Starting your move planning early with a detailed timeline ensures a smooth process and allows for family involvement in sharing tasks.
Eight Weeks Before The Move
- Arrange moving day details with your moving company.
- Clear out belongings from areas like the attic, basement, and storage shed.
- Start cataloging your belongings and assess what you haven't used in the past year to sell or donate.
- Arrange for the storage of any items that won't be moved with you.
- Compile a list of contacts to inform about your move, including friends, professionals, creditors, and subscription services.
Starting your move planning early with a detailed timeline ensures a smooth process and allows for family involvement in sharing tasks.
Four Weeks Before The Move
- Fill out a Change of Address form at the post office.
- Reach out to utility and service providers (like gas, electric, water, telephone, cable TV, and trash collection) to arrange disconnection at your old address and connection at your new one, but ensure your current home's phone and utilities stay on during moving day.
- Get in touch with your insurance providers (auto, home or renter's, health, and life) to set up coverage at your new residence.
- If you're doing your own packing, buy moving boxes from your local moving company and start packing things you won't need for the next month.
Starting your move planning early with a detailed timeline ensures a smooth process and allows for family involvement in sharing tasks.
Two Weeks Prior to Move Date
- If your move involves a building with elevators, schedule elevator use with the building management.
- Reach out to your relocation consultant to go over and confirm all moving arrangements.
- Get in touch with your relocation consultant to review and finalize all details of your move.
Starting your move planning early with a detailed timeline ensures a smooth process and allows for family involvement in sharing tasks.
A Few Days Before Your Move
- Defrost the fridge and freezer, and prop the doors open to prevent them from accidentally closing on pets or children.
- Ensure major appliances are disconnected and ready for moving. Your relocation consultant can assist in arranging a third party to handle these services.
- Arrange and separate the items you plan to carry with you to prevent them from being mistakenly loaded onto the moving van.
- Reach out to your relocation consultant to verify the moving van's scheduled arrival time and communicate any final details.
Starting your move planning early with a detailed timeline ensures a smooth process and allows for family involvement in sharing tasks.
Moving Day!
- Inspect all boxes being unloaded by movers against the inventory list. Document any damages observed for insurance purposes.
- Keep copies of all transactions for tax purposes, including lodging, transportation, meals and gas.
- Examine the Bill of Lading and the your inventory list to ensure they are accurate. Check every room in the house before the movers depart. Verify the destination address, the driver's name, and directions.
- Congratulations! You've done the hard work. Time to savor the excitement of your new home!