Before A Move Checklist

— Collect cardboard boxes and other containers for moving.
— Discard items that you will not be moving.
— Find a moving company, get an estimate. Ask for referrals. Call your local and state Better Business Bureau to check them out.
— Have draperies and/or carpets cleaned before you move and then pack them for protection.
— Inform your company of the address change for their mailings - ESPECIALLY your W-2 Form.
— Notify the following companies, agencies, and/or people of your move. Reestablish contacts in new area...
— Request a transcript of your children's school records. Contact the new school.

Address Change
— Charge accounts, credit cards
— Give forwarding address to Post Office four to six weeks in advance.
— Friends, relatives, and business contacts
— Subscriptions- book clubs, magazine, newspaper, record clubs
— Workplace

Auto
— Drivers License
— Insurance

Banking
— Accountant
— Stock Broker
— Transfer funds
— Obtain credit references

Government Agencies
— Federal and State taxes
— Social Security (if receiving benefits)
— Veterans administration

Medical, Dental
— Ask for referrals
— Birth records
— Insurance- life, health
— Medical records
— Pet records
— Prescription histories
— Transfer optical, prescriptions, X-ray

Utilities
— Cable
— Electric
— Gas
— Telephone - Keep your phone service on through moving day...You may need it!!
— Water

When You Get To Your New Home Checklist
— Call a locksmith to change EVERY "access lock"!! (alarms, sheds, mailboxes too.)
— Check the pilot lights in your stove, furnace, hot water heater.
— Check the telephone, gas, electricity, water.
— Go through your check list above - make sure each item has been completed.
— Purchase a new city or village sticker for your car.
— Register to vote.
— Register your car with a new state & get a new driver's license within 14 days.

FINAL NOTES:
NOTE: Keep track of your moving expenses, some may be tax deductible!!
The BUSIEST moving season is the summer.
Most people move on the first and last days of the month.