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Moving tips - before you leave your present address:Eight
weeks before
- Remove unnecessary items from your attic, basement, storage shed, etc. Use
things you can't move, such as frozen foods and cleaning supplies.
- Obtain information about your new community.
- Secure a floor plan of your new residence and decide what household items
you want to keep.
- Start a possessions inventory.
- Solicit estimates from at least three moving companies.
- Call your homeowners insurance agent to find out to what degree your move is
covered.
- Create a file for documenting all moving papers and receipts.
- Arrange to transfer your children's school records.
Six weeks
before
- Contact the IRS and/or your CPA for tax-deductible information.
- Evaluate your possessions inventory. Can you donate anything? Do you need it
all?
- Notify your friends, relatives, professionals, creditors, subscriptions,
etc.
- Subscribe to a local paper in your new community and familiarize yourself
with local government, community and social news and activities.
- Begin the off-site storage process (if applicable).
- Locate high-quality health-care professionals and hospitals in your new
location.
- Complete post-office change of address cards for the following: banks;
charge cards; religious organizations; doctors/dentist; relatives and friends;
income tax bureau/Social Security Administration/union; insurance
broker/lawyer/CPA/ stockbroker; magazines; post office; and schools.
- Clean your closets.
- Hold a moving/garage sale or donate items to charities.
- Choose a mover. Contact your mover to make arrangements and inquire about
insurance coverage.
- If relocating due to a job, contact your employer to see what costs, if any,
they will cover.
Four weeks before
- Start packing!
- Send furniture, drapes and carpets for repair/cleaning as needed.
- Gather auto licensing and registration documents, medical, dental and school
records, birth certificates, wills, deeds, stock and other financial
documentation, etc.
- Contact gas, electric, oil, water, telephone, cable TV and trash collection
companies for service disconnect /connect at your old and new addresses. Also
ask for and ask for final readings.
- Request refunds on unused homeowner's insurance, security deposit with
landlord, and prepaid cable service.
- Notify your gardener, snow removal service and pool service (if applicable).
- Contact insurance companies (auto, homeowner's, medical and life) to arrange
for coverage in your new home.
Three weeks before
- Make your travel plans.
- Arrange to close current bank accounts and open accounts in your new locale
(if necessary).
- Notify your state's motor vehicle bureau of your new address.
- Arrange for childcare on moving day.
Two weeks before
- Arrange special transport for your pets and plants.
- Service your car for the trip.
- Contact your moving company and review arrangements for your
move.
One week before
- Prepare detailed directions and an itinerary with emergency numbers for your
moving company.
- Settle outstanding bills with local retailers. Pick up dry cleaning, and
return library books and rented videotapes.
- Take pets to the veterinarian and get copies of their records.
- Drain gas and oil from power equipment.
- Give away plants not being moved.
- Cancel newspaper delivery.
- Buy two-weeks worth of medication and have your prescriptions forwarded to
your new pharmacy.
- Buy traveler's checks.
- Make arrangements to pay for your move.
Two to three days
before
- If you're not doing it yourself, have your mover pack.
- Defrost refrigerators and freezers.
- Consider gathering all valuables and giving them to family or friends to
hold until the move is completed.
- Disconnect all major appliances.
- Contact your moving company for any updates.
- Pack first-night items and a survival kit. Keep them in separate boxes in
your car. First night items may include: sheets, towels, toiletries, phone,
alarm clock, change of clothes and flashlight.
- Mover's survival kit may include: scissors, utility knife, coffee cups,
instant coffee/tea or a coffee maker, water and soft drinks, snacks, paper
plates, plastic utensils, paper towels, toilet paper, soap, pencils and paper,
local phone book, masking and/or duct tape, trash bags, shelf liner and aspirin
or ibuprofen.
Moving day
- Be home to answer any questions your mover may have.
- Record all utility meter readings (gas, electric and water).
- Stay until your movers are finished.
- Complete information on the bill and carefully read the document and the
inventory sheet before signing it.
- Keep your copies of the bill and inventory until your possessions are
delivered, the charges are paid and any claims are settled.
- Take one final look around to see if you forgot anything.
- Give movers the directions to your new home, and an emergency number where
you can be reached during the move.
At destination
- Unpack first-night items and mover's survival kit.
- Be at the destination to welcome the movers and be on hand to answer any
questions.
- After the job is completed, pay what is owed. The driver is obligated by law
(a federal requirement for interstate moves) to collect payment upon delivery.
- Scrutinize the unloading of your items and account for each one on your
inventory sheet. Check promptly and carefully for any damaged or missing items.
- Place moving and other important documents in a safe place.
- Go to the post office and collect held mail.
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