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Preparing For The Celebration
And The Move That Follows
Webster defines a celebration as a day of commemoration and ceremonies. A special day or event to be honored. Celebration is a wonderful definition of the transfer of title and ownership and the beginning of a new life in a new home.
This celebration can have a bitter/sweet flavor if you don’t have your ducks in a row. The next few pages contain tips and checklists so that your move is as organized and effortless as possible. Think about your move as a series of small projects that you can begin while your home is under contract. Your move will progress as your contract and closing progress. That way, when the day comes to physically move your belongings, most of the other details will be already done.
- Schedule a moving company to assist you.
- Start packing items you don’t use daily (good china, etc.).
- Starting reducing your inventory of items you don’t need, or those that won’t go well in your new home.
- Clean rugs and clothing before moving and have them wrapped.
- Begin depleting your store of canned and frozen foods. Defrost you freezer and use charcoal to dispel odors.
Once you have loan approval and a confirmed closing date you can get more serious about your move.
- Contact utility companies for both locations and have utilities transferred or disconnected.
- Secure all birth and baptismal records for the family records.
- Obtain medical, dental, and other records for the family.
- Obtain school transcripts and immunization records.
- Refill and/or transfer prescriptions to a pharmacy in your new area.
- Check with your attorney to see if you must have your Will changed.
- Notify your church and clubs that you are moving, and ask them for referrals in your new area.
- Close out safety deposit boxes.
- Change information about automatic deposits or withdrawals, and ask your bank about electronically transferring your funds to a bank in your new area.
- Obtain traveler’s checks for funds during the move.
- Pick up dry cleaning.
- Return library books.
- File a change of address notice at your local post office.
- Pack a copy of the local phone directory.
Completing these simply tasks can save you lots of frustration in the days to come.
