MOVING CHECKLIST
OLD LOCATION
Take these items into consideration while still at the old location:
- Arrange for a professional mover
- Take household goods inventory
- Check with your insurance agent about coverage for the move, transfer of policies
- Clean out closets/garage
- Send draperies and rugs to cleaners in time for packing with other goods
- Defrost freezer
- Call to have the following to have services shut off or disconnected:
- 1. Water company
- 2. Cable TV company
- 3. Electric company
- 4. Newspaper delivery
- 5. Gas/oil company
- 6. Food delivery
- 7.Telephone company
- Notify post office of new address and send change of address cards to:
- 1. Charge accounts
- 2. Credit cards
- 3. Loan companies
- 4. Subscriptions
- 5. Friends, relatives
- Take care of household and personal business:
- 1. Pick up any clothing, storage items from cleaners
- 2. Empty safe-deposit box
- 3. Arrange for banking in new location, transfer bank funds
- 4. Arrange for local school to transfer children's records
- 5. Ask dentist for recommendations of new dentist and arrange for records to be forwarded
General dentist _______________________________________________________
Orthodontist _______________________________________________________
Other _______________________________________________________
- 6. Ask physician(s) for recommendations and arrange for records to be forwarded.
Family doctor _______________________________________________________
Pediatrician _______________________________________________________
Specialists _______________________________________________________
- 7. Obtain veterinarian records
- 8. Have appliances serviced for moving, if applicable
- 9.Transfer church, club, civic organization memberships; obtain letters of introduction
- 10. Obtain moving company's toll-free telephone number to check progress of shipment
Name of company _______________________________________________________
Telephone number _______________________________________________________
- Make travel arrangements:
- 1. Flight
- 2. Hotel reservations
- 3. Arrange for transportation of pets
- 4. Car rental
- 5. Plan auto route
- 6. Tell a close friend or relative your plans and let them act as your message center
- Check closets, shelves, all rooms to be sure they are empty
- Leave current house or apartment in clean condition
Before Arriving At New Location
- Arrange for utility services in new area:
- 1. Water company
- 2. Electric company
- 3. Gas/oil company
- 4. Telephone company
- 5. Ask new landlord, previous tenant or real estate agent for recommendations for repair services:
Plumber _______________________________________________________
Electrician _______________________________________________________
TV repair _______________________________________________________
New Location
- Order local newspapers
- Meet your neighbors (and write down their names)
- Get recommendations for babysitters, nanny agencies, etc.
- Join Newcomers Club
- Put valuables into a safety deposit box in the new bank
- Arrange for new school to receive records
- Contact new dentists and doctors to arrange for record delivery
- Have pets licensed
- Arrange for new registration of cars (bicycles, also, if required)
- Obtain new driver's license if you moved to a new province, or correct address on present license
