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General Checklist
July 9th, 2009 | 
Author: Before you start:
- Make flow chart for days/weeks before move.
- Make daily schedules.
- Get estimates from moving companies and arrange method of payment.
- Get boxes of packing containers.
Notify post office and send out changes of address to companies to inform of move:
- telephone
- insurance
- mail order clubs
- book and record clubs
- gas or fuel oil
- electric company
- property tax dept
- laundry
- newspapers
- magazines
- doctor
- dentist
- lawyer
- community centre
- stockbroker
- accountant
- cable television
- utilities
- motor vehicle branch
- vets
- credit card companies
- motor club
Other activities (things to do) are listed below:
- Transfer or resign club or association memberships.
- Sell, give away, discard unnecessary belongings.
- Get letter of introduction to church, new clubs, bank.
- Make arrangements to move family, hotel reservations, plane tickets.
- Get all medical, dental, birth, baptism and marriage records.
- Transfer house, car, personal insurance records and check auto licensing requirements.
- Check and clear tax assessments on your current property.
- Ensure that your moving out and in days do not conflict with the two other parties involved.
- Check storage facilities.
- Collect and send out items to be cleaned or repaired.
- Arrange for connection or disconnection of utilities.
- Have your car prepared for the trip or transport.
- Dispose of flammable items.
- Defrost and clean fridge one day before moving:clean stove.
- Arrange to have meter read on moving day.
- Make arrangements with caretakers if renting.
- Use up perishable food.
- Arrange to transport pets, plants and perishables.
- Clean rugs and drapes.
- Arrange for work that has to be done at new home.
- Get warranties and tips from previous occupants.
- Plan for children and pets on moving day.
- Get moving company appraisals of items for future claims.
- Check swimming pool equipment.
- Cancel cleaning staff, pool maintenance, window cleaners, gardener and snow removal.
- Leave house clean for new occupants.
- Transfer prescriptions for drugs and eyeglasses.
- Transfer government or private health and hospital plans.
- Return library books.
- Cancel or pass on subscription tickets.
- Arrange for money during move period.
- Transfer stocks, wills, bank accounts, contents of safety box.
- Ensure you have adequate insurance for goods in transit.
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