Setting Your Completion Date — picking the perfect Moving-Day in the Moove Room
What this milestone means
With contracts exchanged, it's time to lock down the exact day funds will transfer and keys will change hands. Your conveyancer must agree this date with the seller's solicitor, but you get first say. Open Moove makes it easy: drop your preferred date in the Moove Room and watch the professionals pull the chain together.
Why choosing the right date matters
- Logistics – movers, broadband installs, childcare and annual-leave all hinge on this day.
- Cash flow – mortgage funds draw down, direct debits start, and insurance kicks in.
- Chain harmony – proposing early helps the whole chain find a date everyone can meet, avoiding last-minute scrambles.
How to set your date in three quick steps
- In your Moove Room – Drop in your preferred date followed by other options that can be used as back up. If you're involved in a chain, remember that all other sellers need to agree to the proposed date too. Your Mooving Team will do what they can to support your preferences.
- Check chain constraints – The estate agent can see every link in the chain inside Open Moove and can flag if anyone has mortgage-offer expiries, holiday absences or new-build handover dates that clash. Sometimes completion dates are dictated by events out of our control.
- Solicitor confirmation – Your conveyancer reviews the suggestion, liaises with the seller's solicitor, and posts an agreed date back into the Moove Room for all to see. Once everyone thumbs-up, the date is locked.
Action list once the date is pencilled
- Book / confirm removals – secure vans and parking permits for the fixed day.
- Schedule utilities via Moove Smooth – gas, electricity, water and broadband switch on that morning.
- Arrange buildings insurance – policy must start on completion day (your lender will insist).
- Set mail redirection – Royal Mail needs five working days' notice.
What happens next
- Your solicitor orders mortgage funds from the lender (usually five working days' notice).
- Your solicitor sends you a completion statement showing stamp duty, fees and balance due.
- Keys are lodged with the estate agent, ready for release once funds land on the day so make sure you liaise with them on this!
Pro tip: Friday completions are popular but removal companies and banks are busiest then. Mid-week (Tue–Thu) often means cheaper movers and quicker banking transfers.
Have a special timing request or a holiday clash? Type "MeredithAI" in the Moove Room and ask away... we'll coordinate suggestions with the whole Mooving Team - 24/7 - stress-free.