UK Moving House Planner: 8-Week Countdown & Change of Address

Moving house is hundreds of small jobs and a few big dates. This planner puts them all in one place, from eight weeks out to your first week in the new home.

It's a 28-page fillable PDF, written for moves within the UK. It covers the countdown, the day itself, and the long list of people who need your new address: HMRC, DVLA, both councils, the electoral register, TV Licensing, your GP, banks, pensions, insurers and the utilities. Type into it on screen or print it and write by hand.

What's inside (28 A4 pages, in colour-coded sections)

Start

• Before you start: how to use it, and the safety numbers to know on moving day
• Linked contents page
• Your move at a glance: key dates, reference numbers and who's moving
• Key contacts: removals, solicitor or conveyancer, estate or letting agent, utilities and more

Countdown

• 8-week countdown over 5 pages: 8 and 7 weeks, 6 and 5 weeks, 4 and 3 weeks, 2 weeks, and the last week. Each task has a tick box, who's doing it and a by-date, with space for your own tasks
• Moving day plan: a timeline, plus "before you leave" and "when you arrive" checklists
• Moving day essentials: what goes in the essentials box and the bag that stays with you

Admin

• Change of address, 3 pages: official (HMRC, DVLA licence and V5C log book, council tax old and new, electoral register, TV Licensing, GP, Royal Mail redirection and more), money and home (banks, credit cards, pensions, insurance, gas and electricity, water, broadband, mobile) and everyone else (employer, schools, nursery, vet, subscriptions)
• Utilities and meter readings: final readings at the old home, first readings at the new one
• Removals quotes comparison: three companies side by side
• Moving budget: estimate against actual, with what's paid and when it's due

Packing

• Packing plan, room by room, with a colour or letter for each room
• Box inventory, 2 pages: box number, room, contents, fragile, open first, packed and arrived

New home

• Room-by-room notes, 2 pages: measurements, what needs doing and where things go
• First week in your new home: day one and this week
• Getting to know your new home: bins, stopcock, fuse box, meters, local services
• Contact log · Where to check the rules (official links) · Notes

What you'll download

• UK-Moving-House-Planner_LifeAdminDeskStudio.pdf (PDF, 28 pages)

How it works

• Digital download: one PDF file. Nothing physical is posted.
• Straight after you pay, you'll be taken to your download page, and you'll also get an email with your download link.
• Type straight into the fillable fields and tick boxes using a PDF app that supports forms, such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, then save. Or print on A4 at home and fill it in by hand.
• Some browser and phone PDF viewers don't save form entries. If that happens, use Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Undated, so you can start whenever your move does. If you have less than 8 weeks, start at the week you're in.
• Works whether you're buying, selling, renting or leaving a rental. Skip anything that doesn't apply.
• The images show made-up example entries. You get a blank planner.
• A4 size. It prints on US Letter with "fit to page", but it's written for the UK.

Written for the UK

The planner uses UK organisations and terms, with notes where England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland differ: for example, Northern Ireland has rates instead of council tax and uses the DVA rather than DVLA. Fees, deadlines and processes change, so it doesn't list them. Instead, there's a page of official links (gov.uk, gov.wales, mygov.scot, nidirect, royalmail.com and tvlicensing.co.uk) to check the current details.

Please note

This is a practical planner for organising your move. It isn't legal, financial or conveyancing advice. Check the current rules and fees with the organisation concerned, and follow your solicitor, conveyancer, landlord or letting agent on anything about your sale, purchase or tenancy. Don't write full account numbers, passwords or PINs in it. In an emergency, call 999.

How this was made

I designed this planner and chose its contents, which were checked against official guidance. I used AI tools to help draft some of the wording and to help build the layout of the PDF. Every page was checked, and the fillable fields were tested, before release. There are no AI-generated photos or illustrations.

Digital download and cancellations

This is digital content, available to download straight after purchase. At checkout, you'll be asked to agree that the download can start immediately and to acknowledge that you then lose your 14-day right to cancel under the UK Consumer Contracts Regulations. If the file is faulty or won't open, email lifeadmindesk@gmail.com and I'll put it right.

Personal use

For personal use by you and your household. Please don't resell or share the file publicly.

From LifeAdminDeskStudio: practical, UK-specific organisers for the paperwork side of life.