Moving home checklist
When you leave your home you must:
give us four weeks’ notice and apply for compensation for any agreed improvements that you are leaving behind (if the council transferred you, you do not have to give four weeks’ notice, but you must leave your existing property by the start date of your new tenancy)
give Ascham Direct and the council your new address
return keys to Ascham Direct by noon on the Monday your tenancy begins (except in the cases of portable discounts where different rules apply)
- remove all furniture and belongings from your home, garden and any sheds
- leave the property clean and tidy for the next tenant
- tell us about any repairs that you believe need doing
- make sure that the central heating and the water supply at the mains stopcock is turned off (if you are not sure where your mains stopcock is, contact us for advice)
- if you remove your washing machine, ensure that the pipe is capped off
- make sure your rent is paid up to date
- tell the gas, electricity and phone companies when you are moving and take your own meter readings
- contact your local post office to make sure that your post is redirected
- if you want to transfer your phone number to your new address, contact your phone company
- tell your bank, doctor, children’s school, workplace, dentist, television licence office and family and friends of your new address