4 Weeks before your move:

1. Scout around for some sturdy cardboard boxes or purchase suitable packing materials.
2. Label the contents of your boxes and prepare a full packing list for each box.
3. Set a firm date for moving based on the completion date for the sale of your property.
4. Select an international removal service which best meets your needs. Check your larger appliances and items of furniture will fit in your new home. Do not take what you do not need.
5. Have a thorough clean-out (you might want to organise a garage sale).
6. Start to use the frozen and canned foods you've been storing.
7. Keep a list of incoming mail.
8. Start notifying businesses, colleagues and suppliers of your intended move.
   

1. Keep packing or better still, have the professionals do the job for you.
2. Prepare an inventory of everythin you're packing and store it with your valuables.
3. Make sure appropriate insurance is in place for the move itself and for your new home from the moment you buy it.
4. Contact the utilities you'll require at your new residence.

1. Hopefully you've packed just about everything!
2. Cancel local arrangements such as milk and newspaper deliveries etc.
3. Return things like library books, videos etc.
4. Have a final clean-out to get rid of out-of-date cleaning products and inflammables from under the kitchen sink and in the garage. Dispose of opened paint tins, thinners etc.
5. Defrost and clean your fridge and freezer and allow to dry out.
6. Have a well earned drink and a farewell party for family and friends.

1. Consider carrying with you the essential things you'll need when you first arrive at your new home.  Most importantly, make sure you carry   valuables, passports, flight tickets, personal effects and important  papers with you, so they don't go astray.
2. Final check on all rooms to ensure that nothing has been left behind.
3. Before you leave your old residence, make sure it's securely locked and all keys deposited with the estate agents or the new owners.