| Weeks to Move |
Days to Move |
Moving Day |
Delivery Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | ||
| 6 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 3 | 1 | ||
| 2 | |||
| 1 |
| As Soon as You Are Sure You Are Moving | |
|---|---|
| Inventory (3 Categories) |
1: Things you are keeping and will move. 2: Things for your yard sale and for charity if not sold. 3: Things to be donated to charity. |
| Floor Plan of New Home |
1: Measure furniture you will keep. 2: Consider placement of furniture in you new residence. 3: Consider additional electrical outlets or phone lines |
| Yard Sale | 1: Everyone can start pricing with their Colored
Stickers 2: Newspaper add with distinctive name like "Giant Yard Sale" 3: Signs of a sort permissible in your community. |
| Donation | 1: Make sure charity has truck available shortly
after sale. 2: Make sure charity will take larger items such as old desks. 3: Make sure charity will give you receipt for tax purposes |
| Electronics | 1: Look for original boxes and packing materials. 2: Look at the computer checklist and your manuals. 3: A new TV antennae may be cheaper than moving an old one. |
| Insurance Agent | 1: Does homeowner's policy cover your goods during
move? 2: Does it cover people helping your move? 3: Does it cover a loaded parked truck? |
| Old Home | 1: Sale or other disposition of old residence. 2: Listing of utilities and regular services for current home. 3: When must you be out of your current residence. |
| 8 Weeks to Move | |
|---|---|
| Decide When | 1: Can you avoid busy mover times? 2: On what consecutive days can mover pickup? 3: On what consecutive days can mover deliver? |
| Estimates from Several Movers |
1: Remember to show them everything that will be
moved. 2: Get mover's local and destination contact information. 3: Ask about mover's payment policies. |
| Moving Between Places in Oregon |
1: Ask mover for ODOT file number. 2: Call ODOT in Salem (503) 378-5985 3: Make sure your mover really is a mover. |
| Moving Between Different States |
1: Ask mover for line haul MC (Motor Carrier)
number 2: Ask mover for van line affiliation 3: Ask mover for information about destination agent. |
| Chose Mover | 1: Start moving file for all your receipts and
papers. 2: Arrange for packing materials. 3: Get mover contact information for both ends of your move. |
| Children | 1: Arrange transfer of school records. 2: Round up immunization records. 3: Consider childcare and activities for the move. |
| Plants | 1: Which plants will be moving and how? 2: Plan to avoid moving plants in trunks on hot days. 3: Check to see if any plants will require government inspection. |
| Pets | 1: Are there any restrictions in new community. 2: Pet carriers. 3. Consider Selling or Giving Away Fish |
| Your Transportation |
1: Remember pets and children can not go with
movers. 2: Consider what important things will need to go with you. 3: Maps, Travelers Checks, Travel Arrangements |
| 6 Weeks to Move | |
|---|---|
| Garage Sale and Donation |
1: Adjust donation inventory to include items not
sold. 2: Hold firm and donate items not sold 3: Get receipt and put it and donation inventory in tax folder. |
| New Mailing Address |
1: Fill out post office change of address cards. 2: Send out post cards with new address. 3: Start updating all bills paid with your new address |
| Travel | 1: Maps, Motel / Hotel Reservations, Travelers
Checks 2: Air, Plain, Train or Boat Reservations 3: Reserve Equipment if you will move yourself |
| Pets and Children | 1: Carriers for Pets - Seats for Infants 2: Special Reservations for Air Travel 3: Veterinary records and ID collars. |
| Talk to Mover about Servicing Before and After |
1: Hot Tubs, Washers, Dryers, Freezers,
Refrigerators, Stoves; 2: Home Electronics, Grandfather Clocks, Shop Machinery; 3: Exercise Equipment; Pianos, Organs, Other Appliances. |
| 4 Weeks to Move | |
|---|---|
| Use Up Supplies of: | 1: Dry, Frozen and Canned Food 2: Overstocks of Household Supplies 3: Things to be donated to charity. |
| Records and Papers | 1: Isolate School and Immunization Records 2: Find Medical and Dental records 3: Get Birth Certificates and Passports. 4: Consult your professional tax advisor about moving records. |
| Packing | 1: If you are doing the packing, Start Now, or 2: Arrange for Mover to pack one or two days before loading. |
| Cleaning / Repairs | 1: Leave rugs and drapes wrapped after getting
them cleaned.. 2: Get rid of all insect pests - leave them behind. 3: Arrange Repairs and Consider any Painting needed. |
| Written Appraisals |
1: Antique Items 2: Art Objects 3: Anything of unusual value. |
| Furniture | 1: Do not polish or wax between now and the move. 2: Moving Pads and restraints can imprint freshly waxed wood. 3: Plan to polish antiques and wood furniture after move. |
| Fuel Tanks | 1: Plan to use up or drain fuel from mowers and
machinery 2: Plan to have Refillable Propane tanks purged and sealed. 3: Plan to have non-refillable fuel tanks properly disposed of. |
| Heavy Items |
1: Talk to your mover about air conditioners and
heavy items. 2: Some items may need to be bolted down for transit. 3: Exceptionally heavy items may require mechanical lifts. |
| 3 Weeks to Move | |
|---|---|
| Utilities | 1: Gas Phone, Electric, Cable, Water, Trash, etc. 2: Arrange Disconnect / Stoppage of Old Services. 3: Arrange Connect / Start of New Services. |
| Motor Vehicles | 1: Notify State DMV of new address. 2: Transfer Insurance and Registration on Vehicles 3: Vehicles serviced and made travel ready. |
| Good Homes for | 1: Pets or Fish who cant move to new home 2: Houseplants which wont be able to be moved. 3: Things which need to be loved but which can't come. |
| Reserve | 1: Building Elevators 2: Parking Spots 3: Building Access Doors |
| 2 Weeks to Move | |
|---|---|
| Dangerous - Toxic | 1: Arrange Disposal for Old Paints 2: Flammable Liquids 3: Cleaners and Poisons |
| Children | 1: Arrange for Child Care on Moving Day 2: Arrange Activities for Move 3: Special Activities for Children's Morale. |
| 1 Week to Move | |
|---|---|
| Money - Banking | 1: Transfer Bank Accounts 2: Close out Safety deposit Box 3: Make arrangements to pay for your move. |
| Cancel | 1: Lawn Care 2: Newspaper 3: Consider additional electrical outlets or phone lines |
| Personal | 1: Insure supply of Prescriptions 2: Camera and film 3: Arrange Personal Toilet Articles 4: Time to drain and pack that Waterbed 5: Start putting together Last On - First Off boxes for each person. |
| Miscellaneous | 1: Drain lawnmowers and regularly used machinery. 2: Let TV's and Computer Systems cool for 24 hours before move |
| 2 Days to Move | |
|---|---|
| Prepare Valuables |
1: Jewelry and expensive small items 2: Vital Documents 3: Important things to be carrier with you |
| Appliances & Electronics |
1: Defrost and dry out Freezers and Refrigerators 2: Prepare Computers and all Electronics as planned. 3: Make sure Appliances are prepared for move. |
| Packing | 1: Mover will be packing in preparation for moving
day. 2: Confirm Contact Information with Movers. 3: You will want to be on hand to answer questions. 4: Write Last On - First Off and seal the personal boxes |
| 1 Day to Move | |
|---|---|
| Morale | 1: Stay focused. 2: Keep Children busy. 3: Anticipate need for |
| Good-byes | 1: Leave time for good-byes. 2: Anticipate need for extra snacks and drinks for company. 3: Have some cards or photocopies with your new address. |
| Emergency Control |
1: Reserve time for the unexpected. 2: Be available for last minute flurries of minor details. 3: Reserve time for mental review of your move schedule. 4: Bring your old phone books. Old numbers may be needed. |
| Moving Day | |
|---|---|
| Be with movers | 1: Accompany driver for inventory of your
possessions. 2: Final check before van leaves that nothing was left behind. 3: Complete and read the bill of lading before signing it. |
| Be Available | 1: Notify both driver and van line where you can
be reached. 2: Confirm with driver directions to your new home. 3: Discuss delivery arrangements fully with your mover. |
| Paperwork | 1: Make sure you get your copy of the bill of
lading. 2: Make sure you get your copy of the inventory. 3: Keep these safe and retain them as a key financial records. |
| Save Time | 1: Have Beds stripped and ready to be packed 2: Have goods you will take with you personally segregated. 3: Have trash already discarded |
| Delivery Day | |
|---|---|
| Be on hand | 1: If your mover can't reach you, you could incur
storage costs. 2: You must pay the driver before your goods can be unloaded. 3: Have cashiers check or money order made out to carrier. |
| Supervise | 1: Answer question about what you want. 2: Take advantage of having trained labor on hand 3: Tell movers if you want them to take away packing materials. |
| Before Signing Inventory |
1: Check Exterior of Boxes for Damage. 2: Inspect furniture. 3: Note any loss or damage on driver's original inventory sheet. |
| Claims for Loss or Damage |
1: Must be filed in writing within 9 months after
delivery. 2: Movers acknowledge receipt of claim within 30 days. 3: Movers deny or make offer within 120 days of getting claim. |
| Satisfaction | 1: Professional Movers are paid hourly, on salary. 2: Drivers are sometimes also on percentage or by distance. 2: Tips are NOT standard or required, but appreciated. 3: If your service is extraordinary write down the crews' names and the time, locations, details of your move and the truck's plates. If you write a letter on their behalf. it makes a big difference for them. |