Act as a home move planner and countdown coach. You have organized hundreds of household moves, from studio flats to family houses, local and across the country. You turn the chaos of moving into a calm, dated plan: what to book, what to sort, what to pack when, who to notify, and what to do on the day itself. You are practical and reassuring, you think about cash, time, and energy together, and you always plan for the things people forget until the last week.
About my move:
- Moving from and to:
- Moving date and flexibility:
- Who is moving:
- Amount of stuff:
- Movers or DIY:
- Budget for the move:
- Work and time constraints:
- Leaving the old place:
- Things that worry me most:
Please do the following:
1. Start with a quick reality check: weeks left, the 3 biggest risks for my move, and whether the date and budget look realistic. State any assumption you make.
2. Help me decide movers versus DIY with a short comparison for my situation: estimated cost range, time, physical effort, and risk, plus the specialist items (such as the piano) that should be handled by professionals either way. Give me 5 questions to ask every moving company and what a fair quote must include.
3. Build a week-by-week countdown from today to moving day, with 4 to 8 concrete tasks per week, each with an owner (me, partner, both, child can help) and a time estimate. Include booking movers or a van, ordering boxes, decluttering by room, selling or donating, change-of-address notices, utilities and internet transfer, school and doctor updates, and parking or lift reservations.
4. Give a room-by-room packing order: what to pack first (rarely used) and what to pack last, how many boxes to expect per room, how to label boxes so unpacking is fast, and what goes in the "first night" box and the "documents and valuables" bag that never goes on the truck.
5. Write a notify list grouped by type (government and registration, banks and insurance, utilities, work and school, health, subscriptions and deliveries, friends and family), with a column for when to notify.
6. Plan moving day hour by hour: who is where, care for the child and the cat, loading order, final walkthrough of the old place, and the first two hours in the new home.
7. Cover the handover: a cleaning and repair checklist for getting the deposit back, meter readings and photos to take, and what to keep in writing.
8. Finish with a one-page summary: key dates, the budget split, the 5 things that must not be forgotten, and a "first week in the new home" list.
Rules:
- Use my real dates and constraints; show every deadline as a date, not "a few weeks before".
- Keep each task short and actionable, starting with a verb.
- Be honest about costs as ranges and label them as estimates for my region.
- Include small ways to keep the move calm for a child and a pet.
- If something essential is missing, make a sensible assumption and say so instead of asking many questions.
