2 Months Before Your Move
- Budget Planning: Establish your moving budget to guide your choices with professional movers.
- Document Everything: Keep detailed records, especially moving quotes, for reference.
- Home Furnishing Plan: Make a list of necessary items for your new home. Start purchasing larger items like sofas now, ensuring you have the correct measurements for a perfect fit in your new space.
- Use Perishables: Start utilizing items you won’t move, like frozen foods and cleaning supplies.
- Research Moving Companies: Begin your search for dependable movers, checking reviews and asking for recommendations.
- Prepare Moving Questions: Compile a list of queries regarding policies and coverage for potential moving companies.
5 Weeks Before Your Move
- Work-Related Relocation: If your move is work-related, verify what expenses your employer will cover and collect information on tax-deductible moving expenses.
- Transfer Records: Arrange the transfer of school and medical records.
- Acquire Packing Supplies: Begin collecting materials like boxes, tape, and bubble wrap.
- Insurance Update: Contact your insurance agents to update your address and confirm new area coverage.
- Hazardous Items Plan: Safely dispose of or transport hazardous materials.
- Begin Packing: Start boxing up non-essential items and label them clearly.
- Utility Adjustments: Schedule the disconnection of current utilities and set up new ones at your new address.
- Junk Removal Arrangements: Engage a junk removal service for any unwanted items.
2 Weeks Before Your Move
- Service Provider Notifications: Inform your service providers, like landscaping or
- Travel Plans: Make travel arrangements for the moving period, including accommodations.
- Change of Address: Submit a change of address form with the Post Office.
- maintenance, about your move.
- Moving Insurance: Decide on your preferred insurance coverage for the move.
- Banking Updates: Update your address with banks and financial institutions.
- Moving Day Confirmation: Double-check the moving date and details with your moving company.
- Elevator and Parking Arrangements: If moving to or from a building with a loading dock or elevator, secure an elevator reservation and inform your movers. Also, consider reserving a parking spot for the moving truck if needed.
1 Week Before Your Move
- Service Provider Notifications: Inform your service providers, like landscaping or
- Travel Plans: Make travel arrangements for the moving period, including accommodations.
- Change of Address: Submit a change of address form with the Post Office.
- maintenance, about your move.
- Moving Insurance: Decide on your preferred insurance coverage for the move.
- Banking Updates: Update your address with banks and financial institutions.
- Moving Day Confirmation: Double-check the moving date and details with your moving company.
- Elevator and Parking Arrangements: If moving to or from a building with a loading dock or elevator, secure an elevator reservation and inform your movers. Also, consider reserving a parking spot for the moving truck if needed.
Moving Day
- Mover Coordination: Ensure someone is available to assist and guide the movers.
- Final Home Review: Conduct a thorough final walkthrough of your old home.
- Document Inspection: Carefully examine all moving documents before signing.
Unpacking at Your New Home
- Prioritize Essentials: Begin with unpacking essential items to establish basic functionality.
- Systematic Unpacking: Proceed with unpacking each room, starting with the kitchen and bedrooms.
- Furniture Setup: Assemble and arrange your furniture according to your layout plan.
Post-Move
- Neighborhood Exploration: Get acquainted with your new area and update your address for various services.
- Complete Unpacking: Aim to finalize unpacking within a few weeks to fully settle into your new home.
- Recycle Packing Materials: Reuse or recycle boxes and packing materials.
