How to Change Your Residence Address While Moving

When you change your home there are a number of things you need to do. Not to get lost, use this checklist to control the moving process and learn how to change your residence address while moving! 

Who to notify when you move 

You are moving, get ready to create tons of new memories in your new place. Before enjoying your new home you should deal with informing others about your new address.

With the list of who to notify while moving, you can keep track of who you have and have not contacted and told about your address change. 

You can find an extensive list of organizations, companies and people to inform within below categories. 

Local Officials and Finance

First thing to do is notify local authorities and financial institutions about your move.

You can check the list below.

1-Department of Work and Pensions - Notify the Department of Work and Pensions if you receive money from the government of your new address information.

2-Electoral Roll - You need to update your details on electoral roll when you are moving. Re-register for your new area by visiting www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. 

3-Council Tax - Make sure to notify councils for the district of your new house and the old, if it is different. To change your council tax address, visit the relevant gov.uk website.

4-Banks or Building societies - Update your building society to get your statements to your new address as place of residence is really important to avoid identity theft and also make sure to notify your bank about your address change.

5-Premium Bonds - Do not forget to update your address information not to lose any potential winnings if you have invested in any premium bonds.

6-Credit card / Debit card - Update your credit card information with your new address information as your actual address information is needed for the charges to your credit card.

7-Loan Companies - Inform the loan company about your address change and the date you are going to move if you have taken out any loans.

8-Store Cards - For the store cards you use regularly, change your address for any cards.

Work / Education

It is important to update your address information and inform your work or school.

1-Employer - For your payroll and contact details you should notify your employer and the human resources of the company you work for.

2-Inland Revenue - Update your address information in Inland Revenue for your taxes.

3-National Insurance - Update your NI number for the government to identify you and is required by the DVLA, HMRC and your employer.

4-Schools - Parents who have children that go to school should contact their school and update their address information. If you are going for a long distance you should start looking for a great new school for your children.

5-University - For the tuition fees your university needs your correct address information. In addition if you are a student you should notify HMRC for your student loans.

Insurers

As insurers take your postcode into account for your premium, you need to inform them about your move. For some insurers correct address information is needed for your bills. Also it is needed for your cost of cover payments. Here is a list of insurers you need to notify for your move:

-Life insurance
-Car insurance
-Health insurance
-Home/Contents insurance
-Travel insurance
-Pet insurance

Utilities and Household Licences

Make sure that there are not any unpaid utility bills left. Notify your utility suppliers and tell them the date of your move and the new address for your final bill.

1-Electricity - Notify your supplier in advance of your move as it takes up to 48 hours for your electricity provider to update your address information.
2-Gas - Notify your gas provider as well to stop you from being charged for gas that you have not used.
3-Water - Contact your water provider and let them know that you won’t be using your water beyond a certain date.
4-Phone - To change your landline phone number inform your address change to the phone company. Notify the mobile phone company of your new address for your mobile phone bills.
5-Cable/Satellite - You should inform your cable provider for the billing causes. In addition you can search for a new satellite or cable to be installed if you will need one.
6-TV Licence - Change the information on your current licence to your new address up to 3 months before you move.

 Health

You should update your medical information when you move. To do so, pass your older information from your old doctors to the new ones. Check the list below:

-Doctor
-Dentist
-Optician
-Vet 

Car & Home Services

There are a number of authorities for your car to notify when you change your address. We add the most crucial ones for you:

1-Car Insurance - As well as any other insurers, you should inform your car insurance company that you have changed your address. Be careful about your moving day and make sure that your car insurance details are not scheduled to change until the day you move in.

2-DVLA - If you need any changes for your driving licence or log book you should notify DVLA of your new address and update your driving licence.

3- Vehicle Breakdown Cover - It is important to update your information for your breakdown coverage as some providers can charge different rates according to your area of living. 

You should contact your current home services and inform them about your address change, if you want and can keep them. If you cannot keep your current home services then start looking for the new ones for your new house. Possible list of people you need to contact for your address change is below:

-Cleaner
-Gardener
-Accountant
-Solicitor 

Hobbies

Cancel and update any subscriptions or club memberships if you move to long distance. You should also remember to update your address information for your postal subscriptions.

-Newspaper / Magazine subscriptions
-Gym membership / Drama Club
-Piano teacher / Music Club

Hope this checklist is helpful for your moving process. If you need any professional help, you can get Cleanzy’s professional removals and home cleaning services to make your move even easier.