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Collect
cardboard boxes and other containers for moving. |
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Discard
items that you will not be moving. |
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Find
a moving company, get an estimate. Ask for referrals. Call
your local and state Better Business Bureau to check them
out. |
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Have
draperies and/or carpets cleaned before you move and then
pack them for protection. |
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Inform your company of the address change for their mailings
- ESPECIALLY your W-2 Form.
|
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Notify
the following companies, agencies, and/or people of your move. Reestablish
contacts in new area... |
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Request a transcript of your children's school records.
Contact the new school.
|
| Address
Change |
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Charge
accounts, credit cards |
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Give
forwarding address to Post Office four to six weeks in
advance. |
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Friends,
relatives, and business contacts |
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Subscriptions-
book clubs, magazine, newspaper, record clubs |
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Workplace |
| Auto |
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Drivers
License |
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Insurance |
| Banking |
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Accountant |
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Stock
Broker |
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Transfer
funds |
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Obtain
credit references |
| Government
Agencies |
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Federal
and State taxes |
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Social
Security (if receiving benefits) |
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Veterans
administration |
| Medical,
Dental |
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Ask
for referrals |
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Birth
records |
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Insurance-
life, health |
 |
Medical
records |
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Pet
records |
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Prescription
histories |
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Transfer
optical, prescriptions, X-ray |
| Utilities |
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Cable |
 |
Electric |
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Gas |
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Telephone
- Keep your phone service on through moving day...You may
need it!! |
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Water |
| When
You Get To Your New Home Checklist |
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Call a locksmith to change EVERY "access lock"!!
(alarms, sheds, mailboxes too.) |
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Check the pilot lights in your stove, furnace, hot water
heater. |
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Check the telephone, gas, electricity, water. |
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Go through your check list above - make sure each item has
been completed. |
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Purchase a new city or village sticker for your car. |
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Register to vote. |
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Register your car with a new state & get a new driver's
license within 14 days. |
| FINAL
NOTES: |
|
NOTE:
Keep track of your moving expenses, some may be tax deductible!! |
|
The
BUSIEST moving season is the summer.
Most people move on the first and last days of the month. |