Moving Day By Day
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Four weeks before moving:
- Tour your house and decide which items should be discarded or donated to charity. Consider a garage sale.
- Contact doctors and dentists. They may recommend a colleague near your new home. Get copies of renewable prescriptions.
- Arrange transfer of school records.
- Check homeowners insurance policies to see if moving is covered. Be sure your new home is covered by transferring fire, theft and other personal property insurance.
- Transfer personal insurance records.
- If you have house plants to move, start preparing your plants for the move.
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Three weeks before moving:
- Plan to use up most food items before the move.
- Check and clear tax assessments.
- Arrange to have major appliances serviced before you move them.
- Movers can't move high inflammable items or ammunition. It's best to use it up or give it away before you move.
- If you have pets to transfer, your mover can give you advice on the best methods.
- Notify Post Office and get change of address forms. Notify magazines to which you subscribe. Note: You must fill out a change of address form for each person receiving mail at your address.
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Two weeks before moving:
- Make your travel reservations for the trip.
- Decide which items you'll pack and which you'd like the mover to pack. Get the finest packing material at a reasonable price.
- Close or transfer all charge accounts.
Return library books and other things you've borrowed. Collect things you've loaned, and items in layaway, cold storage, etc.
- Take the time to fill out "Welcome To Your New Home" for the new owner of your home.
Arrange to discontinue utilities and delivery service.
- Protect your shipment from damage by disposing of flammables such as gasoline, fireworks, matches, cleaning fluids, acids, pressurized cans, etc.
- Arrange connection of utilities in new home. Draw up a floor plan of your new home and indicate placement of furnishings. It makes moving in twice as easy.
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One week before moving:
- Transfer bank accounts and ask your local credit bureau to transfer your records to your new city.
Reconfirm travel reservations.
- Arrange to have cash, certified check or money order ready to pay van operator before goods are unloaded.
- Set aside maps, games, snacks, flashlights and other items you'll take in your car.
- Your local phone company business office can help you with phone services for your new home as well as disconnecting service at your present home.
- Drain water from all garden hoses.
Start packing suitcases
- Get name, address and phone of your mover destination agent.
Drain gasoline from lawn mower.
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One day before moving:
- Put cleaning supplies, toiletries and coffee pot in special box to be loaded last, unloaded first.
- Finish packing suitcases.
- Defrost, clean and dry refrigerator.
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One day before moving:
- Be on hand all day to answer questions, accompany van operator during inventory, sign bill of lading, confirm your new address and delivery date. Be sure to advise him of your accommodations along the way.
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Moving in:
- It's a good idea to be at your new home a day ahead of the van so you can make sure utilities are connected and plan placement of major items in your home.
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People to be notified:
- Post office
- Insurance companies
- Local credit bureau and creditors (stores, credit cards, etc.)
- Financial institutions where you have savings, loans, checking accounts or stock.
- Magazines (the postal service will provide free change of address cards to send to publishers).
- Church (obtain necessary records).
- Service companies
- Electric
- Gas
- Fuel/Oil
- Telephone
- Newspaper
- Water
- Cable tv
- Milk
- Sewer Authority
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*All information, prices and specifications contained on these web pages are accurate to the best of our knowledge and ability. However, errors in details, prices, status, availability or other items may occur and we caution the viewer not to consider this information to be the final authority, and to contact us for correct information before making any offer.
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