A moving checklist can keep you from forgetting important things, like turning on the utilities in your new home. You'll want to make your own list of things to be done, but you can start with the suggestions below.
Moving checklist - One Month Before
- Make reservations with moving company.
- Notify friends and family and give them your new address.
- Submit change of address forms to post office.
- Get documents for school transfers, if you have children.
- Have a garage sale or otherwise lighten the load.
One Or Two Weeks Before
- Arrange utility shut-offs and new connections.
- Transfer banking accounts to new location.
- Return books to library, rented movies, etc.
- Transfer prescriptions to new location.
- Clean house and dispose of things that won't be moved.
- Start packing and labling boxes.
- Pack an "essentials" box for arrival, with toiletries, paper plates, etc.
- Make moving plans (make hotel reservations, get maps, - continued below ...
