Address Change
- Family Members and Friends: E-mail, call or send a note with your new address and the date of your move to your new home.
- Magazines and Newspapers: Follow instructions usually shown on the second or third page.
- Credit Cards, Banks, Investment Firms, Insurance Companies: Complete the bottom or back of billing statements and mail them in.
- Internal Revenue Service: Call 1-800-829-3676 for an IRS Change of Address form or click here to select, download, and print most IRS tax forms. Note: Form 3903 can be utilized to calculate moving expenses.
- For General Purpose Use: Pick up a supply of free Form 3576 address notification postcards at your local post office.
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Moving Checklist
Moving from one location to another can be a tough job.
To help you move, we have listed some hints that are designed to help organize this mammoth task.
3 Weeks Before Moving
- Make a list of everything to be moved; estimate number of packing cartons and buy them.
- Call movers for estimates.
- Consider insurance on moveables.
- Gather and pack dental, medical and veterinary records; ask health care providers for professional referrals.
- Pick up change of address moving kit from the Post Office.
- Contact children’s schools and have transcripts forwarded.
- Close area charge accounts and arrange bills forwarded.
- Request that your credit bureau file be transferred.
- Ask your employer to forward W-2 and tax documents.
- For tax purposes, make a record of all moving expenses, including items donated to charity.
- Arrange for disconnection of utilities and reconnection at new location.
- If your car or other possessions are not fully paid for, notify lending facility if you are moving them out of state.
14 Days Before Moving
- Pack one room at a time.
- Check to see if large appliances need to be prepared for moving.
- If car is to be towed, arrange for tow bar.
- Arrange transfer of important documents and fine jewelry.
7 Days Before Moving
- Arrange cancellation of newspaper and other home deliveries.
- Ask bank to release safe deposit box and transfer accounts to new bank.
- Arrange for cash, travelers checks or certified checks (movers usually require cash or certified check).
- Drain gasoline from lawn mower and dispose of flammable items.
- Isolate items to be moved in your car.
- Arrange to have phone disconnected; find out if you can take phones with you and ask about credits for phones at new location.
- Transfer insurance so you will be covered at your new home.
- Make hotel reservations if necessary.
The Day Before The Move
- Pack suitcase you can live out of for three days in your new home; include a first-aid kit with daily medications.
- Empty and defrost refrigerator and freezer and let them air dry for a day; deodorize large appliances with baking soda or coffee.
- Remember to leave keys to your old property with appropriate person.
- Pack your phone book for future reference.
The Day Of The Move
- Give driver directions to new address.
- After van is packed and weighed, determine final moving bill; make sure you have payment ready before van is unloaded at new address.
- Confirm arrival date and time.
- Sign and save copies of bill of loading.
- Give mover address of place you can be reached en route to your new home.
- Check every room, closet and attic a final time; check locks on doors and windows.
- Pack vacuum last so you can reach it easily to clean your new home.
Upon Arrival
- Be on hand for unloading to supervise placement of your furniture and packed boxes.
- Inventory belongings and make notes of missing or damaged items.
- Check electrical wiring, fuses and water turn-off valve.
- Start newspaper and other home deliveries.
- Arrange for a safe deposit box.
- Have your will reviewed if you have moved out of state in which was drawn.
- Enjoy your new home!
