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Moving Checklist


This key moving checklist will help you keep track of everything during your move, whether you're packing your old place or nesting in the new.

  • Choose a moving service or moving company
  • Create moving binder for contracts or important documents
  • Schedule disconnection or transfer of electric, gas, telephone, lawn care service, subscriptions, water, trash, laundry, TV, and internet services
  • Get copies of your medical records from current doctors and dentists
  • Transfer children's school records
  • Obtain your insurance records
  • Make arrangements for your house pets
  • If you're moving with house plants, research your moving carrier and state transportation laws
  • Obtain security deposit (if renting your home)
  • Gather necessary packing materials
  • Service your large appliances (drain water hoses, turn off valves)
  • Return library books
  • Schedule a change-of-address with the Post Office
  • Retrieve any items from dry cleaners, safety deposit boxes, or cold storage
  • If you're banking with a local credit union, transfer bank accounts
  • Leave items that you'll need immediately after the move in a designated place to be loaded last and unpacked first
  • Discard or plan to use food and perishable items
  • Pack suitcases and overnight bags for your travel during the move
  • Confirm your travel reservations (e.g., car rental, plane tickets, hotel stays)
  • Set aside travel essentials for car or plane (e.g., games, phone chargers, snacks, water, first aid, etc)
  • Draw up a floor plan of your new place to map out future furniture placement
  • Check to make sure your electric, gas, telephone, lawn care service, subscriptions, water, trash, laundry, TV, and internet services are connected
  • Choose your local doctors and dentists in your new city
  • Make plans for the disposal or recycling of your used packing materials
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