Handy Moving Checklist

Just a reminder of some items that you should take care of before you move out of your house and into you new home.

• Prepare a list of friends, relatives, companies, etc. with whom you have done business, use “Change of Address” cards supplied and mail to all addresses on your list. (If you need more give us a call.)
  
• Arrange with you electrical company to have the meters read on the appropriate date and to turn off your electricity on the date the new owner takes occupation.
  
• Advise your Telkom and satellite suppliers regarding the sale arrangements. Cancel pre-authorized cheques issued for contracted services. Inform gardening and dry cleaning services, trash pick up, newspaper deliveries and other home services.
  
• Arrange servicing of all home appliances for the move.
  
• Notify magazine, record / book club, insurance, credit card companies, department store charge accounts, licence bureaus, finance companies, stockbrokers and accountants.
  
• Transfer trust or banking accounts, securities; establish new accounts with a letter of introduction.
  
• Cancel or transfer social, athletic, civic, religious, business affiliations or memberships.
  
• Arrange transfer of medical and dental records, prescriptions and optical records.
  
• Collect all items, for cleaning, storage or repair. Fur coats, dry cleaning, laundry, watches, shoes or small appliances, for example.
  
• Arrange access to the keys for your new home.
  
• Insure safety and care of pets during the move.
  
• Obtain a supply of boxes for moving and devise a colour code system for the various room designations.
  
• Discard all flammable liquids including gasoline used in gardening and recreational motors.

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