clock
Try to reserve a space for a moving van with your own car and a neighbor's car
Packing the last things
Place garden plants in buckets or plastic bags
On the moving day itself
Remove the last curtains
All keys in hand luggage
Money and checks in hand luggage
Check house for items left behind
Record meter readings
Turn off gas and electricity (except if power is needed for heating that remains on)
Draining the water pipe in winter (even when it is not freezing)
Close all windows and doors properly
Give the key to the caretaker/new residents
After arriving at the new home
Have everything put in the right place as much as possible
Check all unpacked items for possible moving damage
Pay with your Certified Mover
Make a room habitable as quickly as possible
Hang up bedroom curtains
Allow the refrigerator and freezer to rest for a day before switching on
Loosen washing machine drum lock
Unpack everything
Screw nameplate to the door
Report any moving damage to your Certified Mover
Contact your Certified Mover about collecting the empty moving boxes
Arrange any damage to the home with the landlord
Meet the new caretaker
Submit the moving card to the municipal clerk's office
Collect the key for the new PO box
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