To help organize your move, print this page, keep it handy, and check it off as you go.

• If possible, allow up to 30 days to plan your move and schedule any activities you want to complete before moving day.
• Avoid peak periods for moving, if possible: the first few days and the last few days of the month are times when everyone wants to move.
• Start planning early and you'll be surprised how smoothly things can go.
• The following checklist is designed to help you plan.

4 to 6 Weeks Before Your Move

• Conduct an inventory. Decide what to move and what not to move.
• Make arrangements for your trip (hotel & airline reservations, drive routing, etc.)
• Schedule a moving sale for items you won't move. Donate other items to charitable organizations (ask for a receipt for tax records).
• Arrange for packing, A-1 Freeman designated Corporate Coordinator can make these arrangements for you.
• Gather your personal records: medical, dental, school, birth, baptism, marriage, etc.
• Close local department store and other local charge accounts.
• Arrange with previous employer to forward tax withholding forms.

Make arrangements to discontinue
(and make arrangements to start these services in your new location):

Newspaper delivery	Water softener service	Electricity (check for refund)
Water service	Gas service (check for refund)	Fuel or oil delivery
Garbage collection	Lawn/pool service	Other household services

Mail change of address cards to:

Post office	Social Security office	Insurance companies	Credit cards
Magazines	Friends & Relatives	Mail order accounts

2 to 3 Weeks Before Your Move

• Fill, transfer and pack prescriptions for family and pets.
• Arrange for shipments of plants and pets. Get immunization records for pets.
• Safely dispose of or give away all flammables (paints, paint removers, etc.) as they will be impossible to move.

The Week Before Your Move

• Defrost refrigerator and freezer, plus allow air-drying to prevent mildew. Arrange for disposal of frozen foods (sell, give away, or eat). Clean oven.
• Transfer/close checking and savings accounts.
• Drain fuel and oil from lawn mowers and other power equipment.
• Drain garden hoses.
• Pack items to be carried in car. Label "Do not move."
• Gather valuables from safe deposit box, drawers, jewelry cases, personal records. Pack safely to take with you.
• Send clothing, draperies, curtains, rugs out for cleaning and leave in wrapping. Take down curtain rods, shelves, TV antenna
• Have car serviced for trip and have proof of insurance in car.

Moving Day

• Remember to pack a box of the basics you'll need on move-in day (tools, paper products, all-purpose household cleaners, etc.). Be sure to have it loaded last so that it will be first off at your new home.
• Pack suitcases for trip. Remove all bed linens.
• Be available to check items on inventory sheet.
• Conduct a last minute walk through with your van operator. Make sure windows are closed, closets are empty, lights out and doors locked.

Delivery Day

• Be available to check off items on the inventory as they are removed from the van.

 

Hug-Condon Moving and Storage Company, Inc.
632 Time Saver Avenue
Harahan, LA 70123
(504) 733-1483
Toll Free: 800-326-7774
Fax: (504) 733-1457
E-Mail: hugcon@bellsouth.net