Everything to do before, during and after your move, week by week — from six to eight weeks out through to closing out your bond. Tick things off as you go — your progress saves automatically in your browser, so you can come back any time. Add your move date to turn the checklist into a timeline with real deadlines, then download it straight into your calendar.
Watch: how to use the moving checklist & timeline.
Set your move date to unlock calendar export — every deadline lands as an all-day reminder, including booking your removalists and connecting your utilities.
Move date: ____________
The truck has gone and the chaos is yours. Here's how to make sense of it quickly — and start actually living in your new place.
Follow your colour codes: get every box into its matching room before you open anything. Then unpack by priority — kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, then the home office if you work from home. Don't aim for perfect placement; you can finesse later. More in our guide to unpacking.
Leave fragile and decorative boxes until the chaos settles, and photograph any transit damage as you find it so you can raise it with your moving company promptly.
Be open about the move from day one and talk up the new area from their perspective — explore the neighbourhood on Google Earth together before you arrive. Set up their rooms early, keep meal and bedtime routines familiar, and take breaks from unpacking for some family fun in the new space. More: moving with small children.
Enrol at the new school as early as you can (check catchment zones), and empower kids to make decisions about their own things when packing and unpacking.
For pets: keep supplies handy on day one, give them a quiet corner that smells like home, and keep cats indoors for a couple of weeks. See our tips for moving with pets and pet-proofing guide.
Once the essentials are away, the fun starts: deciding whether your old decor suits the new space. Set a decorating budget before you get carried away, tackle one room at a time, and remember renters can transform a space with curtains, rugs, plants and lighting alone.
Outside counts too — a tidy letterbox, some potted colour and outdoor lighting change how home feels every time you walk in.
One call sets up every service at the new place, so the lights, the hot water and the Wi-Fi are all working the day you walk in — instead of chasing four providers in your last fortnight.
Or call us on 1300 168 825 — we'll make sure the new place is ready and welcoming.
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