Real Estate & Home Staging FYI: Moving Checklist Part 3

• Defrost, clean and air out your refrigerator.

• Make sure you have payment ready for the mover - they will not unpack without a check. Check your moving company's payment policies.

• Purchase traveler's checks for other possible expenses.

• Pack your former town's phone book for future correspondence.

• Get a simple breakfast ready for the next morning.

• Pick up ice and beverages for moving day.

• Take down curtains and curtain rods.

• Get a good night's sleep

• Strip your beds and disassemble if necessary

• Show movers around. Make sure your possessions to be moved are inventoried with them.
• Write "subject to further inspection for concealed loss or damage" on contract when you sign to protect yourself should you find damage while unpacking.

• Get all keys together. Put in a safe spot.

• Make sure moving van driver has correct address, phone number and directions. Confirm delivery date with him.

• Check all rooms one last time. Remember closets and cupboards, basement and garage! Make sure all windows and doors are locked.

• Explore your new neighborhood. Locate the nearest convenience and hardware store, pharmacy, supermarket, video rental, school and library, etc.

• Check smoke alarm, carbon monoxide detectors, and fire extinguisher.

• If necessary, install a new door lock and/or dead-bolt.

• Update your address information if you haven't done so (driver's license, car registrations, insurance, credit cards, bank accounts, voter registration).

• Call the Internal Revenue Service to change your address. You can also visit the IRS online at www.irs.gov.

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Paige

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