Contact all companies you do business with provide new address
Contact all health care providers to get your medical records if you are moving to a new area
Deliver your medical records to your new health care providers
Contact telephone company and arrange for service get new telephone number
Contact family friends and provide new address and telephone number
Contact home insurance company for old address terminate policy
Contact home insurance company for new address arrange for appropriate amount of coverage
Contact car/boat/RV insurance company and change address
Go to DMV and change address for self and all vehicles
Go to Board of Elections and change address
Go to Post Office and submit change of address to forward mail
Change address for all financial, medical insurance benefits
Change address at your job
Reserve moving truck, pads related equipment or contact moving company after selecting move date
Decide on how pets are to be moved
Arrange for family/friends to help with move
Get marking pens, labels, colored dots, boxes, tape and moving blankets
Contact cable/satellite company at new address start service
Contact cable/satellite company at old address discontinue service
Contact electric company at new address start service
Contact electric company at old address discontinue service
Contact gas company at new address start service
Contact gas company at old address discontinue service
Contact newspaper company at new address start service
Contact newspaper company at old address discontinue service
Contact telephone company and start service at your new address
Contact telephone company and discontinue service at your old address
Contact trash company at new address start service
Contact trash company at old address discontinue service
Contact water company at new address start service
Contact water company at old address discontinue service
Label boxes with room/location of where belongings are to be placed, color code with label dots, number etc. to assist movers.
At new location place colored dots/numbers on doors to where boxes/belongings are to go
Clean (or arrange for cleaning) of home you are leaving. Clean carpets at new property or old property before as required
Paint or touch up paint as required
Keep enough clothing, medicines, health aides, and beauty aids set aside, so if all your belongings don’t arrive quickly (or you
can’t find the box), you won’t have to purchase replacements.
