Are you getting ready to move to or from Barrie, ON, or elsewhere in Canada? Below is a useful moving checklist to save you some time and help you prepare for your move.
1 to 2 months before your moving day:
- Call Viktoria Professional Movers Barrie for a free in-home moving estimate
- Get packing supplies if you are packing yourself
- Make any necessary travel arrangements
- Transfer your memberships
- Arrange a garage sale
- Obtain medical and dental records; ask your doctor and dentist for referrals and transfer prescriptions
- Fill out change of address forms
- Record serial numbers of electronic equipment, if possible take pictures or video tape of your belongings
- Start a moving expenses log, as some of your expenses may be tax deductible
2 to 4 weeks before your moving day:
- Reserve the service elevator in your buidling if moving from an apartment building
- Transfer your newspaper and magazine subscriptions to your new address in Barrie or elsewhere in Canada or discontinue delivery
- Switch utility services to your new address – inform telephone, cable, hydro companies of your move
- Confirm travel reservations if necessary
- Check the contents of your safe-deposit box. Pack and carry all valuables such as jewelry, insurance policies, legal documents and important collections with you
- Prepare your children for the move by encouraging them to prepare their own special box with toys, games and snacks for the trip
- Start packing (if packing yourself)
- Number all of your boxes, label each box according to its contents, specially mark fragile contents and keep an inventory list
- Clean or arrange for a cleaning service to clean your home
A few days before your moving day:
- Collect house keys and arrange to leave them with the new owners, your real estate agent or landlord
- Double check all closets, shelves, your garage, etc. to be sure they are empty
- Finish packing
- Disconnect your appliances
On your moving day:
- Ensure your Barrie moving company has all your destination details, phone numbers and have your cell phone with you in case you need to contact your Barrie movers, etc.
- Walk through your home with the crew to survey the work to be done and make sure your instructions/wishes are clearly understood
- Assist your Barrie moving company by ensuring that items are delivered to the correct room
- Carry important documents, currency and jewelry yourself
- Complete a last minute check of all rooms and closets
- Make sure you shut off all appliances
