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As of 13 August 2026, AI can redirect your post when moving house.
Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.
Can you do it?
5 minutesto a draft.
15 minutesto something you’d act on.
Cost, all in£0
Skill needednone
Who has to check ityou
What the alternative costsThe supplied commercial tools are for meal planning or home design, not post redirection.
If this goes wrong: important post may continue going to the old address until you correct the application or update the sender directly.
What to actually do
Do it yourself
The route this page recommends
A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.
How to actually do it
- Open the current Royal Mail Redirection service and note its requirements for the people moving, address history, identity checks, start date and payment.
- Gather the old address, new address, moving date and the full names of everyone whose post needs redirecting, but keep identity documents, payment details and full addresses out of the chatbot.
- Paste the prompt into a chatbot and ask it to turn the result into a personal checklist, keeping any unconfirmed Royal Mail requirements marked for checking.
- Compare every application requirement and any stated price or timing against the live Royal Mail service before entering your details.
- Submit the redirection application through the official Royal Mail service, using the exact names and addresses requested and retaining the confirmation.
- Make a separate list of banks, insurers, employers, HMRC, DVLA, electoral registration services, utilities, subscriptions and other senders, then update each one directly through its official channel.
- After moving, check the new address for redirected post and contact Royal Mail or the relevant sender directly if expected post is missing or still arrives at the old address.
Prompt
I am moving house in the UK and want to redirect my post. Give me a practical checklist in the order I should do things. Include the information I need for the official Royal Mail redirection application, what personal details I should not paste into a chatbot, which organisations and senders I should update separately, and what I should check after submitting the application. Use only information that can be checked on the current Royal Mail or GOV.UK websites. Do not invent prices, deadlines, eligibility rules or required documents. Clearly label anything that I must confirm on the official service. My old postcode is [OLD POSTCODE], my new postcode is [NEW POSTCODE], my moving date is [MOVING DATE], and the names of the people moving are [NAMES].
Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.
Use a tool built for this
Second choiceHand it to a person
The distant thirdA person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.
What it gets wrong
- AI cannot access or submit your Royal Mail application, complete identity checks or make payment for you.
- AI cannot know whether Royal Mail has changed its current requirements, prices or available options unless you check the live official service.
- AI cannot identify every organisation that holds your address or update those records on your behalf.
- AI cannot guarantee that every item of post will be redirected, particularly where a sender needs your new address directly.
- AI should not receive your identity documents, payment details or full address history.
Even on a YES, the friction has a name: private data access, real time truth and context depth.
How we scored this
Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.
| Axis | Score (0–2) |
|---|---|
| Output | 2 |
| Inputs | 2 |
| Verification | 2 |
| Liability | 2 |
| Effort delta | 1 |
| Total | 9 / 10 |
The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.
FAQ
- Can AI redirect my post for me?
- No, it cannot submit the Royal Mail application or complete identity and payment steps for you. It can give you a checklist, help identify senders to update and draft messages.
- How do I redirect my post when I move house?
- Use the current Royal Mail Redirection service and provide the details and checks it requests. Update important senders separately, because a redirection does not replace changing your address with organisations that need it.
- What information do I need to redirect my post?
- You will generally need details about the old and new addresses, the people moving and when the redirection should start, but confirm the exact requirements on the live Royal Mail service. Do not paste identity documents, payment details or full personal address information into a chatbot.
- Can AI tell me who to notify when I move house?
- Yes, it can produce a useful starting list covering organisations such as banks, insurers, employers, HMRC, DVLA, utilities and subscriptions. You still need to check which organisations apply to you and update each record through its official channel.
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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.
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