Moving Reminders

Before You Leave Your Present Address

  • Order all final readings.
  • Request termination of services.
  • Have your refrigerator and other appliances serviced for the trip.
  • Write the utility companies in the city to which you are moving and inquire about the necessary fees or deposits required for installation of services. Remit the utility deposits requested with information as to when and where you will want the following services: Electricity, Gas, Water, Telephone.
  • Send your forwarding address to the local post office and send change of address cards to insurance companies, magazines, friends, and merchants with whom you have charge accounts.
  • Transfer your insurance.
  • Notify the principal of your children's school about your intended move. Request a letter from him covering your status of your children in school.
  • Notify your church pastor that you are leaving.
  • Obtain birth and baptism records of your children.
  • Obtain all medical records of shots, dental records and eyeglass prescriptions.
  • If your car or other possessions are not paid for, obtain permission to move them.
  • Transfer your bank accounts.
  • Have your present bank arrange references for establishing new accounts in the city to which you are moving.
  • Arrange sufficient cash or travelers checks to cover the cost of moving services and expenses until you make banking connections in the city to which you are moving. Cash or certified check is generally required by the transfer company.
  • Pick up person items.(furs, shoes being repaired, dry cleaning, laundry, film)
  • Leave the keys for your old property with the real estate agent or neighbors.
    • Jennifer Spivey, Henry S. Miller Company, REALTORS©


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