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MOVING
PLANNER
Four
Weeks Before the Move...
- Call Roadrunner
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 renewable
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.
- Movers can't take aerosols,
flammables, corrosives or ammunition. It's best to use them up or give
them away before you move. Propane tanks must be emptied as well as
lawnmower fuel tanks.
Two Weeks
Before the Move...
- Make your travel reservations
for the trip.
- Notify the Post Office and
get change of address forms. Notify magazines to which you subscribe.
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 you've loaned, and items
in layaway, cold storage, etc.
- Arrange to discontinue utilities
and delivery services.
- Take the time to fill out
the "Welcome To Your New Home" data sheet for the new owners.
- 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 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 order ready to pay 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 the car trip.
- Your local phone company
business office can help you with phone service for your new home, as
well as disconnecting service at your present home.
- Drain water from all garden
hoses.
- Start packing suitcases.
- Drain gasoline from lawn
mower.
- Anything Roadrunner
is packing should be left in place. It's 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 a coffee pot in special box to be loaded last and unloaded first.
- Finish packing all suitcases.
- Defrost, clean and dry refrigerator.
The Day
of the move...
- Be on hand all day to answer
questions, accompany driver during inventory, sign bill of lading, and
confirm your new address and delivery date. Be sure to advise him of
your enroute accommodations and telephone number, if known.
- Make final check of every
room and storage area. Make sure windows and doors are locked, keys
are transferred and lights are out.
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