MOVING GUIDES
Six guides for moving house in Australia.
Written state by state, updated when the rules change, and free to read without an account. Every guide is the long version of something the app does for you on a date.
All six
Renting
Buying
Interstate
Admin
First time
BOND · 14 MIN
How to get your full bond back
How bonds are held and released in each state and territory, what evidence matters, and where to dispute a claim.
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INSIDE
What to photograph
When to do the final clean
How the report is assessed
INTERSTATE · 12 MIN
Moving interstate checklist
Licence, rego and bond deadlines all change the day you cross a border. What each state expects, and when.
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THE BASICS · 10 MIN
Moving house checklist Australia
The full sequence from three months out to your first night in, with nothing state-specific left vague.
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ADMIN · 8 MIN
Change of address checklist
Every organisation that needs your new address, grouped by how much trouble it causes if you forget.
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BUYING · 11 MIN
First home buyer settlement checklist
From signing the contract to collecting the keys: insurance, finance deadlines, settlement preparation and moving arrangements.
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FIRST TIME · 9 MIN
Moving out for the first time
Bond, utilities, a rental ledger and the things nobody tells you before your first lease. Written for people moving out of home.
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THE APP DOES THIS FOR YOU
Every guide, turned into a dated plan.
Answer six questions and NestMove pulls the parts of these guides that apply to your state, your dates and your kind of move — three things a day, till you're in.