Checklist for moving

Checklist for moving weeks before move • Clean out the garden shed and roof gutters • Run down supplies of frozen and perishable food • If you are moving to a new area, research banks, doctors, and schools. Gather all the proper paperwork you need to set up new accounts. • Sell large appliences that you will not take • Prepare an inventory of everything • Notify your children's school and make any necessary transport arrangements weeks before move • Prepare all the documents, pick out the most important. Pack them in a separate small box and mark. This box you should always keep in sight. • Sort through video and photo archives, memorabilia, jewelry, cameras, laptop and so on. Pack in a separate box and mark them as a valuable cargo. The box should be kept in sight. Start packing home furnishings and other things that are not used in everyday life. Label every box. 04 weeks before move • Order a FREE evaluation of your move in a moving company. Weigh the pros and cons and decide finally how you will move, either alone or with the help of professionals. • If you decide to move independently, define the day of your move (in this case you will need at least 23 days). Call your friends and gain their support for the move, inform about the date of the move. You need at least 4 assistants. • Choose a moving company if you decided to use its help. Sign a contract with it. weeks before move • If you do not have a truck, find the transport company for this. Book a car of the right size for all the days of your moving. • Make up a list of things to do before the move: close the contract for electricity, internet, insurance, telephone, so on. • Assing a color/number to eachroom and label boxes and furniture • mark boxes "Fragile", “ do not load" "load last" weeks before movie • Print this moving checklist template and begin to tick those things that you have completed. Keep this list with you even while on the move. • Make up a list of things to do before the move: close the contract for electricity, internet, insurance, telephone, so on. days before the move • Do the washing of clothes since it should still dry before the departure, and then unplug the appliance from the water supply. • Prepare all your devices for transportation (that you can avoid using). If you pack them yourself, remember to mark "top", "bottom". • Contact the moving firm to determine all the details about the procedure of removal. ロ 1 day before the move • Cook dishes that you can use in the coming days, it is desirable that they are not perishable, pack them in containers and refrigerate. On the day of the move • Start with furniture package. Disassemble the furniture that cannot be moved assembled. • Load the furniture and other things into the car. Important! First of all, always load furniture and large items, and only when all the furniture is put, start loading boxes and packages. After the removal • Determine where to put a refrigerator and turn it on, then immediately put the products you brought. • Connect the gas or electric stove so that you can cook. • Unpack only the necessary items: hygiene items (toothbrushes, deodorant, shamp00, hair dryer, makeup, towel), dishes that you put together with tea and biscuits in a separate box before the move, as well as slippers and clothing for all the family members. Do not try to unpack everything in the first few days, it could lead to chaos. Address: 107 S West Street #511, Alexandria, VA 22314 Toll-free: (855) 978-6788 Phone: (703) 665-6697 vamovers.com