MoveRightUSA.com Printable Moving Checklist (Click File-Print) (2 Pages)
q1) Start off by creating a file for your move.
q2) See what moving expenses can be deducted on your next tax return.
q3) Consider a subscription to the newspaper in your new hometown.
q4) Start doing some research about the community that you will be moving to.
q5) Make a decision about what you are going to do with your plants.
q6) If a moving company will move you then call for estimates from 3 professional movers.
q7) If you are planning to move yourself, call around to get moving truck estimates.
q8) Make a rough sketch of the floor plan in your new home.
q9) Make arrangements to get your medical and dental records.
q10) Contact schools to have your child's school records transferred to their new school.
q11) Make copies of your most important legal and financial records.
q12) If you have pets, arrange for existing vet records to be transferred to your new town.
q13) Call your insurance agent to see what changes you can expect in your new location.
q14) Consider any memberships that you may have in your local community.
q15) Make a list of the items that are valuable, difficult to replace or most precious to you.
q16) Make a list of contacts, close friends, relatives and places that you do business with.
q17) Go through your whole house. Make an inventory list of all your possessions.
q18) Plan for a yard sale or contact local charities to come pick up your unwanted goods.
q19) Now it is time to get moving boxes and other types of packing supplies.
q20) You can now go ahead and start to pack the items that you don't use very often.
q21) Plan ahead for parking. Make reservations for parking.
q22) Now it is finally time to file for a change of address with the USPS.
q23) Schedule utility services to end at your old home and start at your new one.
q24) If you have pets then make some travel arrangements for them.
q25) Arrange for someone to care for young children on moving day.
q26) Advertise in the local newspaper and have your garage sale.
q27) Return any library books that have not yet been returned.
q28) Make a plan to dispose of flammables, corrosives and poisons.
q29) Get the oil changed on your vehicles and have them serviced.
q30) Contact the auto licensing department to get registrations transferred to your new address.
q31) Make elevator arrangements as needed.
q32) Get your banking details in order.
q33) Make a meal plan for your final week in your existing residence.
q34) Pack up the last of your items.
q35) Get all of the water out of your garden hoses and your waterbed, if you have one.
q36) 1 day prior to moving you should defrost and clean your refrigerator.
q37) If you use a professional mover, give them info about how to reach you in your new town.
q38) After the truck is loaded, go through the house to be sure that nothing got left behind.