Build your new-estate move kit
Out here, a move depends on your situation: a first home, an upsize, a unit-to-house jump, or a brand-new builder handover. Pick yours and we will generate a tailored checklist for the Macarthur frontier — then print it or save it as a PDF for the fridge.
Moving from an apartment or the family home into your first house out here. Exciting, and a bigger jump than it looks — here is the frontier-specific prep.
Upsizing within the corridor, or moving on after years in one home. A bigger, accumulated load — plan the carry at both ends.
Leaving a unit for a house — building logistics at the old end, driveway and carry at the new one. Two different jobs in one move.
Moving into a brand-new build. The one date you cannot fully control is the handover, and it likes to move — here is how to plan around it.
New-estate move checklist First home move
Before the day
- Confirm your settlement or handover date — and ask whether it could move
- Book the move once the date feels firm; ask us to hold a backup date too
- Save the exact new address as a map pin or lot number (new streets lag on GPS)
- Send us both addresses so we can plan the parking and the carry
- Sort the essentials: a fridge, a bed and a kettle for night one
- Redirect mail and update your address with the bank, work and Service NSW
- Connect power, gas, water and internet at the new place from your move date
New-estate specifics
- Expect a bare or unlandscaped front yard — plan where the truck and the carry go
- New kerbs can be soft; we keep heavy gear off them
- Check whether your street and driveway are fully finished and accessible
- Ask the builder for keys, remotes, manuals and warranty paperwork at handover
Moving day
- Be on site for the handover walk-through if you can
- Have the essentials box and the kettle easy to reach
- Let the crew know any tight doorways, stairs or fragile items
- Do a final empty-and-clean sweep of the old place
House to house move
Before the day
- Lock in the move date and ask us to size the crew and truck to a full house
- Declutter early — a settled house holds far more than you expect
- Start packing the rooms you use least, weeks ahead
- Send us both addresses, the bedrooms and the garage so we quote the real load
- Arrange connections (power, gas, water, internet) at the new place
- Redirect mail and update your address everywhere it matters
Access at both ends
- Decide the truck position at each end — driveway or street
- Clear front stairs, side access and any garden gates on the carry path
- Trim back plants or branches blocking the run
- Flag anything heavy or awkward (piano, pool table, big fridge) ahead of time
Moving day
- Keep pets and small kids clear of the loading zone
- Walk the crew through the priority rooms at the new place
- Reassemble beds and big furniture first so night one is easy
- Empty, clean and lock the old place; hand back keys
Apartment to house move
Your old apartment
- Book the building service lift for your move window
- Confirm where the truck loads, the allowed moving hours and any bond or notice
- Give strata or the building manager written notice early
- Measure big items against the lift and doorways
- Clear the corridor and podium path from your door to the dock
Your new house
- Save the exact address as a pin — if it is a new estate, the street may be new to maps
- Plan the truck position (driveway or street) and the carry to the door
- Expect more space to fill: a house takes far more than a unit held
- If it is a new build, plan for a bare yard, soft kerbs and new floors to protect
Moving day
- Coordinate the lift slot so the truck is not waiting on a booking
- Have the essentials box ready for the first night in the house
- Walk the crew through where each room goes
- Return the apartment keys, fobs and any parking remotes
Builder handover move
The handover date (it can move)
- Treat the handover date as provisional until the builder confirms practical completion
- Ask us to hold your slot AND a backup date in case the builder runs late
- Avoid ending your lease the same day the keys are due — leave a buffer
- Ask about move-store-move storage if the dates do not line up
- Confirm the final handover only once you have done the pre-handover inspection
At handover
- Do the walk-through and note any defects before you sign
- Collect keys, remotes, alarm codes, manuals and the warranty pack
- Photograph the new floors and walls before anything comes in
- Check power, water, gas and internet are actually connected
The new-estate move
- Save the address as a pin or lot — a new street may not be on GPS yet
- Plan for a bare front yard, fresh kerbs and active construction nearby
- Ask us to lay floor protection over the new floors
- Keep the carry off bare turf and soft new kerbs
Every move
- Confirm the move date and a backup date
- Disconnect and defrost the fridge the night before
- Pack an essentials box: kettle, chargers, documents, a change of clothes
- Have both addresses, access notes and a contact number ready for the crew
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Why a new-estate move is its own kind of move
Macarthur has been one of Australia's fastest-growing corridors for years, with Camden Council alone adding well over thirteen thousand homes between 2016 and 2021 — Oran Park accounting for thousands of them on its own. That growth means most local moves are into brand-new builds on brand-new streets, and that changes the job in ways a normal move never has to think about.
Three things define it. First, the handover date: under standard NSW building contracts a builder can claim a reasonable extension of time, so the day you get the keys is genuinely allowed to move — which is why we plan a backup date and offer move-store-move storage. Second, the streets are new: roads are named through the council and Geographical Names Board over weeks, and then take longer again to reach Google, Apple and delivery maps, so a brand-new address can simply not be on the GPS when the truck arrives — we confirm the exact spot first. Third, the ground is raw: bare front yards, soft fresh kerbs, new floors and active construction next door all shape where the truck sits and how we carry. Plan for those three and a frontier move is no harder than any other.
See the established-to-new-estate picture on the home page spectrum, or the real council and access detail on your suburb page. The handover problem gets its own write-up on the blog.