Moving can be a stressful time. We have complied a helpful checklist that can be of assistance to you so that you can plan ahead and be prepared.
Several Months Before Moving
- Go through all of your belongings and remove any items that you no longer use.
- Consider making clothing or furniture donations to your local charitable organizations
- Call moving or truck rental companies and find a price that works for you
- Start to purchase packing supplies
- Be sure to keep all your legal and medical records in a safe place and separate from the items to be packed
- Consider purchasing insurance for any valuables that will be moved
1 Month Before Moving
- Begin to pack non-essential items and things that are not regularly used
- Back up your computers onto external hard drives
- Contact all of your utilities and advise them of the move
1 Week Before Moving
- Inform the post office of your upcoming move
- Pack a separate bag of essential items, including toothbrushes, a change of clothing, medicines and food to be used in an emergency on moving day and the day after the move
- Finish labeling and packing all boxes
- Be sure to notify your bank, insurance company, school, doctor, lawyer, and other service provides of your new address
- Set aside sheets, towels, soap and other essentials for the day of moving and the day after the move
1 Day before Moving
- Set aside directions to your new house, the telephone number of your moving company
- Sheets, pocket knives and tape should also be set aside for moving day
Moving Day
- Pick up the keys from your lawyer, or if you already have them, keep them somewhere safe so that they are not lost during the move
- Take your emergency bag and all medications with you
- Take all documentation related to your new home with you, along with your lawyers telephone number/email address and your sales representatives telephone number/email address
After the Move
- Obtain new Identification Cards with your updated address
- Enroll your children in a new school
- Find routes to the local stores, hospitals and other services