STEP 01Decide how to move
| You will move to the new apartment. | Decide when to move | The congestion of moving depends on seasons, the day of the week or the time. In particular, moving is crowded in spring. A lot of people have to move for new school or company in spring. There is a possibility that you can not move on the day and time when you want to move the new apartment at that season. The moving charge tends to be high. We recommend that you should avoid this season and weekend, if you can. If you move on weekdays, moving charge will be lower. |
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| Decide how to move | Find the way to move which you are satisfied with. Move efficiently. | |
| Ask moving company to estimate the charge. | Ask several moving company to estimate the charge and compare each rate. You can find information about moving charge on the web-site by searching 引越し一括見積もり, which means various estimation for moving. The Internet is very convenient. | |
| Tell your landlord and the company which manage the current apartment about the moving date. | After you decide the moving date, you should report the date to your landlord of the current apartment. Also, you should tell the date to the company which manage your current apartment. It depends on landlords when to tell them the moving date. We advise you to tell your current landlord no later than one month. If you inform your landlord of the moving date late, you will end up paying extra rent. |
STEP 02Packing
There are things which you do not use very often. You do not need them soon after arriving at the new apartment. Put them first into cardboards. Once you close the cardboards, you do not know what you put into each cardboard. Write roughly the contents on the surface of each cardboard: Clothes, Shoes, Books, etc. Also, write “Necessaries used soon” on the surface of the cardboards. That will help you when you unpack the cardboards at the new apartment.
| from three weeks before the moving date until two weeks before it | Get the things needed for packing | Order cardboards from the moving company or ask the neighborhood supermarket to give you them. Make boxes with them by using gummed tape. When you stick gummed tape on the bottom surface of each cardboard, make gummed tape crossed for reinforcement. Get other packing materials, such as newspaper (about one month delivery), strings, plastic, tape, scissors, cutter, work gloves, duster and writing materials. |
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| Put the clothes and shoes which you do not wear at this season into cardboards | There are clothes and shoes which you do not wear very often. You do not need them for the time being. Put them first into cardboards. | |
| Think of the way how to dispose of unnecessary things. | Tell the municipal garbage office as soon as possible in order to ask the disposal of large garbage. | |
| The contact with the companies of electricity,gas,and water | Put the books and CDs which you do not need very often into cardboards. | Books and CDs are heavy, so put them into smaller cardboards. Reinforce the bottom of such cardboards with gummed tape. |
| Put kitchen utensils and dishes which you do not need very often into cardboards. | Before putting things into a cardboard, put a cushion of newspaper on the bottom of it. Wrap each dish with newspaper in order to avoid being broken. | |
| one weeek before the moving date | one weeek before the moving date | It is convenient to put clothes which you wear soon before and after moving into a suitcase. |
| Pack kitchen utensils and dishes which you use soon after moving | Wrap the blade of a knife with thick paper and put Scotch tape etc on the edge of the paper | |
| Pack books and CDs which you use soon after moving. | Put books and CDs which you use soon before moving into small cardboard and reinforce the bottom of it with gummed tape. | |
| about valuables which you carry with you | Do not put valuables such as a bankbook, seal, etc into cardboard. Put them into your bag and carry with you while moving. | |
| about household electrical appliances | You must empty the refrigerator beforehand. Then cut the power supply of it in order to remove water from it. Also, pull out the plug of the washing machine. |
STEP 03Necessary steps
| What | Where | What you must have / how to go through the procedure and the point | |
| from three weeks before the moving date until two weeks before it | Telephone | Inform the telephone company which is in charge of the present apartment of your moving | If the present and new apartment have the same area code, tell the telephone company about your moving until one week before the moving date. |
| The contact with the companies of electricity,gas,and water | The contact with the companies of electricity,gas,and water | Each office which is in the charge of your present apartment | Inform them of your moving by phone or on the Internet |
| A notice of leaving the present apartment | Ward office which is in the charge of your present apartment | Seal | |
| The moving date | Turn off the power supply of electricity, the gas at the main, and the water at the mains | Staff of each office | You must see that a staff of the gass company turn off the gas at the main. |
| After moving | The contact of starting the use of electricity, gas, and water | Each company or service | Inform them of your moving by telephone or sending a postcard. A staff of the company will come to your apartment in order to turn on the gas at the main. |
| A notice of moving to the new apartment | Ward office which is in charge of your new apartment | A certificate of leaving your previous apartment / seal |
STEP 04The moving date
| What you have to do before the moving company arrives | Take out the garbage | Separate garbage according to type and take out it as possible as you can |
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| Choose the cardboards which you unpack soon after moving | Mark the cardboards whose contents you need soon after moving. Carry such cardboards later than other cardboards. | |
| Choose cleaning equipment which you use just before moving | ||
| Gather valuables which you carry with you | ||
| What you have to do after the moving company arrives | Confirm the procedure of the moving company | |
| Carry out the cardboards and all the other things | ||
| Make sure you got everything. | Look at the built-in closet and veranda in order not to leave anything | |
| Clean the room | ||
| What you have to do before carrying your things | Check whether the room has scratch or stain or not | Scratch or stain in your room has something to do with deposit which may be returned to you If you are worried about scratch or stain, take pictures of them. Then, tell the real estate company about it. |
| What you have to do while the staffs of the moving company are working | Turn on circuit breaker | |
| Hang a piece of paper on which you draw arrangement of your furniture and household electrical appliance | ||
| If you want a carpet on the floor, spreading a carpet has to be done first. | ||
| The staffs of the moving company will carry the large furniture first. | ||
| After the moving is finished, you pay the staff of the moving company. | ||
| What you do after the staffs of the moving company leave | Arrange curtain and lights before it gets dark | |
| Unpack the cardboards whose contents you need soon | ||
| Separate and assemble rubbish after moving | ||
| Connect the wiring of TV and telephone | ||
| Confirm the days when a garbage truck comes to your new apartment. Also, you must know how to separate rubbish. | ||
| Clean your room |
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