Before your removal team arrives, group together your moving essentials to be kept separate to all your other items, and make sure you let the team know that you will be bringing these items yourself.
Each family member will need an overnight bag, containing nightclothes and a change of clothes for the next day. It might be easier to take all your essential bathroom items together in one large tub rather than having individual wash bags.
Here is our extensive list of items that you may find useful to have nearby on your moving day:
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A few light bulbs
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A Torch
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Bed linens, towels, etc
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Toilet roll
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Bin liners
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Kettle
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Tea/coffee making supplies and cups
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Teaspoons
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Cooking equipment or takeaway menus, snacks etc
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Mug, plate, knife, fork and spoon for each family member
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Paper plates and plastic cutlery
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Portable radio
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First aid kit, containing painkillers, plasters, etc.
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Any essential medication your family needs
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Kitchen roll
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Marker pens
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Pen/pencil and paper – for noting down meter readings
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Phone charger
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Provisions for next day’s breakfast
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Snacks
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Soap/hand sanitiser
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Stanley knife
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Tape measure
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Washing up essentials – washing up bowl, washing up liquid, dishcloth, and tea towel
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Cleaning supplies
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Important documents – passports, insurance, mortgage details, birth certificate etc
You may wish to carry your most precious jewellery close at hand – removals guys might not be insured to transport this
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