Moving is always a stressful time. And one of the things that makes moving so stressful is handling all of the details involved in changing your address. When you think of all people and organizations that currently have you listed with your old change of address, the process can seem overwhelming.
That s why we created this Change of Address Checklist. We ve tried to list the most common people and organizations you may want to notify when you move, as well as a few uncommon ones.
The list is broken into two groups. The first group is the list of common utilities to contact and potentially transfer to your new residence. The second group is composed of everyone else.
Change of Address Checklist: Utilities
__ Cable and/ or satellite television
__ Cell phone service (you may be able to keep your current carrier after the move)
__ Electricity
__ Gas
__ Internet and/ or broadband cable line provider
__ Local phone service (you may want to consider shifting over to a low cost service such as MagicJack or consolidate everything onto your wireless phone)
__ Long distance phone service (see above)
__ Propane tanks and service
__ Recycling pick up (depends on your municipality)
__ Sewer service (depends on your municipality)
__ Security system (you may want to suggest to the new resident to pick up the same service
__ Trash pick up (depends on your municipality)
__ Water (often this can be done at the same time as the water service)
Change of Address Checklist: Non Utilities
__ Accountant/tax preparer
__ Alumni associations
__ Attorneys
__ Babysitter/ child care provider
__ Banks (auto loans, checking accounts, credit cards, home equity, IRA’s, mortgage, safe deposit box, savings account)
__ Broker
__ Business cards (order new ones)
__ Cell phone provider
__ Child care/ daycare
__ Chiropractor
__ Courts, especially for traffic tickets or local disputes
__ Credit bureaus
__ Credit card issuers
__ Dentist
__ Department of Motor Vehicles
__ Diaper service
__ Doctor
__ Dry cleaning pick up and delivery
__ Family members
__ Health clubs
__ House cleaning service
__ House of worship
__ Insurance providers (auto, health, life, other vehicles)
__ IRS (form 8822)
__ Lawn care
__ Luggage tags (replace existing ones)
__ Magazine subscriptions
__ New business cards
__ New employer
__ Newspaper subscriptions
__ Old employer
__ Orthodontist
__ Parent teacher association
__ Passport
__ Pet sitter/ dog walker/ pet day care
__ Pharmacy (BONUS: get year to date expense summary for taxes)
__ Physical therapist
__ Physician (BONUS: get referral for new location)
__ Post office
__ Professional organizations
__ Retirement plan holders
__ Return address labels (order new ones)
__ Schools (BONUS: get copies of transcripts)
__ Snow removal service
__ Social Security Administration
__ Swimming pool maintenance (pool cleaning, pool opening or closing)
__ Swimming pool memberships
__ Veterinarian BONUS get vet records and recommendations
__ Water delivery service
You ll want to be able to approach your notification of people in terms of doing a little bit at a time over the course of several weeks. Otherwise you re likely to get overwhelmed and maybe even a little discouraged. We recommend doing as much as possible online, mostly because you can store most of the information needed in a small Notepad document and then just copy and paste the critical information into the appropriate blanks. It s also quicker than trying to do it over the phone.
If you follow this basic list for notifying others of your change of address, you should be in good shape.
Good luck with your move!
Author Resource:
Scott Clendaniel is a consultant and frequent author on topics related to moving. You can visit his website at http://www.movers-edge.com . One of the most popular topics there is The Change of Address Guide (http://www.movers-edge.com/Change-of-Address-s/35.htm ).
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