Things to remember when you move in

• Label your boxes or bin liners with what's inside and which room you want to put them in.
• The night before you move, pack a survival kit - tea / coffee, crisps, biscuits, loo paper, soap, towel etc. - to help you through the first day in your new home.
• Shortly before you move, fill up your car's fuel tank - it's one less thing to worry about on the day of the move.
• If you're not going to use e-mail to inform family, friends and associates of your change of address, get some postcards and stamps.
• Try to avoid booking yourself up with weekends away just before or after the move. Packing and unpacking always takes longer than you think!
• Maintain a file of all correspondence relevant to your house purchase.
• If you're leaving a property, you'll need to remember to arrange final readings for gas, electricity, telephone and council tax. See our useful contacts list.
• Pack valuable items and important paperwork separately and take them with you in the car and then keep them somewhere safe.