Plan an international family move in three weeks with a Claude project, and have it build the Notion tracker and calendar reminders

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Sep 15, 2026 by Iliyana Stareva (Life, Designed)

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Oct 19, 2026

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Outcome

Iliyana Stareva had three weeks to move a family of four from Spain back to the Netherlands. They opened a Claude project called "Move Back to the Netherlands", gave it their history, details about their kids and what was already sorted (they still had Dutch bank accounts and a phone number), and asked for a full plan covering housing, schools and childcare, moving both cars, taxes and municipality paperwork. In five minutes the plan surfaced a few things they had forgotten. Claude then built a tracker in Notion with owner, deadline and category for each task plus a "this week" view, and put key dates into Google Calendar, including a call to the municipality. Some items didn't apply and some deadlines moved once checked against their work calendar, so they spent ten more minutes adjusting it.

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Claude

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about anything important that's missing below. Keep them quick. Then do the task, checking in with me at the key points.

Goal: Turn my family's move to another country into a plan and tracker I can actually work through, with nothing forgotten.

What I can give you (ask for whatever's missing):
- Where we're moving from and to, and the moving date: [DETAILS]
- Who's moving (adults, kids' ages, pets, cars): [HOUSEHOLD]
- What's already sorted (bank account, registration, job, housing): [DONE]

Rules:
- Cover housing, school and childcare, moving belongings and vehicles, registration, tax and health cover, and anything else you think of.
- Mark which steps have legal deadlines, and link the official page for each.
- Give each task an owner, a deadline and a category, and flag what must happen this week.
- Ask before adding anything to my calendar or task app.
- If a site asks me to sign in, pause and let me do it myself (including any CAPTCHA or two-step code); never guess or store passwords.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.

Output: A task tracker (table or in my task app) and a list of calendar reminders for the hard deadlines.

You'll know it worked when: We move on the date with every deadline met and no surprises.

Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about anything important that's missing below. Keep them quick. Then do the task, checking in with me at the key points.

Goal: Turn my family's move to another country into a plan and tracker I can actually work through, with nothing forgotten.

What I can give you (ask for whatever's missing):
- Where we're moving from and to, and the moving date: [DETAILS]
- Who's moving (adults, kids' ages, pets, cars): [HOUSEHOLD]
- What's already sorted (bank account, registration, job, housing): [DONE]

Rules:
- Cover housing, school and childcare, moving belongings and vehicles, registration, tax and health cover, and anything else you think of.
- Mark which steps have legal deadlines, and link the official page for each.
- Give each task an owner, a deadline and a category, and flag what must happen this week.
- Ask before adding anything to my calendar or task app.
- If a site asks me to sign in, pause and let me do it myself (including any CAPTCHA or two-step code); never guess or store passwords.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.

Output: A task tracker (table or in my task app) and a list of calendar reminders for the hard deadlines.

You'll know it worked when: We move on the date with every deadline met and no surprises.

Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about anything important that's missing below. Keep them quick. Then do the task, checking in with me at the key points.

Goal: Turn my family's move to another country into a plan and tracker I can actually work through, with nothing forgotten.

What I can give you (ask for whatever's missing):
- Where we're moving from and to, and the moving date: [DETAILS]
- Who's moving (adults, kids' ages, pets, cars): [HOUSEHOLD]
- What's already sorted (bank account, registration, job, housing): [DONE]

Rules:
- Cover housing, school and childcare, moving belongings and vehicles, registration, tax and health cover, and anything else you think of.
- Mark which steps have legal deadlines, and link the official page for each.
- Give each task an owner, a deadline and a category, and flag what must happen this week.
- Ask before adding anything to my calendar or task app.
- If a site asks me to sign in, pause and let me do it myself (including any CAPTCHA or two-step code); never guess or store passwords.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Each week, show me what's overdue and what's next.

Output: A task tracker (table or in my task app) and a list of calendar reminders for the hard deadlines.

You'll know it worked when: We move on the date with every deadline met and no surprises.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://iliyanastareva.substack.com/p/we-moved-back-to-the-netherlands