Practical Moving Tips
Practical Moving Tips
With the practical moving tips of VerhuisGoedkoop.nu you can move your household effects quickly and safely. Check out the moving tips below.
Prepared for your move
• Make an appointment at VerhuisGoedkoop.nu• Terminate the rent of an old house / offer an old house for sale
• Arrange a mortgage
• Request a telephone/new telephone and internet move from KPN, Ziggo or Tele2
• Report the move to your energy supplier
• Notify school
• Make agreements about taking over floor coverings and the like with previous and future residents
• Inquire about the possibilities of rent subsidy: Belastingdienst
• Arrange moving leave with your employer
• Inquire about possible reimbursement of moving costs
• Inquire about tax deduction options for moving expenses
• Take measurements of the new house
• Start cleaning up and throwing away everything you don’t take with you to your new home
To another municipality?
• Apply for a residence permit from the municipality
• Purchase a city guide and map
Inquire about:
• Schools
• Associations
• Kindergarten
• Family care
• Social work
• Consultation agency
• Public transport
• Garbage collection system
• Dog tax
• Municipal regulations
2. Four to two weeks before you move
• Order business cards• Order stationery
• Notify home and contents insurance
• Arrange for electricity, gas and water in old house
• Arrange the connection of electricity, gas and water to the new home
• Make an appointment with a gas fitter for connecting gas appliances in a new home
• Have a name tag made
• Cleaning up much more that does not have to be taken to a new home
3. The last two weeks before the move
• Send changes of address (VerhuisGoedkoop.nu can arrange this for you free of charge)• Arrange childcare on the moving day
• Arrange pet care
• Notify caretaker
• Redeem Savings Stamps at Local Retailers
• Cancel PO Box and request new ones
• Return library books
• Keep important papers that you don’t need immediately and jewelry in a bank safe
• Clean up everything you no longer want to take with you to the new house or if necessary. offer for sale through an advertisement
• Start packing
4. The last few days before the move
• New house cleaning and rooms “marking”
• Loosen the floor covering if necessary
• Take off fixed lamps
• Remove curtains (except in bedrooms)
• Notify suppliers
• Remove the satellite dish from the roof
• Pack everything you don’t need until the last minute
• Get simple meals for the night before the move and the day of the move
• Enable municipal cleaning for bulky waste
• Secure washing machine drum protection
• Loosely stab perennial garden plants (if the season is suitable)
• Leave household waste containers empty and clean, if possible accompanied by the waste calendar
• Take the contents of the poison box to the poison box or to the municipal depot.
• Also leave the environmental box in your old house
5. On the last day before the move
Defrost and clean the refrigerator
• Set full freezer to the coldest setting
• Dismantle removable furniture
• Take the pendulum out of the clock
• Trying to reserve space for a moving van with your own car and a neighbor’s car
• Packing last things
• Place garden plants in buckets or plastic bags
• Remove last curtains
• All keys in hand luggage
• Money and checks in hand luggage
• Check house for leftovers
• Record meter readings
• Cut off gas and electricity (except if electricity is needed for heating that stays on)
• Draining the water pipe in the winter (even when it’s not freezing)
• Close all windows and doors properly
• Hand over the key to the caretaker / new residents
• Wave to the neighbors before leaving
Your mover will be happy to advise and assist you throughout the day. He has the knowledge and experience for that!
7. After arrival in the new home
• Put everything in the right place as much as possible
• Check all unpacked items for any damage during the move
• Checkout with your moving company
• Make a room “habitable” as quickly as possible
• Hang bedroom curtains
• Rest the refrigerator and freezer for a day before switching on
• Loosen the washing machine drum protection
• Unpack everything
• Screw nameplate to the door
• Report any moving damage to your moving company
• Contact your moving company about collecting the empty moving boxes
• Arrange any damage to the house with the landlord
• Meet the new neighbors and caretaker
• Report a change of address to the Civil Affairs department of your (new) municipality within 5 days of the move