Moving
The eight-week checklist for your move
Start early and the move stays relaxed. Our checklist takes you from giving notice to handing over the keys.
Published on · Swisscautionen24 · 5 min read
A move is a chain of small tasks. Spread them over eight weeks and moving day leaves time for the essentials: carrying boxes and ordering pizza.
Eight weeks before
- Check the notice period in your old lease and give notice in writing.
- Sign the new lease and sort the deposit – with a Swisscautionen24 certificate you don't need to block an account.
- Get quotes from movers or book friends and a van.
Six weeks before
- Declutter: anything you haven't used for a year goes.
- Get boxes, tape and markers.
- Move electricity, internet and insurance to the new address.
Four weeks before
- Set up mail forwarding.
- Report the change of address to bank, employer, health insurer and municipality.
- Pack the first boxes: books, seasonal clothes, decor.
Two weeks before
- Arrange handover appointments for the old and new flat.
- Do small repairs in the old flat.
- Eat the fridge empty.
The last days
- Pack a survival box: coffee, chargers, tools, toilet paper.
- Organise the final clean or do it yourself.
- Photograph meter readings.
And after the move? Tell us your new address under 'Report a move' so the certificate is transferred to the new flat.
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