Real Estate & Home Staging FYI

One Month before Moving

Pick up a Change-of-Address Kit from the Post Office (or online). Also notify the address change with:

  Friends and family

  Banks

  Insurance companies

  Credit card companies

  Magazines and newspapers - cancel local newspaper delivery

  Doctors, dentists and other providers - transfer drug prescriptions

  Past employer - for W2 forms

Take a look around the house. Start to think about what you don't want to take with you.

  Eat perishable foods

  Sell, donate, or hold a garage sale for unwanted items

For full service moves:

  Get written estimates from several moving companies

  Ask - Will the movers pack for you?

  Ask - What items won't they move?

  Get appraisals for high-value items in case of future claims

For Do-it-Yourself Moves

  Make truck rental arrangements

  Buy packing supplies (boxes, masking tape, markers, newspapers, twine)

Start packing boxes. Mark boxes clearly as to CONTENTS and ROOM to be placed in.  Mark "Open First" clearly on boxes containing important items to be unpacked first:

  Dishes, pots and pans, alarm clock, bedding, special toys, towels, light bulbs, plates, and tools

Stop by and make arrangements for picking up your important records:

  Birth

  Doctor

  Dentist

  Legal

  Optician, optometrist

  School - make sure you get one with a raised seal

  Veterinarian

Close out your bank accounts:

  Checking

  Savings

  Safe Deposit Box