You’ve spent a long time, perhaps many years, saving up for the deposit on your new home, and now you’ve finally signed the paperwork, and you’re about to move in. Yet before you can truly get settled, there are some things you’ll want to do to ensure you are perfectly safe once you start living in the property you just spent all that money on. Read on to find out what you should do before moving into your new home.
Connect The Utilities
No one wants to move into a house and find they have to wait for days or even weeks for their electricity, water, gas, cable, broadband, and other services to be switched on. Not only is this frustrating, but depending on your own health and the time of year you move, it could even be dangerous, especially if it’s cold and in the middle of winter.
Therefore, the first thing you should do is switch on the utilities from your previous property in your new home, or switch them on for the first time if you are a first time buyer. This covers water, electric, and gas companies, as well as cable and internet service providers. Changing service providers while moving into a newly bought house is more straightforward in certain places than in others. If this isn’t feasible where you live, make sure your home has been adequately winterized so that no pipes break during cold weather.
By phoning each utility provider directly or reading their FAQ page accessible online, you can learn about their procedure for establishing services at a new location. It’s critical to understand what has to happen before all appliances can be utilized again in your new home.
Make Sure It’s Clean
You may need to spend an entire day cleaning your new house once the utilities are switched on. If you don’t want to do this or you don’t have the time, send in specialists as soon as possible after closure to guarantee that everything is clean and tidy. You should also consider contacting a firm that specializes in drug testing rental properties to guarantee your family settles into a totally clean – and safe – property.
You don’t want to move into a filthy house when it might take weeks for things to smell and feel clean again; you want to just move in and start enjoying the place. So if cleaning (assuming it’s needed) can take place before the big moving day, that’s ideal.
Test All Detectors And Appliances
Before you and your family move in, be sure to inspect every smoke detector and appliance. The last thing anybody wants is for their new house to catch fire, so don’t neglect this step; it could save your life, or at the very least, your property.
If the furnace / boiler hasn’t been serviced in the last year or two, it’s also a good idea to have an expert specialist evaluate it. This will guarantee that everything functions properly when temperatures fall below freezing during the winter months. Also, some HVAC professionals provide annual maintenance programmes, which can assist in keeping heating equipment functioning smoothly during winter weather.
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