Stop services at old location & Start services at new location
(We Recommend scheduling utilities in advance to avoid disconnection — make the effective date for the day of closing.)
- Natural Gas
- Electricity
- Water/Sewer
- Phone
- Cable TV, satellite TV
- Internet provider
- Water softener or conditioning service
- Garbage collection
- Mail delivery
- Notify post office of forwarding address
- Lawn care
- Snow removal service
- Newspaper delivery
- Milk delivery
- Grocery delivery
- Laundry pick-up and delivery
- Other services
- Bank, checking accounts
- Homeowner’s insurance
Change Addresses For…
- Credit cards
- Banks & other financial institutions
- Auto insurance
- Life insurance
- Household insurance
- Driver’s license
- Auto registration(s)
- Magazines & other subscriptions
- Book clubs
- Catalogs
- Friends & relatives
Items I recommend keeping with you while moving
- Medical records of shots, x-rays, eye glasses
- Prescription medication
- Medical records & medication for pets
- School transcripts
- Financial statements
- Credit card(s), checkbook(s)
- Emergency contact phone numbers
- Old phone book
- Moving took kit (hammer, nails, pliers, screwdriver, masking tape, scissors, flashlight, marker, toilet paper)
- Other items to get
- Items from safety deposit box
- Refunds on any deposits box
- Items borrowed from you
- Items from a storage facility
- Dry cleaning, laundry
- Items to repair shops
- Letters of recommendation, of employment
Moving day to do’s
- Service to get appliances ready for move
- Temporary storage facility if needed
- Packing and moving possessions by professionals or yourselves
- Cleaning house (old/new location)
- Travel & housing if needed
- Returning all borrowed items
- Feeding & care of children & pets
- Leaving keys & garage opener remote controls in the house
- Cashiers check for closing on a property or deposit & rent on a rental (If selling a house and you need to pay—must be cashier’s check, cannot write personal check or use credit cards)