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Your moving checklist
Use this moving checklist to lighten the load during your move to a new home.
Two months before moving:
- Sort your belongings and get rid of items you no longer use
- Contact moving companies for estimates
- Budget for moving expenses
Six weeks before moving:
- Start your search for new healthcare providers and pharmacies
- Contact your insurance companies
- Cancel any memberships in local groups and organizations
- Finalize travel arrangements for long-distance moves
- Hold a garage sale to sell items you don’t need
- When you have kids, contact the new school(s) to obtain enrollment information and transfer records
One month before moving:
- Contact utility companies to discontinue service on your move-out date and set up utility accounts in your new home for:
- Electric
- Water
- Gas
- Sewer
- Trash
- Telephone
- Cable and internet
- Book a moving company and confirm your moving details
- Buy moving supplies, such as boxes, tape and bubble wrap
- Begin packing items you use less frequently and note valuable items for possible insurance coverage from your moving company
- Label boxes as you pack to make unpacking in your new home easier
- Complete a change-of-address at the local post office
- Notify your services and billing companies of your move, including credit card companies and banks
Two weeks before moving:
- Schedule time off work for your move-in day
- Pack, pack, pack!
- Arrange for your new home to be cleaned
- Plan meals to empty your fridge by your move-out day
Week of your move:
- Finish your packing, but keep the essentials in suitcases for easy access
- Empty and defrost your refrigerator at least 24 hours before your move-out
Move-out day:
- Supervise the loading of your belongings
- Pack the important items last so they are ready to unload first
- Check each room to ensure you don’t leave anything behind
Are you ready to find a new home and put this checklist to use? Call me for an appointment today!
Keeping essentials in a suitcase and loading important items last are two details that fit together well here. A small first-night box checklist alongside the timeline would be useful too, with things such as chargers, basic toiletries and bedding kept separate from the main load.
Great checklist — the two-month head start is key. One thing I’d add: don’t forget to notify your bank and credit card companies in writing and keep a copy, since mail forwarding alone won’t cover everything. Also, scheduling a cleaning service for the new home before move-in day saved me a lot of stress. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this thorough checklist! Moving last year, I felt overwhelmed but having such a structured approach really helped. It reminds me of the organized strategy—planning is everything!
This is a really practical moving checklist. Breaking everything down by weeks makes the process feel much more manageable and helps prevent last-minute stress.