Moving Guide
The Moving Checklist We Wish Every Customer Had
After a thousand-plus moves around the Tri-Cities, we can tell within five minutes whether a household prepped from a checklist. Those moves run faster, cost less, and end with calmer customers. This is the checklist we wish everyone had.
4 weeks out
- Book your movers — good dates go first, especially month-end
- Start decluttering: donate, sell or dump what isn’t worth moving
- Order packing supplies (or book a packing service)
- Give notice to your landlord if renting
- Start a "moving folder" for quotes, receipts and important papers
2–3 weeks out
- Pack rooms you rarely use — garage, guest room, off-season clothes
- Label every box with room + contents, and mark FRAGILE loudly
- File your USPS change of address
- Schedule utility disconnects and connects (power, water, internet)
- Update your address with bank, employer, insurance, subscriptions
- Arrange kids and pets for moving day — both are safer elsewhere
Final week
- Finish all packing except daily essentials
- Pack an "open first" box: chargers, toiletries, medications, kettle, tools, toilet paper
- Defrost and dry the fridge/freezer at least 24 hours ahead
- Confirm details with your movers — time, addresses, parking
- Empty and disconnect washer, dryer and any gas appliances
Moving day
Be there when the crew arrives for a quick walkthrough, point out anything fragile or staying behind, and do a final sweep of closets, cabinets and the attic before the truck leaves. At the new place, direct boxes by their room labels — future you will be grateful.
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