Home Page Moving Checklist
6 Weeks Before
* If you are having a moving sale, plan the date, time, etc.
* Start a receipt envelope for all your moving expenses* Gather auto licensing and registration documents, medical, dental and school records, birth certificates, wills, deeds, stock and other financial documentation, etc.
* Arrange for school transcripts to be sent to the new school.
* Have W-2’s and other tax forms forwarded.
* Send your change of address card to the Post Office.
* Obtain estimates from truck rental companies or moving companies and determine your town’s parking rules.
* Begin the off-site storage process (if applicable).
* Call or visit www.1800cleanup.org for locations to take hazardous materials.
5 Weeks Before
* If you are having a moving sale, begin cleaning and pricing items.
* Ask your insurance agent to make sure your possessions are covered during the move to your new home.
* Transfer or obtain insurance for your new home.
4 Weeks Before
* Start Packing.
* Register children in their new school.
* If you’re having a sale, continue cleaning and pricing items. Place your ad.
* Make sure your change of address cards are in the mail (see checklist on reverse side).
* Contact gas, electric, oil, water, telephone, cable TV, newspaper and trash collection companies for service disconnect/connect at your old and new addresses. Also, ask for final readings.
3 Weeks Before
* Hold your moving sale.
* Select a new bank if you are moving out of the area.
* Take pets to the veterinarian and get copies of their records. Make arrangements for their move.
* Schedule cleaning service for final cleaning.
1 Week Before
* Get a bank or certified check for movers.
* Drain gas & oil from power equipment.
* Close your checking and savings accounts. Have funds transferred to your new bank.
* Finish packing, leaving only the absolute necessities to be packed on moving day.
* Give mover specific directions to your new home and prepare a sketch of your new floor plan to help your movers place the boxes and furniture in the right rooms.
Moving Day
* Get trash and recycling pick-up schedule for new home.
* Go through closets, basement, garage, etc., to make sure nothing is left behind.
* Don’t leave home until the moving truck is completely loaded and on its way.
* Record all utility meter readings (gas, electric, and water).
* Leave house keys with your real estate sales associate or the new owners.
* Plan to rekey locks at your next home.
* Pack a survival box with important phone numbers, bathroom supplies, pocket knife, box opener.
Change of Address Checklist
“Return to sender” is fine for the in advance of your move, begin to famous song, but you don’t want to notify individuals, companies and see it holding up your correspondence institutions that your address will be after you move. Missing your changing by mailing change of mail is inconvenient, and can some-address cards. A few have been times cause lapses in important enclosed in the Concierge folder. Payments of insurance, credit cards and other bills. To make sure your mail moves with you, at least a month
* Accountant
* Alumni Associations
* Insurance Companies
* Appliance Service Contracts
* Investment Companies
* Attorney
* IRAs
* Banks
* Lending Institutions
* Book Clubs
* Magazine/Newspaper Subscriptions
* Friends and Family
* Catalog Merchants
* Physicians
* Charitable Organizations
* Place of Worship
* Credit Cards
* Professional
* Dentist
* Clubs/Organizations
* Employers
*Stockbroker
* Frequent Flyer Programs
* Veterinarian
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