Four Weeks Before the Move…

• Call Black Diamond Moving and schedule your move
• Tour your house and decide which items should be discarded or donated to charity. Consider a garage sale.
• Call physicians and dentists. They may recommend a colleague near your new home.
• Get copies of refillable prescriptions.
• Arrange transfer of school records.
• Check Homeowner’s insurance policies to see if moving is covered.
• Be sure your new home is protected by transferring fire, theft, and other personal-property insurance.
• Transfer personal insurance records.

Three Weeks Before the Move…

• Plan to use up most food items before the move.
• Check and clear tax assessments.
• Arrange to have major appliances serviced before you move them.
• Mover’s can’t take aerosols, corrosives or ammunition. It’s best to use them up to use them up or give them away before you move. Propane tanks must be empty as well as lawnmower fuel tanks.

Two Weeks Before the Move…

• Make your travel reservations for the trip.
• Notify the Post Office and get a change of address form. Notify magazines you subscribe to of your new address. Note: You must fill out a change-of-address form for each person receiving mail at your address.
• Close or transfer all charge accounts.
• Return library books and other things you’ve borrowed. Collect things that you may have loaned out, items on layaway, cold storage etc…
• Protect your shipment from damage by disposing of cleaning fluids, acids, caustic drain cleaners, etc…

One Week Before the Move…

• Transfer bank accounts, and ask your local credit bureau to transfer your records to your new city.
• Reconfirm travel reservations.
• Arrange for cable TV disconnection.
• Arrange connection of utilities in your new home. Draw up a floor plan of your new home, and indicate placement of furnishings. It makes moving in twice as easy.
• Arrange to have cash, certified check or money orders ready to pay the driver before goods are unloaded (unless your employer is paying the charges or you’ve arranged to pay by credit card).
• Set aside maps, games, snacks, flashlight, and other items you’ll take in your car.
• Gather medicines and important papers for your trip.
• Drain water from the garden hoses.
• Start packing suitcases.
• Drain gas from the lawnmower.
• Anything Black Diamond Moving is packing should be left in place. It is easier and safer, for example, to pack glassware right from the cabinet it’s kept in.

The Day Before the Move…

• Get name, address, and phone number of your destination agent.
• Put cleaning supplies, toiletries, and coffee pot in a special box to be loaded last and unloaded first.
• Finish packing suitcases.
• Defrost, clean and dry refrigerator.

The Day of the Move…

• Be on hand all day to answer questions, accompany driver during inventory, sign the bill of lading, and confirm your new address and delivery date. Be sure to advise him of your en-route accommodations and telephone number, if known.
• Make a final check of every room and storage area. Make sure windows, and doors are locked, keys are transferred and lights are out.