Sonoma county real estate Moving
checklist
- Send change of address notifications
- The Post Office will provide a form for you to turn in
- Charge Accounts
- Subscriptions---may take several weeks to process
- Friends and relatives moving cards (ask your Realtor for help)
- Financial Institutions---transfer funds an arrange for new checks
- Insurance---life, health, auto
- Automobile---transfer registration, driver’s license, motor club
membership
- Utility Companies---telephone, gas, electric, water, cable (provide
closing
- bill address, and don’t forget to request refunds of any deposits.)
- Other Service Providers---garbage, yard, housecleaning, newspaper
- School---pick up or arrange for forwarding of children’s school
records; if
- staying at same school, change emergency notification cards.
- Health---obtain referrals from present doctors, transfer prescriptions
- Churches, Clubs, Civic Organizations
- Pets---obtain referral from present vet, order new licenses and ID tags
- As You Approach Moving Day
- Use up food
- Plan special care needs for children and pets
- Check, and check again, packing and moving arrangements
- On Moving Day
- Carry---cash and traveler’s checks, prescriptions, cell phone
or pager
- Pets---secure in a closed room or cage to avoid losing an agitated animal
- Appoint friend or relative “point person” and give him/her
route and schedule
- Leave---old keys and garage door openers with your Realtor
When you reach your “New Home” set up the bed first, it’s
great to sleep in a fresh bed after a hard day of moving
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