Be sure to contact these services:

• Contact moving company and schedule dates. Also make an appointment for Matthew’s Moving to come over and estimate the cost of your move.
• Check personal insurance policies to see whether moving is covered. Transfer homeowner’s policies to ensure coverage at new home.
• If you are moving to a condominium or apartment, check to see what the moving requirements are. Do you need to make a reservation? Does the
  elevator have to be reserved? Between what hours is moving allowed? Is moving allowed on weekend, (if this is when you are planning on moving)?
  Do they require a ‘certificate of insurance’ from the moving company? What are the parking restrictions for the moving truck?
• Cable or Satellite company
• Newspaper
• Trash collection
• Prepare a list of friends, relatives, businesses, and others who need to be notified of you move.
• Library
• Post Office: notify them of your new address and arrange to have all concurrent mail forwarded. Send out change of address cards.

If you are moving out of area:

• Bank: arrange for the transfer of your account and contents of your safety deposit box to a bank in your new neighborhood.
• Schools: have the school records of your children transferred to the new school.
• Doctor: get copies of records from your doctor and phone to find names of doctors in your new location.
• Dentist: phone and arrange to have your records sent to your new dentist.
• Pharmacy: phone and arrange for the transfer of prescriptions and records.

Also, be sure to contact these utilities to coordinate the disconnection at origin and the hookup at destination:

• Telephone
• Water and Power
• Gas Company