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Learn How to Be Move out Ready
Move out day may feel a long way off, but it sneaks up quickly. The best method to having a quick and easy move out day is preparing as early as possible. When your final days in residence come around, you鈥檒l have plenty of time for your last strolls around campus and visits with friends. Reduce the stress for future-you and review these move out steps so you鈥檙e ready when the day arrives:
So, what are the steps to having a great first week and setting yourself up for success?
Whether you鈥檙e receiving bills, important documents, or impulse online purchases, you won鈥檛 want your mail left behind once you鈥檝e moved out. Updating your mailing address is an important (but easily forgotten) step in the move out process, so be sure to update any , family, friends, and retail websites with your new address. For those living in Chang Centre or Family Housing, mail forwarding is available via .
Residence and Housing will not accept any mail if you鈥檙e no longer a resident, so all parcels will be returned to sender.
Leaving unreported damage in your space will result in damage charges. If you鈥檝e been ignoring a mysterious leak, faulty appliance, or burnt-out lightbulb, all you need to do is visit your student portal and submit a maintenance request; it鈥檚 faster, easier, and cheaper than paying damage charges later on.
Refer back to your room inventory review from your first week in residence. This review is used to assess the condition of your space after you leave, so double check that there are no unreported changes.
Now that you鈥檝e submitted your maintenance requests and avoided damage charges, the next step is avoiding cleaning charges. You鈥檙e not only responsible for the cleanliness of your room, but also the shared spaces you utilize. When you make a snack in the kitchen, clean up any spills and dishes. If you spill some popcorn while watching a movie with friends in a common room, don鈥檛 leave it behind. Respect your spaces and neighbours, and prevent charges for abandoning your messes. Maintenance staff documents and photographs rooms that are left unclean, untidy, and damaged, so do your part to keep it clean.
If you鈥檙e living in a building with in-suite kitchens and bathrooms, do one last deep clean of these spaces. To speed up the process, create a plan with your housemates to divide the cleaning tasks ahead of time.
Not sure where to begin or what you should clean? There鈥檚 a cleaning page on our website to help you out.
Burnaby residents should hand in their keys at the Residence and Housing office. Get your key receipt, or drop your key in the after-hours key drop box at the office.
For those living in Chang Centre, return your key in the key drop box located beside the mailbox in the lobby; a residence administrator will be present on move out day.
If your space is clean and you鈥檙e ready to go, it鈥檚 time to drop off your key and move out of residence.
Make sure you have moved out by 12:00 p.m. (noon) and ensure that your key is handed in to prevent late charges or lock change charges.