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773-988-2277
1055 West Bryn Mawr #F216
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Your Moving Timeline and Checklist
Pre-Move To Do List
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Get pre-approved for a new home loan
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Research areas and school districts
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Get a Real Estate Agent
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Find out if there are any liens on your home
Eight Weeks Out
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Research Moving Services
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Visit target communities
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Plan a moving budget
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Plan to take off work
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Discuss the move with the kids
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Give notice to the landlord if you are renting
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Start pricing out storage units
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Plan a yard sale or online selling of things you aren't taking with you
Seven Weeks Out
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Get contracts and estimates from movers
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Find out if your personal property insurance is up to date
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Book your truck rental and storage unit
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Start moving anything not coming to the new place into the storage unit
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Create a list for your handy man to fix for closing/inspection
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Book the handy man
Six Weeks Out
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Notify schools of your move
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Make travel arrangements if necessary
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Order moving supplies for things the movers won't move
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Book your junk and hazardous materials removal
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Find physicians in network in new neighborhood
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Have current physicians transfer medical records
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Make a sheet to track all expenses related to move
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Contact auto and home insurance companies of move
Five Weeks Out
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Hold a garage sale
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Donate items to good will, track what you donate
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Cancel local memberships to clubs
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Decide what to do with appliances, window treatments and shelving
Four Weeks Out
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Notify friends and family of move
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Schedule a car moving service if necessary
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Line up temporary housing or a rental property
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Start packing non-essential items
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Arrange for new home for pets if new place does not take pets
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Move everything to storage that you aren't taking to the new place and couldn't sell
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Confirm date and time of moving company (shoot for a Friday to give yourself the weekend to put things away)
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Schedule cleaners for move out
Three Weeks Out
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Schedule service shut offs
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Cancel/forward paper and other periodical subscriptions
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Arrange for moving day child care if necessary
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Schedule a kennel for moving day/weekend
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Change social security/medicare address
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Pay unpaid parking tickets
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Schedule closing date and get closing lawyer
Two Weeks Out
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Forward medical records
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Change address with banks and investment companies
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Take a look at new home blueprints
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Order new furniture/decor
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Get a parking spot for the moving truck
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Schedule painters for new home
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Get pets a checkup at veterinarian
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Collect all warranty information and manuals
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Request time off from work
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Pay unpaid parking tickets
One Week Out
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Clean old home
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Remove any old food
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Conduct inspection with landlord
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Pack kitchen essentials
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Throw out and recycle as much as possible
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Finish last minute errands
Day Before Move
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Pack suitcases
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Fill cars with gas
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Get cash for tip
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Get take out menus
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Tell your neighbors about your move
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Get snacks and bottles of water if you have a long drive
Moving Day
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Take an inventory of things you are putting in your car
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Do a final sweep of house
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Hand over keys
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Do one last check of the mailbox
First Two Weeks
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Change security system passwords
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Change locks
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Call everyone you know, let them know your new address
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Update driver's license
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Update address with IRS
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Update voter registration
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Check smoke alarms and fire extinguishers
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Meet your neighbors
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Register your pet (certain states)
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Get the names of good plumbers, handymen, electricians, and pest control
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Explore your neighborhood