Things to do, 8 weeks before Moving Day.  

 - Confirmation: Confirm your moving details with your removal company.

 - Clear Out: Arrange to dispose of any unwanted items, do a car boot sale, sell them on ebay or give them to your local charity shop that will make good use of them. After all what is someone's rubbish is another person's treasure. ( Well thats what I tell the wife when I have been on ebay. )

 - Parking: If you have any parking restrictions at your present property, you will need to contact the local authorities to arrange for a suspension of the parking restrictions outside your property on and around moving day as with most overseas moves this can run into more than one day. Remember that a removal van can be the same size as a double decker bus and needs extra space for manoeuvring into position. The rear of the van needs to be directly outside your front door and if your house is on a hill then facing downhill. If in doubt about the size of vehicle your removal company is sending, contact them and they will let you know how much space they require and a time scale.

 - Contact Details: Contact friends and family of your new address. Click here to print some change of address cards.

 -  Paperwork: Start to sort out paperwork. Put passports, visa's, flight details, birth/marriage certificates and other family documentation aside so that you don't pack them.

N.B. If when you are sorting through your credit cards and bank statements and you decide to throw some away, we would highly recommend that you shred them. Don't throw the shredded paper away just yet, instead keep it to use as packing around fragile items.