Pick up a Change-of-Address Kit from the Post Office.Or our Office. Also notify the address change with:

Friends and family

Banks

Insurance companies

Credit card companies

Magazines and newspapers - cancel local newspaper delivery

Doctors, dentists and other providers - transfer drug prescriptions

Past employer - for W2 forms

Take a look around the house. Start to think about what you don't want to take with you.

Use up perishable foods

Sell, donate or hold a garage sale for unwanted items

Prepare a list of what you want to move.

Large appliances?

Outside furniture?

For full service moves:

Get written estimates from several moving companies

Will the movers pack for you?

What items won't they move?

Get appraisals of high-value items in case of future claims

For do-it-yourself moves, make arrangements for truck rental and moving help, and buy packing supplies:

Boxes

Packing and masking tape

Markers

Newspapers

Twine

Start packing boxes. Mark boxes clearly as to contents and room to be placed in. Mark "Open First" clearly on boxes containing important items to be unpacked first:

Dishes

Pots and pans

Alarm clock

Bedding

Special toys

Towels

Lightbulbs

Plates

Tools - hammer, pliers, wrench

Stop by and make arrangements for picking up your important records:

Birth

Doctor

Dentist

Legal

Optician, optometrist

School - make sure you get one with a raised seal

Veterinarian

Close out your bank accounts:

Checking

Savings

Safe Deposit Box

Start a new bank account in your new town.

Transfer account from current bank?

Contact your child's new school and notify them of your upcoming move to their area.