Home moving tips

I will be moving to a new home

• Schedule an appointment with Jan de Jong Movers for a non-binding quotation.
• Inquire about moving reimbursement with your employer.
• Cancel the rental agreement for your current home.
• Arrange the transfer of your phone, internet, and TV services.
• Inform your children’s school about the move.
• Make arrangements with the new occupants of your old home.
• Coordinate with the previous occupants of your new home.
• Check eligibility for housing benefits.

• Request moving leave from your employer.
• Measure your new home. Cancel household cleaning services. Arrange mail forwarding via PostNL.
• Start decluttering.
• Research schools, childcare, public transport, waste collection, and municipal regulations.
• Enroll your children in their new school.

4-2 weeks prior to moving

• Inform the insurance of your planned removal.
• Terminate your electricity/gas/water contracts of your old house.
• Arrange new contracts for electricity/gas/water for your new house.
• Clear out the goods that are not going to move to the new house.
• Arrange temporary storage with Jan de Jong Movers.

2 weeks prior to moving

• Sending a change of address.
• Arrange for care for your children and pets during your removal.
• Informing your landlord.
• Return library books.
• Put your important documents and goods in a bank vault.

1 week prior to moving

• Clean your new house.
• Clean all fixed lights.
• Take down the curtains (except in the bedrooms).
• Inform the suppliers.
• Pack the goods I do not need anymore.
• Get meals for the packing day and moving day.
• Make sure you have enough coffee etc , for in your new house.
• Arrange for the municipal cleansing department to collect household refuse.
• Empty and clean the garbage bins of your old house.
• Take the contents of the toxic waste bin to the municipal cleansing department.

1 day prior to moving

• Defrost and clean the fridge.
• Defrost and clean the freezer.
• Secure the drum of your washing machine.
• Disassemble your furniture.
• Take the pendulum out of your clock.
• Reserve a parking space for the moving van.
• Pack the last few things.

Moving Day

• Remove the curtains of the bedrooms.
• Put away the keys in a key bag.
• Put your money and pay cards in separate places in your hand luggage.
• Check the house for any remaining goods.
• Write down the final numbers for your gas etc.
• Close down the gas and electricity when needed.
• Close the water pipes.
• Close all windows and doors.
• Hand over the keys of your old house.
• Say goodbye to your neighbours.

After arriving in your new house

• Have everything put in the correct place as much as possible.
• Check all unpacked goods for damage.
• Make a room inhabitable as soon as possible.
• Hang the curtains of the bedrooms.
• Acclimatise the fridge and freezer for 1 day.
• Loosen the drum of your washing machine.

After my removal 

• Unpack everything or ask us to do it for you instead.
• Notify us of possible damage that was not immediately visible.
• Arrange for the empty moving boxes to be collected.
• Pay the invoice to Jan de Jong Movers.
• Register your change of address with your city council.

Download the Checklist Home Removals as a PDF here. 

1 month after your removal

Does the unpacking take more time than you had thought, or is it not going according to plan? Does something need to be moved to a different place, or does artwork need to be hanged on the wall?

Please call +31 50 313 91 49 or send an email to info@jandejong.nl. Please fill in our quote form for an estimation of the price.