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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

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

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

• Begin decluttering your home early

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

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

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

• Don\'t forget to label boxes

• Take photos of serial numbers of valuable items

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

• Figure out what to do with pets during the move

• Reserve your elevator early if needed

• Notify your utility companies

• Secure important documents. Keep them all together

• Gather medical records and find new doctors if needed

• Update voter registration

• Update your auto and homeowners insurance

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

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

• Fill prescriptions and find a new pharmacy

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

• 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

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

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

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

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

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

• Check all nooks and crannies more than once

• Check the weather day of move

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

• Finalize all moving details

• Get out cash to tip movers

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

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

• Good Luck!

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