Terrific Moving Tips When You’re Moving Your Home

6-8 Weeks Before Your Move

1. Plan the details of your move.
2. Check with the movers to ensure your move is scheduled.
3. Decide items you wish to transport to your new home and what you may want to dispose of.
4. Arrange moving boxes if u didn’t hire any movers.
5. Think about your new home layout and start thinking about where you’ll place the furniture.
6. Create a floor plan of your new home
7. Get familiar with your new community..
8. All travel arrangements (hotel, flights, car rental, etc.) for your family should be made at this time.
9. Try to keep your plan as flexible as possible to accommodate any schedule changes or delays.
10. Keep all receipts for moving related expenses in a designated moving folder.
11. Finalize all real estate and rental needs.
12. Contact insurance agent to transfer medical, property, fire and auto insurance.
13. All medical and dental records should be placed in a safe and accessible place.
14. Plan on taking all important documents, such as wills, stock certificates.
15. Plan on taking all valuable items including jewelry, coin collection, photos etc. with you.
16. Place all the important items in one easily identifiable and easy-to-locate folder.
17. Return all the things you have borrowed.
18. Notify schools in the old and new location.
19. Arrange for the transfer of school records and begin the process of registering in new schools.
20. Contact or visit your local Post Office to obtain a Change of Address form.

4-5 Weeks Before Move

Make up your own change of address notice to give to the following people and businesses.

• Friends and family
• Banks
• Insurance companies
• Credit card companies
• Doctors, dentists and any other service providers
• Clubs or associations
• Magazine and newspaper subscriptions

1. Take a look at what you own, and decide what must go and what can be left behind.
2. Organize your move by deciding and making lists of what items you will not transport, what items your moving company will move and what items you will move yourself.
3. Make a decision on who will do most of or all of the packing.
4. Beware that whatever you pack yourself won’t be covered by insurance,
5. Ask the van line agent you use for further details about handling unusual and delicate items.
6. Begin preparing those items that are not frequently used.
7. Get your kids involved in the moving process.
8. Allow your kids to do some supervised packing.
9. Let kids suggest a layout for their new room.
10. lookout for problems associated with children moving.
11. Contact utility providers (e.g. telephone, gas, electric, cable TV and trash collection) at new and old locations with your moving date to make arrangements for connection and disconnection.
12. Complete banking arrangements in old and new location and transfer any funds to your new bank if necessary.
13. Check requirements for your new drivers license and auto registration in your destination state.

3 Weeks Before Moving

1. Notify your moving company if there are any changes in your moving dates.
2. Ask the moving company for pricing information for additional services.
3. Inform the movers if you add or subtract items from your planned shipment.
4. Decide how much packing you will handle yourself.
5. Make your final reservation for a car pick up .
6. Consider giving your plants to anybody if you are moving from one state to another.
7. Make moving arrangements for your pets.
8. Collect all valuables around the house them before leaving.
9. Return all borrowed items before moving to another home.
10. Collect all items that are being repaired stored or cleaned.
11. Make sure the elevator(lift) will be available on your intended moving day and time of arrival at your destination.

2 Weeks Before Moving

1. Transfer all prescriptions to a drugstore in your new city.
2. Clear all your safety deposit boxes.
3. Disconnect and disassemble your computer system before your move.
4. Back up all your computer files on a disk.
5. Security of back up disks during transportation.
6. Make final packing decisions.
7. Items what you cannot or should not ship.
8. Planning and preparation for safe transportation during move.
9. Schedule appliance disconnection.
10. Automobile serviced before traveling to moving.
11. Cancel all regular less important deliveries.
12. Clean out lockers of daily activities.

 1 Week Before Moving

1. Classification of which items you’ll take with you and which items the movers will take.
2. Labeling on  moving boxes before move.
3. Empty, defrost and clean kitchen appliances before move.
4. Prepare items you will need while your goods are in transit.
5. Make flexible plan possible in the event of unexpected delays or schedule changes.
6. Inform your agent about your address and contact number of old and new home before moving.
7. Arrange for payment to the moving company.
8. Verification of insurance chosen with your van line agent
9. Pick up any dry cleaning and laundry.
10. Settle any outstanding bills with local merchants.
11. Return videos and library books.
12. Prepare your “first night box” and “ready box”
13. Disconnect and clean all appliances that will be moving with you.
14. Hand over gather keys, alarm codes, garage door openers to the new owner or real estate agent.
15. Print off and tick each company as you give them your new details
16. Need to notify area police if your old home will be unoccupied for a period of time after you move.
17. Connect all your services for your new home.

Moving Day

1. Clean your house before leave.
2. Remind  moving company about moving day and time
3. Check written inventory of your goods before move.
4. Separate out anything you don’t want loaded
5. Check your bill of loading before sign it.
6. Go for medical test before moving by car.
7. Final look over your old home before move.
8. Provide the driver with clear directions to your new home.
9. Be sure to authorize a representative to accept delivery.
10. Take “first aid” box with u during travel.
11. Music arrangement during move on by car.
12. Hotel arrangements for night stay during travel.
13. Petrol arrangement before move on my car.
14. Inform neighbors before move on.
15. Food arrangement during travel by car.
16. Tool kit arrangement of car before moving.
17. Check whether report just before move on.
18. Get update with all the sudden activities and conditions around your destination.
19. Say a little prayer to God before moving.
20. Prepare day time travel planning.
21. Arrange all essential things according to whether before travel by car.
22. Take light food before travel.
23. Take proper rest before travel.
24. Update some important contact details of your phonebook before move on.
25. Take road map from old home to destination home with you during travel.
26. Arrange Curtains or shades  on the passenger windows

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