Home Settlement Services 

 
 

Allied Pickfords home assistance helps relieve your stress. Imagine how you will feel... relaxed and organised in your new home. We pay complete attention to your pre-move and post-move needs.

Easy and affordable, simply talk to your Move Consultant, and we will organise it all for you. We offer affordable 4-hour minimum services; simply book your Blue Ribbon Home Settlement Service with us.

Pre-Move Services

Preparing your kitchen

  • Clean your white goods for transit
  • Wash dishes and dry, check and empty dishwasher
  • Do a thorough pantry check, tighten lids, and discard items not suitable for transport or storage

Organising your belongings

  • Help sort your items for storage, shipping, freight, packing
  • Separate valuable items; passports, airline tickets, keys
  • Prepare a survival kit of special essentials for your first night in your new home; remotes, cables, baby goods, kettle, tea, coffee, bathroom needs

Assisting with your move

  • Notify charities of unwanted goods
  • Pack the car for your car trip if travelling interstate – maps, esky, blankets, hamper
  • Client reminders- double check shed, garage, attic, underneath the house
    Client countdown checklist – hand over keys, forward mail, utility connection, dry cleaning

Giving you a helping hand

  • Clean washing machine, check clothing and empty steam iron
  • Remove batteries from cassettes, radio, clocks
  • Discard dangerous goods not suitable for transport; paint, pesticides, gas cylinders, etc
    You decide what you need and we will decide how we can best help you!

Post-Move Services

Once your removalists have unloaded, we pay complete attention to helping you settle in:

Unpacking

  • Wipe cupboards and shelves ready for your belongings
  • Unpack cartons and place contents into cupboards; crockery, kitchen goods, personal items
  • Organise children’s toys and baby goods
  • Empty packing cartons and have them ready for collection

Completing your home

  • Place food items in pantry and fridge
  • Organise your new wardrobe, put away and hang your clothing
  • Set up your bedroom and make the beds
  • Organise and sort the linen cupboard
  • Arrange books neatly on book shelves
  • Place your silverware and crystal
  • Order CDs, DVDs etc in their new place

A final ‘walk through’ and it's all done.  Is there anything else we can do to help, and are you happy?