A Practical checklist for moving out - Sale
Sale Agreed
Leave a set of keys with the agent or make arrangements for the buyer's surveyor to have access.
ENQUIRE about the availability of removers or van hire, but DO NOT book before exchange of contracts take place!
Exchange of Contracts
Book...
- Removers or hire a van to move yourself
- To have any gas appliances disconnected
Keys...
Arrange to leave all the keys with your Estate Agent so that your buyer can collect them, or agree arrangements directly with the buyer.
Cancel Standing Orders...
- Gas, electricity, water rates*
- Milk, papers
- Council tax if moving to a new area*
- Building Insurance (From completion date)
*If you pay these by standing order, ask the local authority and the water board to send you a statement of your account to the day you move.
Letting Them Know You Are Moving...
- Bank, building society
- Credit cards
- Insurance company (car, life insurance, health insurance)
- Driving insurance and car registration documents
- AA/RAC
- Doctor, hospital, dentist
- Post Office
- Ask for your mail to be re-directed
Have The Meter Read The Day You Move...
- Gas, electricity
- Telephone*
*Ask the buyer if he will want the telephone: If he does, do not have it disconnected.