Moving Calendar
What's the best way to prepare for a move?
Four weeks before moving
- Decide what you want to take, what you want to throw out, and what
you want to donate to charity or sell.
- Start using up frozen food and staples. Don't buy any more than is
necessary before moving.
- Start planning your trip. Make airline reservations. Book hotels
and rental cars.
- Arrange for important school, medical, financial, and legal
records to be transferred.
Three weeks before moving
- Arrange to have your pets transported or boarded. Start preparing
your plants for the move.
- Get back any items you have lent (and give back any items you have
borrowed). Pick up any items that are being repaired.
- Dispose of flammable items such as paint, aerosol cans, and
cleaning fluids.
- Send change of address information to the post office and other
businesses.
Two weeks before moving
- Schedule a date for a service firm to disconnect and prepare the
appliances you are moving.
- Start packing non-essential items.
- Arrange for a babysitter for moving day.
- Start planning to disconnect utilities.
- Draw up a floor plan for your new home and start planning your
furniture arrangement. (It makes moving in twice as easy.)
One week before moving
- Finish packing suitcases and basic essentials. Make sure valuable
documents, currency, and jewellery are in a safe and easily
accessible place.
- Drain garden hoses, lawn mowers, and other machinery.
- Defrost and dry the fridge and freezer. Don't forget to empty the
defrost water pan.
- Take down items such as curtain rods, shelves, light fixtures, and
mirrors that you are taking with you.
- Dismantle large power tools, such as lathes and grinders.
- Make sure all of your important papers, keys, medications, and
plane tickets are available for the trip.
- If you are travelling a long distance by car, you may want to have
the car serviced.
Packing day
- Leave a clear workspace for the packers.
- Identify fragile and valuable items, items you are taking with
you, and items being left for the new owners.
Moving-out day
- Plan to stay home until the moving van has left.
- Tour the house with the van operator during inventory. Sign the
bill of lading. Confirm your new address and delivery date. Check
destination contact phone numbers.
- Do a final check for overlooked items. Make certain windows and
doors are locked, lights are turned off, utilities are discontinued
or turned off, and the keys are transferred.
Moving-in day
- Try to get to your new home the day before the moving van arrives.
Make sure the utilities are connected. Take another look to see if
where you want your furniture to go is correct.
- When the mover arrives, check items unloaded against the
inventory. Make arrangements for installation of appliances. Confirm
unpacking requirements.
Don't forget that professional advice is only a phone call away. We
help thousands of families move to new homes every year. We invite
you to contact John, he will be happy to answer any questions.
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