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 your landlord or the following to have services shut off or disconnected:
•· Water company
•· Cable TV company
•· Electric company
•· Newspaper delivery
•· Gas/oil company
•· Telephone company
Notify post office of new address and send change of address cards to:
•· Charge accounts
•· Credit cards
•· Loan companies
•· Subscriptions
•· Friends, relatives
Take care of household and personal business:
•· Pick up any clothing, storage items from cleaners
•· Empty safe-deposit box
•· Arrange for banking in new location, transfer bank funds
•· Arrange for local school to transfer children's records
•· Ask dentist for recommendations of new dentist and arrange for records to be forwarded
•o General dentist ___________________________________
•o Orthodontist _____________________________________
•o Other ______________________________________
•· Ask physician(s) for recommendations and arrange for records to be forwarded.
•o Family doctor ____________________________________
•o Pediatrician ______________________________________
•o Specialists ______________________________________
•· Obtain veterinarian records
•· Have appliances serviced for moving, if applicable
•· Transfer church, club, civic organization memberships; obtain letters of introduction
•· Obtain moving company's toll-free telephone number to check progress of shipment:
•o Name of company ________________________________
•o Telephone number ________________________________
Make travel arrangements:
