Checklist for Moving to NH

5 to 8 Weeks Before Moving 

• Calculate moving expenses
• Determine the best method of moving
• Create a moving-expense receipt file
• Create a moving binder

• Review household finances
• Verify that your belongings are insured for the move
• Appraise valuables specifically insured for the move
• Transfer insurance policies to your new address
• Transfer medical insurance to your new location

• Notify your employer of your moving dates and new address
• Transfer, sell, or discontinue any memberships

• Organize important records
• Contact your doctor, dentist, and vet for referrals
• Request additional refills of vital medications

• Collect shopping and dining guides from your new community
• Determine the location of the police, fire department and hospitals
• Change drivers/vehicle license address if required
• Place orders for new furniture

• Obtain estimates from several moving services
• Request references from each moving service
• Select moving service
• Discuss rough details with movers

• Inventory and organize all possessions
• Begin using food and cleaning supplies currently on hand
• Start cleaning closets, bookcases, and other storage areas
• Conduct a sale or donate to charity
• Decide what furniture items you want to keep
• Reserve storage if necessary

• Make any long distance travel arrangements 

• Research and choose bank at the new location
• Open new bank account
• Order bank checks with your new address
• Close any local charge accounts

• Schedule disconnection of utilities
• Change your address with government agencies if required
• Clear up any unpaid taxes or parking tickets
• Transfer car registration to your new location  

• Register your children in their new schools
• Forward children’s school records to the new school district

• Order mailing labels with your new address
• Determine if there are pet requirements at the new location
• Schedule move with the building management at the new location
• Schedule cable television installation if required
• Schedule internet installation if required
• Contact utility companies and sign up for new service  

• Confirm your move date with your moving service

• Reserve a truck or trailer
• Begin enlisting assistance for moving day

• Start collecting boxes, tape, and padding
• Arrange for disposal of items not sold or donated
• Begin letting children do some of their own packing and labeling
• Begin packing books, seasonal clothing, or sporting equipment
• Send furniture, drapes, and carpets for repair or cleaning
• Have appliances serviced for moving, if applicable  

• Arrange for child care the day of the move

• Transfer your bank accounts to new bank or new location
• Close existing bank accounts at old location
• Empty safe-deposit box
• Organize appliance documents
• Make arrangements to pay for your move
• Buy traveler’s checks

• Fill out mail change of address cards
• Distribute new address
• If no longer required, cancel local deliveries
• Cancel newspaper delivery
• Take trash to dump or recycling center
• Coordinate with friend to act as your message center

• Have medical and dental records forwarded
• Contact your pharmacist for referral
• Transfer your prescriptions to this new pharmacy  

• Contact previous residents for appliance documentation
• Subscribe to the local newspapers and community newsletters  

• Check with mover about moving house plants
• Obtain moving service contact numbers
• Acquire labels for boxes (for example, Fragile, Load First)
• Verify that the moving service has your contact numbers
• Give moving service written directions to the new location

• Move possessions to storage facility if necessary
• Confirm assistance for moving day
• Verify dolly available with truck rental

• Clean appliances
• Pick up all dry cleaning
• Pack items that you do not use regularly
• Pack all valuables to move personally
• Locate hazardous waste disposal sites
• Drain all fluids from your lawn mower and power tools
• Dispose of all hazardous household materials
• Have mover pack your goods (unless doing it yourself)
• Pack travel bags and confirm travel arrangements  

• Have your automobile serviced if you’re traveling by car
• Plan auto route
• Plan meals that will use up the food in your freezer
• Empty, defrost, and clean refrigerator and freezer
• Prepare a survival kit for move day
• Prepare your pet’s survival kit
• Prepare an immediate-need kit for move day

• Have tools, tape, twine, and spare boxes on hand
• Be present throughout the entire move
• Verify all possessions have been packed and loaded
• Make sure fragile items are handled carefully
• Pack cleaning supplies, including a vacuum cleaner in a box labeled “Load Last”
• Verify that bedding gets packed last     

• Empty, defrost, and clean the new refrigerator 
• Designate a room for your pet
• Have snacks and drinks on hand throughout the day

• Be present throughout the entire move
• Make sure fragile items are handled carefully
• Review all paperwork when the movers arrive
• Pay moving service before unpacking
• Check carefully for damaged or missing items
• Read and sign bill of lading
• Retain copies of the bill of lading and inventory

• Put valuables into a safety deposit box in the new bank

• Arrange for new registration of cars (bicycles also, if required)
• Have pets licensed
• Change your voter registration, if required  

• Contact new dentists and doctors to verify record delivery
• Get recommendations for babysitters, nanny agencies, other services
• Verify that new schools have received records
• Update driver’s license and car license plates

• Make additional sets of keys and change locks if necessary
• Ask for repair service recommendations
• Meet your neighbors (write down their names)
• Find out about recycling at the new location
• Enjoy your new home!