Make Moving Easy With This Simple Checklist Part 2

In continuing your moving schedule follow this plan of action.

Four Weeks Before You Move:

• Set up your telephone service at your new residence and make sure that your phone at your old residence will still be working right up through the move.

• Contact the gas and electric department and make sure that everything will be up and running when you move in to your new home.

Three Weeks Before You Move:

• Now is the time to really buckle down and get things done. Make sure you have plenty of moving supplies such as packing tape, string, packing materials for breakable items, labels, boxes, and permanent markers.

• Continue to get things packed up. Anything that is not needed on a day to day basis can get put into a box to be moved.

Two Weeks Before You Move:

• Its getting down to crunch time. Store all of your valuables such as jewelry and legal documents, at your bank for safe keeping

• Look into changing your accounts to a local bank in the area where you are moving to.

• Contact your new council to find out about the rubbish collection schedule and to get any other details about your new community.

One Week Before You Move:

• Defrost your freezer at you old (current) place

• Finish up all the packing

• Set aside some necessary items such as clothing, personal effects, toiletries and such things to keep with you. This way you will know where they are and won’t have to go digging through boxes to try to find them.

• Clean up your old place and make it look nice. This should include cleaning the carpets, stove, refrigerator and washing the walls and cupboards.

On Moving Day:

• Today’s the day, it’s finally here!

• Turn off all the services at your old residence

• Make sure you check each and every room before you leave to make sure that nothing gets left behind.

• Make sure that all of the appliances and utilities are working in your new home

• If you used professional movers check off each box as it gets unloaded from the moving truck

Now relax and enjoy your new home!

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