STRESS-FREE MOVING CHECKLIST ✔️

✔️ Schedule an in-home estimate with a moving company. Provide your estimator with an accurate inventory of everything you need to be moved.

✔️ Create a budget for your moving expenses.

✔️ Read over all documents and contracts from your movers before signing anything.

✔️ Confirm your moving company is licensed and insured by verifying their DOT # or Home Moving License #.

✔️ Start planning the logistics of your move like packing, decluttering, and selling or donating your furniture.

✔️ Plan how to move fragile or sensitive items like guns, jewelry, fine art, statues, chemicals, paint, etc.

✔️ Purchase packing materials from home depot or amazon. Some moving companies will sell you packing materials and drop them off to you before the move.

✔️ Moving Hack: Collect free boxes from grocery stores, Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, or local mom and pops shops.

✔️ Label your moving boxes with markers or tape for each room in your home. It's important that you label any fragile boxes as "Fragile".

✔️ If you need moving stickers we highly recommend BoxOps https://www.etsy.com/shop/BoxOps

✔️ Create an inventory sheet of your valuables before they go on the moving truck. This is really important if you plan on moving out of state.

✔️ Disassembling your furniture before your movers arrive to move your stuff will save you $. Put all your hardware in labeled baggies for easy furniture reassembly.

✔️ If you're moving into an apartment contact the property manager and ask them where your movers should park and reserve the freight elevator.

✔️ Start packing ASAP! It's important that all of your stuff is packed and ready to go when your movers arrive. This will save you time and $. Pack a couple of boxes every day!

✔️ Consider purchasing moving insurance before your move. https://www.statefarm.com/simple-insights/residence/the-ins-and-outs-of-moving-insurance

✔️ Confirm parking options for your moving truck.

✔️ Gather documents like personal records, birth certificates, passports, identification, etc. We recommend you pack these items yourself and transport them in your personal vehicle.

✔️ Find cable and internet providers who serve your new address, order service, and schedule your installation appointment.

✔️ Recycle or dispose of corrosives, flammables, and poisonous items. Moving companies are not permitted to transport these items for you.

✔️ Find somewhere safe for pets to go during your move.

✔️ Change your mailing address https://moversguide.usps.com/mgo/disclaimer?referral=UMOVE

✔️ Change your address with loan providers, credit cards, banks, and the payroll department at work.

✔️ Transfer your utilities including water, electric, and natural gas.

✔️ Unplug your fridge and freezer to defrost the night before.

✔️ Drain water hoses to your washing machine and ice maker.

✔️ Prepare for your final walkthrough with your landlord.

✔️ Withdraw cash to tip your movers.

✔️ Protect your floors and carpets during the move. If you don't protect your floors yourself we recommend contacting your movers and ask them about bringing protective materials.

✔️ Leave a detailed review of your experience with your moving company.