4 Things To Do When You Move Into A New House

It can feel overwhelming moving into a new house, whether it’s your first home or you’re upsizing to a new area, with boxes everywhere and a long list of to-dos before it finally feels like your own house.

This is why having a list of the essential tasks and knowing where to start is highly recommended. Let’s take a look at 3 of the key things to do when you move into a new house.

Change The Locks

There is no way of knowing how many previous residents and their friends or family members had keys to your house, as well as estate agents who carried out viewings. For security reasons, it’s important to get the locks changed for your home, windows and doors, as soon as you can.

You don’t know when they were last changed, so it is always worth the added peace of mind and will help the process feel as smooth and stress-free as possible.

If your property is in an apartment building or communal space, then you should look to enquire about changing the locks with your management company. They will know the last time the locks were changed as a record will be held.

It can also impact your home insurance policy if the worst was to happen and it was found that the locks hadn’t been changed in a long time.

Put A Box Of Essentials Together

For the first night in your new home, you’ll find that there is stuff and boxes everywhere and, after a long day of excitement and moving everything in, you’ll probably just want to eat and sleep! To make things easier for you on the first day/night, put a box of essentials together of things you’ll likely need and want to grab easily.

Things such as tea and coffee, mugs, bottled water (you never know how long it will take to get the water sorted!), toilet rolls, bedding and basic cleaning supplies to give surfaces a quick wipe-over will all make the first night in your home feel a bit more like home.

If you’re expecting guests to visit in the first few days with new home gifts or helping hands with organising or cleaning, then it’s also a good idea to keep things like snacks like biscuits or cakes close to hand to offer out and make sure you have enough mugs (or glasses for champagne!) – if you want to cut down on washing up, consider getting some takeaway style cups.

Start Changing Your Address

You don’t realise until you move house just how many things require the use of your address. You’ll need to make sure that, when you move into your new home, you make a start on changing and updating your address wherever it may be on file.

One of the most important ones to do is change your address on your car insurance, as this can affect or void the policy if it is found to be incorrect. As well as this, updating your driving licence and car ownership document, which is held by the DVLA, as you could be fined up to £1,000 if it is found to be incorrect.

Other places where you will need to change and update your address include:

1. Banks and insurance providers
2. Home insurance if you are moving from another property
3. Life insurance policies
4. Pet insurance
5. TV licence
6. Your GP surgery and dentist
7. Electoral roll
8. Council tax

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Speak To Tradespeople

If you are looking to make big changes to your new home, then it is worth getting in touch with tradespeople as soon as possible so that you can get work started sooner, rather than later.

If you’re planning to remodel or extend your home, it is often said that doing this before you settle in and get comfortable is a much quicker process, so you can just wait until after the work is done to get everything sorted and decorated. 

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