One Day Before Moving Day

  • Confirm that telephone, utilities and Internet service has been activated at your new home.
  • Pad the corners and stairways of your home.
  • Lay down old rugs and sheets in the entry and hallways to protect floors.
  • Put all of these items in one place or in marked boxes so they do not get lost in the move:
    • keys to your new home
    • purse, wallet, checkbooks, traveler’s checks
    • car keys, sunglasses
    • map of your new town
    • directions to your new home
    • moving company’s telephone number
    • cash and traveler’s checks
    • documentation from the sale of your home
    • insurance policies and agent’s phone number
    • personal planner/calendar
    • prescriptions
    • over-the-counter medications; e.g. aspirin
    • back-up computer files
    • personal hygiene items
    • cold/flu medicines
    • medical equipment