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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 |
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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 |
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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: |
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NOTE: Keep track of your moving expenses, some may be tax deductible!! |
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The BUSIEST moving season is the summer.
Most people move on the first and last days of the month. |
