Moving home is much easier when you know what needs to happen and when. Whether you’re moving locally, relocating across the UK, or planning an international move, a clear moving home checklist can help you stay organised and reduce last-minute stress.
At Anglo French Removals, we support UK, France, Switzerland, and international relocations. From our experience, the smoothest moves are usually the ones planned in clear stages.
Start by deciding what you want to take with you. Moving home is a good opportunity to sort through furniture, clothes, paperwork, and household items before anything is packed.
Before moving day, you should:
Confirm your moving date
Book your removal company
Decide what to keep, sell, donate, or store
Arrange packing materials or professional removal packing solutions
Notify utility providers and update addresses
Create an inventory of important items
Organise storage if your dates don’t line up
Check parking and access at both properties
If you’re moving abroad, you’ll also need to think about customs paperwork, passports, visas, and delivery timelines. These can take longer than expected, so it’s best to start early.
Moving day can feel busy, but preparation makes a big difference.
Keep essential items separate so they don’t get packed by mistake. This might include medication, chargers, passports, keys, paperwork, toiletries, snacks, and a change of clothes.
On moving day:
Be available to answer questions
Keep important documents with you
Check each room before leaving
Take meter readings
Make sure fragile items are clearly marked
Confirm delivery details with your removals team
If your belongings are going into storage, check that everything is labelled clearly and that any items you may need soon are easy to identify.
Once you arrive, focus first on the essentials. You don’t need to unpack everything immediately.
After moving in, you should:
Check that major items have arrived safely
Report any issues promptly
Set up utilities and internet
Update your address with banks, insurers, and official bodies
Register with local services if needed
Start unpacking room by room
Keep packing materials aside for recycling or reuse
If you’ve moved internationally, there may be extra steps such as registering locally, setting up healthcare, or arranging onward delivery of stored items.
A good moving home checklist doesn’t just help you remember tasks; it helps you make better decisions. You can avoid rushed packing, missed paperwork, storage problems, and avoidable delays.
At Anglo French Removals, we help customers manage packing, removals, storage, and transport as part of one organised process. Whether you’re moving a full household, using storage between properties, or relocating abroad, our team can help you plan each stage with confidence.
Ideally, start several weeks before your move. For international moves, it’s best to begin planning several months ahead.
Pack essentials last, including medication, chargers, documents, toiletries, keys, and anything you’ll need on moving day.
Storage can be useful if your moving dates don’t line up, your new home isn’t ready, or you want to move in stages.
Yes. We offer professional packing services and can also provide packing materials if you prefer to pack yourself.
Dear Mark
I am writing to say thank you so much for the smooth moving process. From beginning to end you could not have done better. I'd like to put in a complimentary word for the three guys who you sent to load and unload. Service without servility is always the perfect combination. They were all extremely convivial whilst getting on at the same time, meticulously careful with the items being transported and cheery without being "goonish".
Your original quote was handled most efficiently by Jasmine from initlal enquiry through to date setting, payment etc and the quote itself was highly competitive. Your own communication skills were faultless and I felt like I knew exactly what was going on at any one time.
I, quite frankly, cannot fault the service provided, you could not have done better and I am very happy with the price too.
Well done to all the team!
Best wishes for all your future projects.
Di Miller, Kent
Just a quick message to say thanks for the safe delivery of my furniture from Charente, France to London - the coordination was great as was the care, I really appreciated it, especially the safe delivery of the grandfather clock and rocking horse, which were my grandmother's, and I was worried about! So - a big thank you - I will happily recommend you.
Vicky Edwards, Charente
Dear Anglo French Team,
Many thanks to all of you form me and my family which thanks to Nuno and Co are nicely settling in France and despite the stress related to moving a household with young kids, an office and a mother of a lathe it was all made that little bit easier due to you. Many thanks again!
I wish you and the people around you a joyous and lovely Christmas break and all the best for the year ahead of us!
Nikolay, London
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