Moving Checklist
- Subscribe to the local newspaper and order any magazines you’d like to receive at your new address.
- Have rugs and clothing cleaned and wrapped for the move.
- Avoid buying food and household supplies that you won’t be able to use in the next few weeks.
- Check with your cellular phone provider to see if service will still be available in your new location. Arrange for the bill to be transferred.
- Transfer or cancel all your utilities, including gas, water, electricity, garbage pick-up, telephone, cable and Internet services.
One Week Before You Move…
- Check with your mover for any specifications regarding packing. If you need certain packing supplies, purchase them a week in advance so that you can begin packing.
- Return all library books and rented movies.
- Defrost your refrigerator and freezer.
- Clean out any food you can’t use before your move or take with you without it spoiling.
- Take apart large pieces of furniture and have them ready for the mover. Pack your belongings as early as possible, taking inventory and labeling the boxes as you fill them.
- After a room has been packed, do a clean-up and repair any damage to the walls with spackle so that you can get your security deposit back.
The Day Before You Move…
- Have cash available for the mover (most will not take checks or credit cards).
- Do a final check of closets and drawers and take out any garbage.
- The day of the move, return your keys and leave a forwarding address for your security deposit.
- Keep your most important valuable in a separate box that you move yourself.
- Supervise the movers and try to have one person on hand to stay with them as you head over the new apartment to pick up the keys and be ready when the movers arrive.
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