Moving Your Home Checklist
AT YOUR PRESENT ADDRESS:
• Post Office: Give forwarding address.
• Charge Accounts. Credit Cards.
• Subscriptions: Notice requires several weeks.
• Friends and Relatives.
BANK
• Transfer funds, arrange check-cashing in new location.
• Obtain cashiers check necessary for closing real estate transaction. Be sure to ask your bank if this check is drawn on a California Institution.
• Arrange credit references.
INSURANCE
• Notify company of new location for coverages: Life, Health, Fire & Auto.
UTILITY: COMPANIES
• Gas, light, water, telephone, fuel.
• Get refunds on any deposits made.
DELIVERY SERVICE
• Laundry, newspaper, milk, changeover of services.
MEDICAL, DENTAL, PRESCRIPTIONS
• Ask Doctor and Dentist for referrals: transfer needed prescription, eyeglasses, X-rays. Obtain birth records, medical records, etc.
CHURCH, CLUB, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
• Transfer memberships; get letters of introduction.
PETS
• Ask about regulations for licenses, vaccinations, tags, etc.
DON'T FORGET TO:
• Empty freezer; plan use of foods.
• Defrost freezer and clean refrigerator. (Place charcoal to dispel odors.)
• Have appliances serviced for moving.
• Remember arrangements for TV and antenna/cable.
• Clean rugs or clothing; before moving, have them moving-wrapped.
• Check with your Moving Counselor: insurance coverage, packing and unpacking labor, arrival day, various shipping papers. Method and time of expected payment.
ON MOVING DAY:
• Carry enough cash or traveler's checks to cover cost of moving services and expenses until you make banking connection in your new location.
• Carry jewelry and documents yourself or use registered mail.
• Plan for transporting pets: they are poor companions if unhappy.
• Let close friends or relatives know your route and schedule you will travel, including overnight stops: use them as message headquarters.
• Double check closets, drawers, shelves to be sure they are empty.
• Leave all old keys needed by new tenant or owner with Realtor or neighbor.
AT YOUR FUTURE ADDRESS:
• Check on service of telephone, gas, electricity, and water. Check pilot light on stove, hot water heater, incinerator, and furnace.
• Have appliances checked by utility company.
• Ask mailman for mail he may be holding for your arrival. Have new address recorded on driver's license.
• Visit city offices and register for voting. Register car within five days after arrival in state or a penalty may have to be paid when getting new license plates.
• Obtain city inspection sticker and transfer motor club membership.
• Apply for new state driver's license (if applicable).
• Register family in your new place of worship.
• Register children in school.
• Arrange for medical services: Doctor, Dentist, etc.
