The Moving Checklist Part One
This is part one of our moving checklist guide that will help guide you through the steps of going through with a stress free and painless domestic move. This first part will go through the steps you can take a week or more before the moving trucks arrive at your door.
Eight Weeks before Moving Day
- Decide whether you are going to do your own packing or hire someone else to do it
- Arrange to have your kid’s school records transferred
- Go through all of your stuff and decide what to keep and what to get rid of
Six Weeks before Moving Day
- Start going through and consuming all your perishable foods.
- Create a folder or file with all moving related paperwork inside.
- Notify gas providers, water service, family, attorneys and anyone else that would need to know that you are moving and give them your new address.
- Begin packing the least used items in the house, label carefully
- Arrange for the transfer of your medical records
- Complete the change of address form through the post office
Two Weeks before Moving
- Remove any valuables stored in safe deposit boxes
- Packing should be about 75% complete by this point
- Obtain large moving labels or clear markings for boxes and containers
- Notify your employer of your move and any time you may need off if applicable
- Purchase traveling gear for pets if you need it
- If you have house plants and are moving out of state, plan to give them to friends or neighbors.
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