doing the move yourself, make sure you reserve a U-Haul or similar company now as they also tend to book up ahead of time. • Enlist the help of family and friends. Let them know when they can come and help you with packing, or unpacking. • Update all personal documents that include your address. Notify your employer, banks, post office, and insurance companies of your move date and change in address.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE B RE THE BIG MOVE
• Clean up every room once you’ve packed all the items in it. • Disassemble furniture that you won’t be using in the following days and pack or prepare for moving. • Set aside all items that you won’t be needing, and schedule for a pickup by the local Salvation Army, Goodwill, or any organization you decide to donate them to. If you’re planning on a garage sale, now is the perfect time to do that. • File your leave from work for the days that you’ll be concentrating on the move. • Prepare a suitcase of things that you’ll need on the day of your big move, like towels, toiletries, clean clothes, etc. • Throw away all unneeded and unusable items, dispose of properly flammable items, such as leftover paint, spray cans, or propane. • Call up your relatives and friends who enlisted to help with the packing and moving and inform them of your schedule.
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