One month before

Begin taking inventory of your possessions and decide what to move and what to give away or sell. Organize your items and decide where they will be placed in your new location.

Create a moving file for all moving-related information. Remember, many moving expenses are tax deductible, so you should save all receipts.

Determine the exact amount of the bill your employer will pay (if any).

Receive moving estimates and choose a mover.

If you are moving long distance, make air, hotel, or rental car reservations.

Secure packing supplies and begin packing belongings that you don’t use daily.

Fill out a change of address card and mail it to the Post Office (also remember to fill out change of address forms for all banks, credit cards, organizations, bills, magazines, etc.)

2 weeks before

1. Contact the following companies to make arrangements:

__Post Office

__Credit Cards

__Phone

__Gas/Electric

__Water

__Cable

__Internet

2. Plan to use up all remaining food items including those in refrigerator/freezer.

1 week before

Call your mover to confirm the arrangements.

Identify the items that you will need and do not want packed away (typically clothes, toiletries, linens, paper goods, microwave, cleaning items, etc.) Put them aside or in a special box.

If you are doing the packing and not the mover, make sure the boxes are secure, appropriately labeled, and not too heavy.

Gather jewelry and other valuables and put them aside for your transporting later. Do not pack these valuables with your other goods.

If the mover is doing the packing on or before move day, begin making sure that the items to be packed are organized.

Make special arrangements for your pets.

Make arrangements to pay your mover in cash, money order, certified check,or billing if your employer is paying and billing has been approved by both the employer and mover.

Day before

1. Defrost and dry refrigerators/freezers to be moved.

2. Make sure you have the following ready:

Your moving file and all the keys you need

Directions and/or a map for the movers to find your new location

Any essential items you may need while your goods are in transit

3. Disconnect washer/dryer (including gas hook-ups), electronics, etc and

remove bulbs from lamps.

Move day

Be around throughout the entire move to answer any questions the movers may have.

Isaacs Moving and Storage - Boston

181 Campanelli Parkway

Stoughton MA 02072

781-436-4700