Downsizing Move Planner
What you need from a home now and what you may need later.
Resources
Budgets, quote comparisons, timelines, registers and checklists that carry a household from packing the first box to settling into the new home.
These resources cover the practical admin of a house move: costing it, comparing removals quotes, notifying accounts, handing back the old home and setting up the new one, including moves abroad, with pets or children, and moves that go through storage. Every figure, rate and date is yours to enter; no prices, allowances or legal guidance are supplied.
28 resources · every one as a printable and fillable PDF in A4 and US Letter, and online · 17 with an Excel workbook.
What you need from a home now and what you may need later.
Housing, bills, food, travel, childcare and leisure line by line.
Each cost paid, by category, with the supplier and receipt reference.
What each part of the move was expected to cost before it started.
Which firm quoted what, and on what kind of survey.
Every organisation that holds your address, grouped by type.
When the removals crew, the keys and the handover are due.
Every key and fob, how many and who received them.
Each account at the old address and its number.
Which documents each person needs, grouped by type.
Every item and box in the consignment, numbered.
Every pet's microchip number, carrier and travel arrangement in one place.
Each child's current and new school or nursery, and the start date.
Which lots or box groups are in storage and which have come out.
Where the stopcock, fuse box and meters are, found on day one.
Small, medium, large and wardrobe boxes needed for each room.
Every item to buy, by room and by when it is needed.
Each item for sale, where it was listed, the asking and sold price.
Who is coming, when they arrive and when they have to leave.
Which box each fragile or valuable item went into, and who packed it.
Each damaged or missing item with its box number and a description.
Fuel cost for every trip, from your own price and consumption figures.
Which local services you still need to find or register with.
How many days the two homes overlap, or how many days fall between them.
Each place stayed, with check-in and check-out dates and nights.
Each item of redirected post, with the date and sender.
Every deposit and fee paid out for the move, with the date.
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