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The Stress Free Moving Checklist

The Stress Free Moving Checklist

• Make a moving folder or box with all your important documents and papers

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• Book and schedule movers and trucks at least a month in advance

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• Plan for parking the moving truck. In certain cities you need permits to park moving trucks

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• Begin decluttering your home early

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• Decide what furniture, decor, kitchenware, etc you are keeping and sell or donate that stuff early

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• Measure your furniture and compare it to your new home.

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• Begin packing early the things you know you won't need for the next few weeks

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• Don't forget to label boxes

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• Take photos of serial numbers of valuable items

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• Pack valuable items mindfully. You might want to bring some of those things over to your new place on your own

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• Figure out what to do with pets during the move

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• Reserve your elevator early if needed

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• Notify your utility companies

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• Secure important documents. Keep them all together

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• Gather medical records and find new doctors if needed

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• Update voter registration

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• Update your auto and homeowners insurance

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• Schedule your address change. (make sure it's with the actual USPS website)

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• Update cable and internet providers and schedule your cable internet service for move in date

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• Fill prescriptions and find a new pharmacy

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• Deep clean your current home and new home or schedule a cleaning company to come the day of move

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• Clean out the pantry. Don't grocery shop a week to two weeks out. Eat what you have so it will be less food to donate or move over

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• Take pictures of how televisions, computers, and gaming systems are set up

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• Keep loose hardware together and label as you take furniture apart

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• Update subscription services and cancel services you won't need anymore

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• Think about any deliveries that might still be routed to your current address

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• Leave a note for new home-owners of any things they might need to know about the home (example water filter model for refrigerator)

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• Check all nooks and crannies more than once

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• Check the weather day of move

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• Pack a separate bag of essentials in case anything happens to move or moving truck

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• Finalize all moving details

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• Get out cash to tip movers

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• Round up all keys to hand off to the Realtor or landlord

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• Update credit and debit cards with new address as well as any auto subscriptions

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• Good Luck!

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