| One month |
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Give notice to your current landlord.
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Ask your friends for help on moving
day. Be especially nice to friends or relatives with vans or trailers.
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Make a reservation with a moving
company if you'll be using one.
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Start collecting boxes - supermarkets
and liquor stores are good sources. |
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| Three weeks |
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Fill out a change of address form with
NZ Post |
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Let your power, gas, and phone
companies know when you'll be moving out, and give them your new address for
the final bill. |
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Let your insurance company know your
new address and check if your belongings are covered during the move.
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Reserve a truck, van or trailer if
you'll be using one.
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Arrange storage for the things that
won't fit into your new place.
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Sell the things that you no longer
want on trademe.co.nz.
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| Two weeks |
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Touch base with the friends who are
helping you on moving day.
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Dig out the original boxes for your
stereo, computer, TV, etc (if you have kept them) |
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Continue collecting boxes and packing. |
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Figure out how you're going to move
your pets. |
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Do anything that isn't ticked off from
last week. |
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| One week |
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Repair any damage to the flat you (or
your friends) are responsible for |
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Pack everything - except the things
that you really can't live without.
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Confirm moving plans with the people
helping you move, the hire place, or the moving company.
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Let everybody who sends you mail know
your new address.
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Do anything from the last week that
hasn't been ticked off.
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| Two days |
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Contact the newspaper to get your
subscription transferred.
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If you're moving a computer, make a
backup of your important files - just in case.
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| One day before |
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De-frost and clean your fridge and
freezer. Clean your stove.
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Begin cleaning - but don't clean the
floors until you're all moved out. |
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Leave a forwarding address with your
landlord & new tenants in case they need to forward your mail.
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| Moving day |
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Pack those last few items.
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Take your stuff to your new place.
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Finish cleaning your old place.
Remember, if it's not clean when you leave, the landlord can get it
commercially cleaned and take the cost out of your bond.
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Do a final walk-through of your old
place. Check wardrobes, cupboards, drawers, etc. Turn off the lights and lock
all the doors and windows.
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Return all keys or security cards to
the landlord.
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Buy dinner for the friends who helped
you move. |
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Catch some well-deserved sleep at your
new place!
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