Checklist for sellers

• Provide the post office with your forwarding address 2 to 4 weeks ahead of the move.
• Notify your credit card companies, magazine subscriptions, and bank of your change of address.
• Create a list of friends, relatives, and business colleagues who need to be notified about your move.
• Arrange to disconnect utilities and have them connected at your new home.
• Cancel the newspaper, or change the address so it will arrive at your new home.
• Check insurance coverage for the items you’re moving. Usually movers only cover what they pack.
• Clean out appliances and prepare them for moving, if applicable.
• Have a “first open” box with the things you will need most, such as toilet paper, soap, trash bags, scissors, hammer, screwdriver, pencils and paper, cups and plates, water, snacks, and toothpaste.

Further consideration hereinafter, if you’re moving out of town, be sure to:

• Get copies of medical & dental records and prescriptions for your family and pets.
• Get copies of children’s school records for transfer.
• Ask friends for introductions to anyone they know in your new neighbourhood overseas.
• Consider special needs for pets when traveling.
• Let a friend or relative know your route.
• Empty your safety deposit box.