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Moving inventory template
A pre-move survey and inventory for a house removal. Record the new address, moving date and access at both ends, including stairs, lifts, narrow doors and parking suspensions. Add each room as a space with its contents, large and fragile items, dismantling and estimated volume, and the form totals the volume. Record packing, storage, insurance value and anything not moved, and get the customer's signature. Every question is listed below, and you can fill the live form in on this page.
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What goes on a moving inventory?
A moving inventory lists each room's contents, with large, fragile and high-value items noted, anything to dismantle, and an estimated volume to size the vehicle and crew. A removals survey adds the access at both addresses, packing and storage needs, the value of goods to insure, anything the remover will not move and the customer's agreement.
Last updated . Facts checked by the SiteSurvey team on 17 October 2026 against regulation 4 of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and HSE: manual handling at work.
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A home removals survey and moving inventory: both addresses and access, each room's contents as a space with large and fragile items, volume, packing, dismantling, storage, insurance value and the customer's signature. 3 sections and 38 questions. Follow-up questions and guidance appear only when an answer calls for them, so the person on site never sees the ones that do not apply.
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Add this form to a project in SiteSurvey and it fills in what the project already knows, so nobody on site retypes it and every form on the job uses the same names. Anything filled in can still be changed.
- Project: the project name
- Client: the project's customer
- Site: the site, when the form is opened for a space or a product
- Site address: the site address, from the space or the project
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- ProjectShort answerFills in from the project name
- ClientShort answerFills in from the project's customer
- Site*Short answerFills in from the site, when the form is opened for a space or a product
- Site addressShort answerFills in from the site address, from the space or the project
- Survey date*Date
- TimeTime
- Surveyed by*Short answer
- Moving to*Short answer
- Moving dateDate
- Access at the current addressTick all that apply
- Stairs
- Lift
- Narrow doors or stairs
- Parking outside
- Parking suspension needed
- Long carry
- Access at the new addressTick all that apply
- Stairs
- Lift
- Narrow doors or stairs
- Parking outside
- Parking suspension needed
- Long carry
- Walk Cam: removals surveyWalk Cam video with voice-to-text
Optional. Film a guided walk-through on the SiteSurvey app.
Rooms and contents
- RoomsRepeat for each room. Each one asks:
- Room*Short answer
- ContentsNotes
- Large itemsShort answer
- Fragile or high-value itemsShort answer
- Anything to dismantle or reassemble?Yes or No
- Estimated volume (cubic feet)Number
- Items in this roomRepeat for each item. Each one asks:
- Item*Short answer
- QuantityNumber
- Volume each (cubic feet)Number
- Fragile or high value?Yes or No
- Needs dismantling?Yes or No
- Width (mm)Number
For checking doors and stairs. Measuring from a photo gives an estimate.
- Height (mm)Number
Measuring from a photo gives an estimate.
- Volume (cubic feet)Worked out by the formShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- PhotosPhotos
- Volume of listed items (cubic feet)Worked out by the formShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- PhotosPhotos
- Estimated total volume (cubic feet)Worked out by the form
- Listed items volume (cubic feet)Worked out by the form
Service and sign-off
- PackingChoose one
- Full packing service
- Fragile items only
- Customer packs
- Is storage needed?Yes or No
- Value of goods to be insured (£)Number
- Not moved by usTick all that apply
- Plants
- Garden items
- Paint and chemicals
- Valuables and documents
- Nothing excluded
- GuidancePlan heavy and awkward items in advance. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to avoid hazardous manual handling so far as reasonably practicable, and to assess and reduce the risk of any that cannot be avoided.
- Notes for the crewNotes
- Customer nameShort answer
- Customer signatureSignature
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Moving inventory FAQs
Does the form work out the volume?
Yes. Enter an estimated volume for each room in cubic feet and the form adds them up for the move.
Why record access?
Stairs, lifts, narrow doors, long carries and parking all change the crew and time needed. The form records them at both addresses, including whether a parking suspension is needed.
Can I survey by video?
Yes. The optional Walk Cam guides you to film each room, the cupboards, the loft and the route to the street.
What is not moved?
Record exclusions such as paint and chemicals, plants, and valuables and documents the customer keeps with them.
What about heavy items?
Note them as large items so the crew plans for them. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to avoid hazardous manual handling so far as reasonably practicable, and to assess and reduce the risk of any that cannot be avoided.
Who uses this?
Removal companies, man and van firms, storage companies and relocation agents.
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