From 65b5ade9df13fa5681f3e7ceb3ea038f2dd47e8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Rubner Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:50:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Moving premises checklist Moving premises checklist ref https://github.com/dwyl/hq/issues/469 (I'll move this into the new folder structure after it's been merged) --- moving-premises.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 moving-premises.md diff --git a/moving-premises.md b/moving-premises.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef30386 --- /dev/null +++ b/moving-premises.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# Moving premises checklist + +A checklist of things we have to do in order to move office, with links to relevant previous issues. + +Based on: https://github.com/dwyl/hq/issues/469 and https://github.com/dwyl/focus-hub/issues/135 + +Ideally this would be started **more than 30 days** before we move out because some e.g. utilities providers have notice periods. + +You should also try to get the details of the new tenants as many providers will ask this, and not having it can cause delays. + +NB: when we left FocusHub we moved into Space4, which is a serviced co-working office - so we cancelled the various utilities rather than transferring them to the new address + +* Contact our contents insurer to change the address on the account ([issue](https://github.com/dwyl/hq/issues/256)) + * In the unlikely event we have building cover, that should be dealt with as well +* Change address on Santander account (this takes ages and has to be done on paper via snail mail, with physical signatures) +* Change address on Coop account (account-holder has to call telephone banking) +* Change address on The People's Pension (email from registered address) +* Change address on HMRC & Companies House + * NB: HMRC has several addresses that need to be changed individually; they're all on the same page, but they're easy to miss +* Change address on dwyl Google Admin Account +* Change address on Google search (I just searched for dwyl and hit "edit your information" on the right hand side) +* If rent is paid through `direct debit`, cancel the instruction +* If we have a cleaner, inform them sooner rather than later; also worth checking if they can do a deep clean after we've moved our stuff out +* If we pay business rates and we're moving to a different area... + * inform our current council of our moving date and ask for a final invoice + * inform our new council of tenancy start date and fill in any forms +* Change address/cancel Internet Service Provider (this will definitely have a notice period) +* Change address/cancel water/gas/electricity +* Get everyone to change their email signatures and redo https://github.com/dwyl/hq/issues/365 +* Change the address on dwyl.com (check whether it's only in the footer)