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Moving Guides From Our Altrincham Team

These moving guides come from our Altrincham team and the homes and offices we have moved since 2011. Each one answers a real question we hear on surveys.

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Planning and money

Guides For Planning Dates, Costs And Paperwork

Early in your plans? Start here: when to move, what a quote should include, and the tax and school rules that catch people out.

Best time of year to goSeasons, weekdays and dates that make the day easier. What drives removal costsHow a quote is built and how to compare two fairly. Picking a firm you can trustLicence checks, surveys, questions to ask and red flags. Stamp duty on a Manchester homeCurrent bands, first-time buyer relief and worked examples. Council tax and your new addressTelling both councils, refunds, discounts and 2026/27 bands. School placesDeadlines, in-year applications and the Trafford grammar test.

Packing and moving day

Guides For Packing And The Day Itself

Close to the day? These cover what to do week by week, how to pack, and how to handle flats and pets.

Week-by-week checklistEight weeks out to your first night, with who to tell and when. Packing tips, room by roomPlates, glass, books, clothes and the kitchen, done properly. How much stuff do you have?Estimate your load in cubic metres, room by room. Decluttering firstSell, donate, recycle or tip, with local recycling centre rules. Flats and apartment blocksLifts, loading bays, building managers and fire doors. Pets on the big dayKeeping cats and dogs calm, safe and microchipped.

Your situation

Guides For Renters, Downsizers And Newcomers

Every move starts somewhere different. Pick the guide that fits yours, then compare towns on our map.

Leaving a rented homeNotice, deposits and the new renting rules since May 2026. Downsizing your homeStarting from the new floor plan and deciding what fits. Relocating to ManchesterBoroughs compared, travel, GP and schools. Compare towns on the mapHouse prices, schools, crime and commute for 44 towns. Storage between homesSealed containers at our Broadheath depot, no minimum term. Our home removals serviceHow our crew plans and runs the day.

For businesses

Guides For Office Managers And Facilities Teams

Planning a business move? These cover the plan, the rules on waste and leases, and how much space you really need.

Business relocation checklistLeases, IT, staff and suppliers, planned month by month. Workplace waste rulesDuty of care, recycling, WEEE and data wiping. Choosing new premisesSize, business rates, energy ratings and lease basics. Dilapidations at lease endWhat your lease asks for, and how to plan for it. Desks for a hybrid teamHow many desks you need and how to measure real use. Case studiesHow we relocated AVEVA, Meridian HealthComms and Z+F.

Moving house checklist to download

Two pages of tick boxes, from eight weeks out to your first week in the new home. Print it and stick it on the fridge.

Get the home checklist (PDF, 2 pages, 268 KB)

Office move checklist to download

Two pages of tick boxes for office managers, from the lease decision to the first morning in the new office.

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The full printable moving guide

Eighteen pages of week-by-week checklists, moving-day steps, a first-night box list and Greater Manchester contacts, with space for your notes.

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Who writes these

Advice Written From Our Own Surveys And Moving Days

Darrin runs CMR Relocation and worked in removals for years before he started the company in 2011. These guides are written from what he and our crew see every week: which plans work, which jobs get left too late, and which questions people wish they had asked sooner.

We only state facts we can stand behind. Where a guide mentions DVLA, Royal Mail, council tax or the operator licence search, we have checked the official source. Where something depends on your council or your solicitor, we say so and tell you who to ask.

You will not find price lists here. Every move is priced on its own, so a figure on a web page would not help you. Our guide to how removal quotes are worked out explains why, and what to look for instead.

CMR Relocation crew member in gloves preparing chairs and crates on a moving day
One of our crew mid-move. These guides come from days like this one.

When you are ready

From Reading To Booking: Our Services

Each guide links to the service that does the job for you. For a home, start with our house removals in Manchester and Cheshire. For a business, see our office relocation service. Need somewhere to keep things between homes? Our containerised storage in Broadheath has no minimum term.

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