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
• 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
• 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
• 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
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!
• 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