Print this moving checklist so that you don’t miss a beat after you close. Moving can be overwhelming, take it step by step.
Checklist
Pre-Moving Checklist
- Arrange for movers or packing materials
- Notify your utility services at both your current and future residence
- Research and contact service providers at your new residence (e.g. Internet, Cable, Phone)
- Complete the change-of-address form at the post office, let the state know if you have a professional license, and alert your children's schools
- Arrange for home insurance cancellation & a new insurance policy for your new home
- Store important documents such as birth certificates, medical records, legal/financial papers in a safe place that will not get lost in the move
- Donate or sell items that you do not wish to move (save the receipts for tax deductions)
- Pack an essentials bag (in case you don’t unpack right away)
- Measure furniture and come up with a plan on where you want everything in the new home.
- Empty and defrost the refrigerator (dry it out and keep the door propped open so mold does not grow).
- Clean your current living space leave it better than you found it, “Moving Karma!”
- Give your landlord/new owner your new address in case he/ she needs to forward stray mail.
