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Preparing for Your Move Eight weeks before you move: [ ] Begin an inventory of all household goods. Decide what to keep. [ ] Obtain estimates from several moving companies. [ ] Establish a file for all moving papers and receipts. Seven weeks before you move: [ ] Choose your mover. [ ] Ask your doctor for help finding good health-care professionals in your new location. Six weeks before you move: [ ] Fill out post-office change-of-address cards. [ ] Send your new address to insurance agents, charge-account and credit-card companies, publications you subscribe to, relatives and friends. Five weeks before you move: [ ] If moving yourself, reserve truck or trailer. [ ] Hold garage sale. Donate unsold items to charity or sell to second-hand stores. [ ] Ask seller for a floor plan of your new house. Recruit the entire family to help plan furniture arrangement. Four weeks before you move: [ ] If you're doing the packing, get started. [ ] If the mover is going to pack, arrange for it to be done two days before loading. [ ] Send furniture, drapes and carpets for repair or cleaning. [ ] Begin to use up overstocks of staple foods. [ ] Collect valuable personal papers. Get copies of family medical records, children's school records and birth certificates. [ ] Make travel plans and motel reservations for your trip. [ ] Notify the State Motor Vehicle Bureau of your new address. Three weeks before you move: [ ] Arrange to have gas, electric, telephone, cable TV disconnected in your present home and connected in your new home. [ ] Make arrangements for child care on moving day. [ ] If necessary, reserve apartment elevator for pickup and/or delivery dates. Two weeks before you move: [ ] Dispose of all items too dangerous to move, including flammable liquids. [ ] Have your car serviced and ready for the trip. One week before you move: [ ] Have enough medications to last two weeks in your new home. Have prescriptions forwarded to a pharmacy in your new community. [ ] Arrange for newspaper and other delivery services to be discontinued. [ ] Close or transfer bank accounts. Buy traveler's checks for the trip. [ ] Make arrangements to pay for your move. Three days before you move: [ ] Withdraw contents from your safe-deposit box. Arrange to transport items yourself or have them sent by insured carrier service. [ ] Remove anything from drawers that might spill, break or stain. Two days before you move: [ ] Have mover pack your goods. One day before you move: [ ] Defrost and dry refrigerator and freezer. [ ] Set aside valuable items you are taking with you. Moving day: [ ] Be on hand when driver arrives. Stay until the moving crew leaves. [ ] Accompany the driver through your house as he inventories your goods. [ ] Complete information on the bill of lading. Give the driver exact directions to your new home. [ ] Tell the driver and the van line where you can be reached during the move. [ ] Before the van leaves, walk through the house to make sure nothing has been overlooked. [ ] Make sure you have your copies of the bill of lading and inventory. Delivery day: [ ] Meet driver at your new house. Supervise unloading and unpacking. [ ] Check carefully for damaged or missing items. Make sure this information is written on your copy and on the driver's copy of the inventory. Back To Practice Areas
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