5 - 6 Weeks Before

• Check that your passports and visas are valid
• Check whether any permits are required, e.g. for residency, work, vehicles or firearms
• Check vaccination requirements
• Check your travel documents and tickets
• Collate all your personal documents, e.g. birth and marriage certificates, and medical and school records
• Advise your solicitor/attorney, bank, doctor, dentist, insurance company, building society and DSS
• Cancel subscriptions to clubs and magazines
• Notify schools
• Obtain invoices for new purchases (for customs import formalities)
• Clear out the loft, attic, garage and shed

3 - 4 Weeks Before

• Prepare a valuation for insurance and complete the Interconex insurance proposal form
• Dispose of the items you don't want to ship
• Supply a contact number and/or address for after you have moved but before you leave the country (if appropriate)
• Supply your overseas contact address and phone number
• Check with Interconex about obtaining a VAT refund 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 Interconex

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 main services to be disconnected
• Advise your newsagent and milkman and pay their 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 Day 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
• Disconnect lights for shipment and make wiring safe
• Dismantle furniture items as per the Interconex schedule
• Loosen fitted carpets at the edges
• Arrange with neighbors to leave sufficient parking space for the removal vehicle
• Reserve the lift/elevator if you live in an apartment

Moving Day

• On Moving Day, relax and let Interconex do the work
• Remain on hand in case the packers have any questions
• Check all rooms, cupboards and walls to make sure nothing is left behind
• Please remember to review, sign and get a copy of the packing inventory