8-Week Moving Checklist
Moving Checklist!
8 Weeks Before You Move
☐ Ensure all plans and paperwork for your new
home are completed and secured
☐ Determine whether you will move yourself or
use professional movers
☐ Research and request estimates from
moving companies
☐ Create a budget for moving, which should
include cost of moving supplies, transportation,
and potential professional help in relocating
☐ Create a digital or hard file to track important
moving documents such as receipts, as well
as important medical, dental, school, and
financial records
7 Weeks Before You Move
☐ If applicable, begin requesting and
collecting medical, dental, prescription, and
veterinary records
☐ Compile copies of financial and legal records
☐ If applicable, request school records to
be transferred
☐ If applicable, cancel or transfer gym membership
☐ Contact insurance agent to see if adjustments
need to be made for a new policy
6 Weeks Before You Move
☐ Determine whether to ship or personally
transport costly and valuable items
☐ Begin taking inventory of all your items and
separate into nonessential, essential, and
unneeded/unwanted categories
☐ Discard broken, irreparable, or other
unwanted items
☐ Start planning a garage sale for unwanted items
☐ Begin consuming perishables and using other
products that cannot be moved or shipped
5 Weeks before you move
☐ Purchase or collect moving supplies
☐ Begin packing, staring with nonessential
items and clearly label boxes, including what
room it will be placed in once moved, such as
bedroom, kitchen, or living room
☐ File a change of address with the U.S. Postal
Service or request them to hold mail at the
post office in your new neighborhood
4 Weeks Before You Move
☐ Notify utility services at your current and
new locations of relocation. Utility services
should include:
☐ Electric
☐ Water
☐ Gas
☐ Cellular/Telephone
☐ Cable/Satellite
☐ Internet
☐ Sewer
☐ Waste Management
☐ Make reservation for moving truck or
professional movers
☐ If self-moving, notify family, friends, and other
help of the moving date
☐ If applicable, reserve a self storage unit to help
with the moving process
☐ Have the garage sale for unwanted or
outgrown items
☐ If you have pets, determine or make travel
arrangements for them.
3 Weeks Before You Move
☐ Find a company that will dispose of unused
flammables, corrosives, poisons, and other
items that cannot be shipped, except for food.
☐ Donate or discard any unsold items from the
garage sale
☐ If driving a long distance for your move, have
your vehicles serviced
2 Weeks Before You Move
Begin notifying the following services of the move:
FINANCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES:
☐ Accountant
☐ Attorney
☐ Bank/Credit Union
☐ Credit Card Companies
☐ Car Insurance Provider
☐ Car Loan Provider
☐ Financial Planner
MEDICAL SERVICES:
☐ Doctor
☐ Dentist
☐ Veterinarian
☐ Health Insurance Provider
☐ Pharmacy
MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS:
☐ Magazine Subscriptions
☐ Newspaper
☐ Video Streaming such as Netflix, if you are
subscribed to the mailing service
GOVERNMENT OFFICES:
☐ Social Security Administration
☐ IRS
☐ Veterans Administration
☐ Confirm travel arrangements for family and pets
☐ Confirm moving date with movers, friends,
family, or other help
☐ Create a meal plan for the next two weeks,
aiming to consume all perishable foods in
current home
☐ Assemble a file of important information about
current home for the next owner
1 Week Before You Move
☐ Review moving plans
☐ Give new address to friends and family
☐ Pack remaining essential items
☐ Pack personal essentials in a box to keep nearby
during move
☐ Fill any prescriptions needed during the move
☐ Drain gas, oil, and other fluids from lawn care
equipment, grills, heaters, etc.
☐ Drain water from hoses
☐ Take measurements of doorways and furniture
to ensure furniture can fit through
☐ Empty the refrigerator of any food products and
defrost at least 24 hours before moving
☐ Deep clean your living space
Moving Day
☐ Load items in truck in a pre-determined order,
preferably grouped by what room the items will
go in at the new home.
☐ Give every room and closet a last look over to
ensure nothing is left behind
☐ If necessary, call moving company to have
shipments picked up
☐ Leave new owners a note with new address to
forward any stray mail, as well as extra house
and mail keys
Moving in
☐ Place and use carpet, floor, and door frame
protectors throughout new home
☐ Unload items directly into room they are
labeled for, such as bedroom, kitchen, living
room, etc.
☐ Check over items for any move-related damages
☐ Pick up any mail being held at new local
post office
☐ Begin organizing your new home
☐ Order pizza to celebrate a successful move
After the Move
☐ Compile all moving-related receipts and
documents and place in move file to store in an
easy-to-remember location in your new home
☐ Update address on driver’s license and vehicle
tags within 30 days of your move
☐ Meet your new neighbors
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