Moving Checklist
This checklist will make things much easier for you. Those items marked with a hash (#) are things to be attended to before you move. Those with two (##) are things that you are obliged to do by law. The remainder, though just as important can be done soon after the move, so long as you have arranged for your mail to be forwarded.
Financial/Legal (Notify in writing)
- ## Bank (including children’s accounts)
- Building society (loan & savings account)
- Credit union
- Age/Invalid/Repatriation Pensions
- Child endowment
- Public library
- Life assurance companies
- # Property insurance company
- Car insurances company (quoting policy number)
- Any other insurance policy
- Credit cards (amex, store accounts etc)
- ## Motor Registration Branch (car rego & drivers licence)
- ## Electoral Office
- ## Local police (if you have any cases pending or summons due)
- Shares and investments, government bonds
Personal / Social
- # Husbands employer
- # Wife's employer
- # Schools
- Kindergarten
- Primary
- Secondary
- Part time, evening and correspondence courses
- Other (when children change school, you need an official transfer from the head of the old school)
- # Doctor
- # Dentist
- # Hospital (if you are an out patient)
- # Baby health centre
- # Health fund
- Social clubs (whether a player or member)
- Children’s activities (ballet, scouts, surf life saving)
- Neighbours
- Relations
- Friends
- Other
Housekeeping
- Milkman (with last day of delivery)
- # Newsagent (with last date of paper delivery)
- Electricity department: off at old address and on at new address
- Gas company: as above
- Telephone: as above
- Post office
- Magazine subscriptions
