Six to eight weeks before
- ✓Request estimates.
- ✓Book your moving date.
- ✓Start a Do-Not-Move list of items that will travel with you personally.
- ✓Sort through closets and storage.
Four weeks before
- ✓Order packing supplies.
- ✓Notify schools, doctors, and vets.
- ✓Confirm the move date with your building or HOA.
Two weeks before
- ✓Start packing rooms you use least.
- ✓Confirm elevator and parking arrangements.
- ✓Update your address with banks, subscriptions, and the USPS.
One week before
- ✓Pack an essentials box.
- ✓Confirm the arrival window with the moving company.
- ✓Photograph valuable items.
Day before
- ✓Charge phones and moving-day devices.
- ✓Set aside keys, IDs, and payment.
- ✓Empty and prepare appliances.
Moving day
- ✓Walk the crew through the home.
- ✓Point out fragile and specialty items.
- ✓Do a final walkthrough before departure.
After the move
- ✓Unpack essentials first.
- ✓Inspect furniture and boxes.
- ✓Register your new address as needed.