This is the most tedious part of moving, but a comprehensive checklist of people to notify helps – available online from websites including www.iplan2move.co.uk and www.bbc.co.uk/homes, as well as some estate agents.
Most important are banks, credit and store cards, pension and share providers, insurance companies, loan providers, council tax, employers, schools, your cable provider, and your doctor. Remember to organise switching off your phone line, nternet connection and all your utilities, as well as arranging them to be connected at the other end. Shop around for best prices using websites such as www.uswitch .
Rob Hill, director of Greater London Properties, advises using the Royal Mail redirection service. "It's vital with identity theft on the increase," he says, adding that the quicker you tell the council, the quicker you'll get your refunded council tax.
Pushed for time? www.iammoving.com allows you to change your address details and notify over 1,500 organisations ranging from utility companies to club cards for free. Meanwhile, estate agents John D Wood (www.johndwood.co.uk) provides a service for buyers and sellers, that includes reading meters, closing or transferring utility accounts to the new property, valuation and auctioning of unwanted furniture and chattels, house clearance and locks changing. The service is free except for supplier charges. For a charge, moving specialists such as www.abels.co.uk handle absolutely everything to do with your move.
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