If you move from a private property with several tenants/owners, we advise you to follow the next steps:
- Inform all the persons concerned about your removal, two days beforehand. If you live in an apartment building, you can generally arrange this with the caretaker;
- Make an appointment to hand over the keys of your old residence and to receive the keys of your new residence. If necessary, have extra keys made!;
- Inform all suppliers ;
- Inform the owner;
- Keep all your valuables in a (temporary) vault;
- Arrange accommodation for your children and pets on the day of removal;
- Make appointments to have all facilities installed and started at your new residence (heating, electricity, water…);
- Return your library books.
A few days before your removal:
- Put aside the belongings you will need until the last moment in your old house and the belongings you will need from the first moment in your new house ;
- Determine what & when you will eat on the day of removal;
- Dismantle your furniture;
- Take off the curtains (except those in the bedrooms);
- Plant out the plants you want to move to your new address;
- Disconnect your parabolic antenna;
- Remove your carpets and other belongings;
- Leave dustbins and waste containers empty and clean;
- Defrost and clean the refrigerator and the freezer;
- Mark the different rooms in your new house;
- Make reservations (parking permits) for the removal truck at your both addresses;
- Collect all your keys and keep them in your hand luggage.
On the day of removal
- Keep the coffee, tea, sugar, spoons, cups, milk …… separated;
- Take off the curtains in the bedrooms;
- Pack the last remaining items;
- Write down all meter data (water, electricity, gas …) and have these signed by the owner;
- During the winter: turn off the water works to avoid frost;
- Check all rooms one last time before you leave;
- Close all windows and doors;
- Hand over the keys.
When you arrive at your new residence
- Make sure your belongings are put at the right place;
- Make one room habitable as soon as possible;
- Hang up the curtains in the bedrooms;
- Leave the refrigerator and the freezer unconnected for one day, in order to avoid damage