Your Moving Timeline
Four Weeks Before the Move…
Schedule with your moving company. Call Get Your Move On at 480.695.6621 to get started.
Tour your home and decide which items should be discarded or donated to charity. Consider a garage sale.
Check homeowner’s insurance policies to see if moving is covered.
Obtain forms for transferring your drivers license.
Transfer or obtain personal property insurance for your new house.
Seek new physician and dental referrals in the area of your new house.
Get copies of renewable prescriptions.
Arrange transfer of school records.
Three Weeks Before the Move…
Plan to use up most food items before the move.
Check and clear tax assessments.
Arrange to have major appliances serviced before you move them.
Movers can’t take aerosols, flammables, corrosives, ammunition or propane tanks. If you are unable to safely and properly transport them yourself, it’s advised to use them up or safely dispose of these materials before the move.
Two Weeks Before the Move…
Make your travel reservations for the trip.
Notify the Post Office and get change of address forms. Note: You must fill out a change-of-address form for each person receiving mail at your address.
Notify magazines to which you subscribe.
Close or transfer all charge accounts.
Return library books and other things you’ve borrowed. Collect things you’ve loaned, and items in layaway, cold storage, etc.
Arrange to discontinue utilities and delivery services.
Protect your shipment from damage by disposing of cleaning fluids, acids, caustic drain cleaners, etc.
One Week Before the Move…
Transfer bank accounts, and ask your local credit bureau to transfer your records to your new city.
Reconfirm travel reservations.
Arrange for cable TV disconnection.
Arrange connection of utilities in new home. Draw up a floor plan of your new home, and indicate placement of furnishings. It makes moving in twice as fast.
Set aside maps, games, snacks, flashlight, and other items you’ll take in your car.
Gather medicines and important documents for the car trip.
Your local phone company business office can help you with phone service for your new home, as well as disconnecting service at your present home.
Drain water from all garden hoses.
Start packing suitcases.
Drain gasoline from lawn mower.
Anything your professional movers are packing should be left in place. It’s easier and safer, for example, to pack glassware right from the cabinet it’s kept in.
The Day Before the Move…
Get name, address and phone number of your destination agent.
Set aside your “survival box” of essential items you need right away: toiletries, prescriptions, cleaning supplies, a change of clothes etc. to be loaded last and unloaded first.
Finish packing all suitcases.
Defrost, clean and dry refrigerator.
The Day of the Move…
Be available all day to answer questions, accompany driver during inventory, sign bill of lading, and confirm your new address and delivery date. Be sure to advise them of your enroute accommodations and telephone number, if known.
Make final check of every room and storage area. Make sure windows and doors are locked, keys are transferred and lights are off.
