Moving house checklist

A moving house checklist, week by week: what to do and when, from eight weeks before the move to the first week in the new home. Print it, or tick it off on your phone.

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Eight weeks before

Four weeks before

Two weeks before

The week before

On the day

In the first week

The full list of who to tell

Every organisation, grouped by when to contact it, each with its official link.

Who to tell when moving house

Where this comes from

Published 8 October 2026 by Towpath Digital Ltd, the company that runs CheckAPostcode. If something here is out of date, report an error.

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