Many people will relocate to a new home this coming year. In the initial stages you need to make high level plans and decisions concerning the sale of your current home and the physical move. If you organize yourself, this will minimize the impact on the family. Following are some suggestions:
· First, you need prepare your home for the market, and contact movers to get quotes for the move. At this point in time, you do not know exactly how fast your home will sell. This is the reason for contacting the mover now, especially if you are using a professional mover. When interviewing movers, asked plenty of questions. Be sure to ask about different options that are available concerning packing and unpacking services. In addition, inquire about insurance on your possessions, and conditions for getting insurance. Important documents and valuable possession you should consider not shipping with the mover. These should always remain in your possession. Where possible, such as documents, create backups.
· After you have put your property on the market and decided on your mover, and before having an executed contract in your possession, update your mover at least once every 2-weeks by making a phone call or sending an E-mail. Immediately, after have an executed contract for your property, contact the mover to schedule packing and move. At this point in time, maintain weekly contact with your mover.
· Next, begin cleaning out closets, drawer, and storage areas. This is a great time to schedule a garage sale. Determine what items you going to sell and give away. If you are moving yourself, get boxes and begin packing. Be sure to organize your items, and clearly mark each moving box with the contents inside the box, and what room does the box go to in the new house. Finally, secure a rental truck for the move.
· Within 2 weeks of the move, be sure to determine with your mover what items are not allowed on the mover’s truck. In addition, make special arrangements for your children and pets. Finally, make arrangement to clean your home. The new homeowner expects to be moving into a clean house.
· Within the last week, make sure you understand when and how your mover is to be paid and then make the necessary arrangements. Make sure you keep back necessary items you will need between moving day and the date your possessions are delivered to your new home. Make arrangements to have utilities turned off at your current home and turned on at your new home.
· On moving day, be sure you go through the house to insure nothing has been missed, and clean the house before leaving.
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