Bluegrass Premier Realty - Louisville and Lexington

Resources

Moving Checklist

Two Months before Moving

Sort through your belongings to reduce the number of things you have to move.
Have a garage sale or donate items you no longer need to charity
Decide whether to move yourself or hire professionals. Make reservations with a moving company or a truck rental company
Tip: Call three companies for estimates to compare.
Gather packing supplies: boxes, packing material, tape, felt markers, and scissors
If you’re moving a long distance, make travel arrangements with the airline, hotel and rental car agency. If you’re moving to your new home, get maps and plan your travel route
Save all moving receipts, because some moving expenses may be tax deductible. Check the current tax code for requirements.
Place you legal, medical, Financial, and insurance records in a sage and accessible place.
Purchase insurance coverage for valuables to be moved.

One Month Before Moving

Start packing items that aren’t regularly used such as off-season clothes and decorations and items in storage areas (garage, attic, and closets)
Make travel arrangements for you pets
If you’re driving, get your car tuned up.
Get medical records from you doctors, dentist, optometrist and veterinarian
Send items (rugs, drapes, clothing, quilts, bedding) to the cleaners
Back up important computer files

Two Weeks Before Moving

Contact your utility companies (gas, electric, water, cable, trash collector, and local phone service providers) and notify them of your move.
Sign up for services at your new address
Contact your long distance phone company and notify them of your move.
Call Friends and family and recruit help for the moving day if necessary
Confirm you travel reservations
Arrange to close or transfer you back account, if appropriate, pick up items for safety deposit box.

One Week Before Moving

Pick up items from the cleaners, repair shops or friends
Pack a survival kit of clothes, medicines, special foods, and so on to carry you through the day after arrival in your new homes.
Finish packing all boxes minus what you’ll need in the final week
Inform the post office of your upcoming move.
Send change-of- address cards with your new address and phone number to:
- Friends and family
- Banks, insurance companies, credit card companies, and other financial institutions
- Magazines and newspapers
- Doctors, lawyer, accountant, realtor, and other service providers
- State and federal tax authorities and any other government agencies as needed
- Workplace, schools and alma maters
- Voter registration office and motor vehicle bureau

The Day Before

Set aside moving materials, such as tape measures, pocket knife, and rope.
Pad corners and stairways of house.
Lay down old sheets in the entry and hallways to protect floor coverings
Remove hanging fixtures
If moving yourself, pick up; the rental truck and a hand truck or dolly to move heavy boxes.
If you’re driving, check oil and gas in your car
If you’re traveling, make sure you have tickets, charge cards and other essentials

Moving Day

Carry with you:

The keys to your new home
Map of new town and directions to you house.
The telephone number of the moving company
Cash or travelers checks
Documentation related to the sale of your homes
Your insurance policies and agent’s phone number
Your current address book or personal planner
Prescription and non-prescription medicines
Enough clothing to get by on if the movers are late.
Any important personal records and documents
Any items of greater personal value to you that are virtually irreplaceable (for example, a photo album.)
Back up copies of important computer files
Sheets and towels for the first night in you new home
Personal hygiene items (for example: toothpaste, soap, razor)

Arrival Day

Check inventory to ensure that everything was delivered before signing delivery papers. Note any damage on the inventory sheet
Tip: It’s helpful to have the movers read off the inventory numbers on boxes and furniture while you check the inventory list.
Unpack any valuable items, such as silver, art and jewelry, upon arrival

After the Move

Walk and drive around you neighborhood and community to orient yourself and your family
Get new drivers licenses, library cards, voter registration cards, and bus passes.
Enroll children in school