Moving house

The reason for lack of posts the last few weeks is that we have just moved home from a rental into our first Australian owned home! Its good to be in our own place, there are no regular inspections, and know that we can hang pictures on the wall, put up an extra shelf, etc…

During the move I have found that there are alot of things to organise within the weeks leading up to the move and during the actual move and have made a mover’s checklist for you.

First of all you need a lots of boxes. Luckily I know someone who works at Bunnings, who brought a few boxes every week. You can go to your local supermarket too and ask for boxes that are to only be thrown away as waste!

Then its organising of the moving van, my husband organised one through a local Car Rentals company, I was so surprised they hired out mini-trucks, we fetched the van within an hour of calling to see if any were available and dropped off the van the next morning before 9am! They were also reasonable, It think it was $139 for the day and we had to refill fuel before return! Having the van really saves you time and effort if you may have a few trips to make.

Lastly we made use of the Australia Post service of moving our mail for us, for up at http://www.movingservices.com.au/, it’s about $15 for 1 month, $24.95 for 3 months, and more for 6 and 12 months, we opted for the 3 months… With this service all our post to our rental is redirected to our new house! It arrives with a bright yellow address label addressed to us!

The we orgnisaed our electricity, gas and water. Electricity and Gas is at the same service provider and called when we moved int and they bill from the day we move in! Water well that is added to the coucil rates bill. More about water the different water sources in our house here.

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