GENERAL
MOVING HINTS
- Plan meals that
will use up perishable foods.
- Get children´s
school credentials from their present school.
- Don´t pack
drawers with heavy articles or flat linens.
- Now is a good
time to have your carpets cleaned..
- Sort belongings
to minimize packing and unpacking..
- Tape is best
for sealing bottles and unpacking.
- Carry jewelry,
currency and documents yourself.
- Notify your employer
of your move.
- An inventory
will help you arrange furniture in your new home.
- professional
packing service is best; ask for an estimate.
- Check all closets
after you think they are empty.
RE-LOCATING
TIPS
- Arrange in advance
to have utilities turned on at your new home.
- Disconnect in
advance the kitchen and the washing machine.
- Arrange to have
television antenna removed from roof.
- Arrange to have
washing machine disconnected and serviced.
- If rugs are going
into storage, make arrangements to have them cleaned and moth proofed.
- Defrost home
freezer and refrigerator. (If you are worried about food odors, put
a few pieces of charcoal in the refrigerator after defrosting and
drying.)
- Throw out all
inflammables, such as turpentine, cleaning fluids, etc.
- Throw out paint
open cans.
BE SURE
TO NOTIFY
- Telephone company.
Do not turn service over to new resident.
- Post office;
give new address.
- Publications..
- Friends.
- Newspaper (Ask
for circulation department).
- Gas company.
You probably paid a deposit; get it back.
- Electric light
company.
- Fuel company.
Notify in advance.
- Laundry.
- Bank (Don´t
forget your safe deposit box).
- Insurance company.
- Department of
Motor Vehicles.
- Credit groups
such as Charge-A-Plate.
- Milk company.
- Your cable company.
- Water company..
THINGS TO
HAVE HANDY
- High chair, crib
bathinette.
- Bedding towels,
soap, toiled articles, change of clothing.
- Food, knives,
forks, spoons, utensils, matches.
- Light bulbs,
necessary appliances.
- Have things grouped
together. Notify to your moving company that you will want these first
at your new location so that they will be loaded last, unloaded first.
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