• Double check every room in the house before leaving, making sure that nothing is left. • Turn off all light switches, lock all windows and doors. • Make sure you arrive at your new home before the movers/entourage. • Inspect your new home, making sure all utilities are in working condition. • Clean up your new home while it is still empty of your stuff. Open windows and cabinet doors to let fresh air in. • Direct your movers through the unloading of your boxes, showing them where each box and piece of furniture must go. • Finally, unpack what you need for the rest of the day and set up your beds and beddings while you have help. • If your move went like most, it is probably after 11PM by the time you’ve gotten everything wrapped up for the first night in your new place. Pizza boxes are stacked on tables that are still wherever you first set them down. Soda and water bottles stand guard in the eerie quiet of unfamiliar surrounds that somehow feel like, well, home. You’ve got days, months, years of settling in yet to make this your home. But good job with this first day, and welcome home!
CHOOSING AND HIRIN G AND HIRING A MOVER
The checklist above is as thorough as it gets in most respects, with the weekly tasks to tick off as you go along the way. However, a big factor to consider is whether or not to hire a mover. Movers are a big help with all the items you need to pack, load, and transport over a long distance. If you are bringing several rooms of furniture and a family-sized load of personal possessions,
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