BEFORE THE MOVE:
Stop services on…
- Telephone
- Cable television
- Water
- Electricity & gas
- Laundry service
- Newspaper
- Lawn care
- Garbage collection
File a change of address with…
- Post office
- Credit card companies
- Insurance companies
- Banks/credit unions
- Employer
- Magazine/newspaper subscriptions
- Clubs, social groups
- Friends/relatives
Things to do…
- Confirm with moving company
- Arrange for room painting and carpet cleaning prior to move-in
- Arrange for serviceman to get appliances ready for move
- Make arrangements for care of children and pets on moving day
- Assemble a moving kit to take to new house (hammer, nails, pliers, masking tape,tape measure, flashlight, fuses, rags, scissors and first aid kit)
- Return library books
- Return borrowed items
- Defrost and dry refrigerators and freezers
Arrange for services at new house…
- Telephone
- Water
- Electricity & gas
- Appliances hook-up
- Cable television
- Garbage collection
- Internet access
- Alarm
Schools/Daycare…
- Notify prior daycare/schools
- Get transcript of children’s grades
- Locate new daycare/school
AFTER THE MOVE:
Set up services for…
- Newspaper
- Laundry service
- Lawn care
Get new licenses for…
- Driving
- Pets
Miscellaneous…
- Register to vote
- Locate new doctor and dentist
- Open new bank accounts
- Have locksmith change locks