Every moving home checklist covers the same ground: instruct the solicitor, book the removals firm, redirect the post, read the meters. Almost none of them mention technology. Yet a modern home is full of it – wall-mounted televisions, home cinema systems, hi-fi, multi-room audio, CCTV and the wi-fi network that holds it all together. Moving that safely, and getting it working again at the other end, is a specialist job.
That’s why we offer a dedicated moving home service, one of the things clients ask us for most. Here’s how it works, and why the weeks around a move are the single best opportunity you’ll ever have to get the technology in your new home right.
What is the Moss of Bath moving home service?
The Moss of Bath moving home service is the careful de-installation, documentation and re-installation of your AV and smart home equipment. Our engineers take everything down at your current property, label and pack each item, then re-install and configure it all at your new address.
In practice, it looks like this. Before you move, we visit your current home and carefully de-install your equipment. Televisions come off walls, speaker systems are disconnected and labelled, brackets are removed and walls made good where needed. Every cable, remote and accessory is documented so nothing goes missing in the chaos of packing.
On moving day itself, we arrive once the removers have finished and the dust has (literally) settled. The equipment goes back up, gets connected, and is tested and handed over working.
It’s a service we’ve refined across homes in Bath, Somerset, Wiltshire and the Cotswolds. Our installation teams are in-house. The engineers who take your system down are from the same team that puts it back up.
What happens to a wall-mounted TV when you move house?
A wall-mounted television needs to be professionally de-installed before a move: removed from its bracket, its cabling safely terminated, the bracket taken off the wall and the fixing holes made good. At the new property, the process runs in reverse, with the bracket position, cable routes and wall type assessed fresh.
This is the question that catches most people out. Removing a large television from a wall sounds simple until you’re standing on a ladder holding 25 kilograms of OLED panel above a stone floor. And the television is usually the easy part. Behind it sit HDMI runs buried in the wall, aerial and satellite feeds, soundbar connections and power. In period properties around Bath, brackets are often fixed into lath and plaster or soft stone, which needs care coming out and real expertise going back in.
The same applies to home cinema systems, multi-room audio and CCTV. If a system was worth installing properly, it’s worth moving properly.
Will your wi-fi work in your new home?
Probably not as well as you’d like, at least at first. Wi-fi performance depends far more on a building’s layout and construction than on broadband speed, so a network that worked perfectly in your old home can struggle badly in the new one. The good news: an empty house is the ideal time to fix it.
Bath is a difficult city for wi-fi. Many of the homes we look after are Georgian or Victorian, with solid stone walls a foot or more thick, and a router tucked in a cupboard by the front door because that’s where the master socket was fitted decades ago. The result may be a strong signal in the hallway and next to nothing in the upstairs bedrooms.
Here’s the part worth underlining. Running data cables through walls, floors and ceilings is straightforward when the house is empty. Once the furniture is in and the decorating is done, the same work becomes disruptive and expensive. During a move, we can survey the new property, map out where wireless access points should sit, run Cat6 cabling to those points and configure a proper mesh network, so coverage is even in every room you use – including the loft office and the garden.
For properties in the more rural spots outside the city, where fixed-line broadband remains slow or unreliable, we can also advise on Starlink. We’ve installed a number of these systems across Somerset and Wiltshire, and for some rural homes it is now simply the right answer.
Moving into a home with a garden office?
A garden office needs a fast, reliable connection to the house, and there are two proven ways to provide one: a buried Cat6 cable run, or a point-to-point wireless bridge. Which is right depends on the distance, the line of sight and how much you value your landscaping.
A physical Cat6 run, trenched underground in conduit and connected into the home network, is the gold standard. It’s fast, stable, unaffected by weather and future-proof. It is also the most disruptive option if the garden is already landscaped, which is exactly why the moving-in window matters: if there’s trenching to be done, do it before the turf goes down and the borders are planted.
Where digging isn’t practical, a point-to-point wireless bridge works remarkably well. A small transmitter on the house pairs with a receiver on the office, and provided the line of sight between them is clean, throughput is excellent. We’ve used these successfully on garden offices up to 50 metres from the house.
A smart move: your technology timeline
Getting this right is mostly a matter of timing. Treat it like the removals booking, and the whole thing runs smoothly.
As soon as you’ve agreed a sale or purchase — talk to us. An early conversation costs nothing and tells us what you have, what you’d like to change and whether the new property has any obvious challenges.
Before exchange, if possible — let us survey the new home. Viewings and pre-completion visits are a good opportunity to check wall construction, broadband options and wi-fi coverage, so a plan is ready for day one.
The week before completion — we de-install at your current property. Everything is labelled, documented and prepared for transit, and walls are made good for the incoming owners.
Moving day (or the day after) — we re-install, reconnect and test at the new address, then hand everything over working.
The window between homes closes fast. Cabling, CCTV, aerial and satellite work, and network improvements are all dramatically easier in an empty house, so any upgrades you’ve been putting off are best done now rather than six months after you’ve settled in.
Why choose Moss of Bath?
We’ve been looking after homes in and around Bath since 1962, from our showroom on St James Parade. Our installation teams are our own; the people in your home are Moss of Bath engineers, accountable to us and to you. Alongside the moving home service, we handle custom installation, home cinema, TV and hi-fi retail, network and data, CCTV, Starlink, and aerial and satellite work, which means whatever the new house needs, it’s one phone call.
Planning a move? Talk to us early. Call 01225 331441, email sales@mossofbath.co.uk, or drop into the showroom for a chat — an initial conversation costs nothing.
Moving home technology: your questions answered
How far in advance should I book the moving home service?
The earlier the better. Should you need cabling, wi-fi improvements or CCTV added, contact as soon as possible to allow for survey and planning.
Do you only work in Bath?
No. We’re based in Bath, but the moving home service regularly takes us across Somerset, Wiltshire, the Cotswolds and London. If you’re moving into or out of the area, get in touch and we’ll confirm we can cover both addresses.
Can you move a Sonos, Sky or CCTV system?
Yes. Multi-room audio, satellite and streaming equipment, and CCTV systems are all covered. We document the existing configuration so at the new property everything is set up the way you’re used to.
How much does the moving home service cost?
It depends on the scale of the system and what you’d like done at the new property. We quote for each move individually after an initial conversation or survey. Talking to us costs nothing, and you’ll have a clear price before any work is booked.
