If you have a move coming up and want to save some time and headaches, feel free to use this free handy moving checklist, prepared by our team at Viktoria Professional Movers Vancouver!
1 to 2 months before moving:
- Call Viktoria Professional Movers Vancouver for a free in-home estimate: (604) 628-6543 or Toll Free: 1 (877) 399-1315
- Have a garage sale
- Get packing supplies if packing yourself
- Obtain medical and dental records
- Ask your doctor and dentist for referrals and transfer prescriptions
- Transfer your memberships
- Make any necessary travel arrangements
- Fill out change of address forms
- Record serial numbers of electronic equipment, if possible take pictures or video tape of your belongings
- Start a moving expenses log, as some of your expenses may be tax deductible
2 to 4 weeks before moving:
- Reserve the service elevator if moving from an apartment
- Switch utility services to your new address – inform telephone, cable, hydro companies of your move
- Confirm travel reservations if necessary
- Check the contents of your safe-deposit box. Pack and carry all valuables such as jewelry, insurance policies, legal documents and important collections with you
- Clean or arrange for a cleaning service to clean your home
- Prepare your children for the move by encouraging them to prepare their own special box with toys, games and snacks for the trip
- Transfer your newspaper and magazine subscriptions to your new address or discontinue delivery
- Start packing (if packing yourself)
- Number all of your boxes, label each box according to its contents, specially mark fragile contents and keep an inventory list
A few days before moving:
- Collect house keys and arrange to leave them with the new owners, your real estate agent or landlord
- Double check all closets, shelves, your garage, etc. to be sure they are empty
- Finish packing
On the moving day:
- Ensure the movers have all your destination details, exchange phone numbers and have your cell phone with you in case you need to contact your movers, etc.
- Walk through your home with the crew to survey the work to be done and make sure your instructions/wishes are clearly understood
- Assist the movers by ensuring that items are delivered to the correct room
- Carry important documents, currency and jewelry yourself
- Complete a last minute check of all rooms and closets
- Make sure you shut off all appliances
About the Company
Viktoria Professional Movers Vancouver is a professional moving company in Vancouver BC, providing high quality local and long distance moving services throughout Canada. By helping to educate our clients on topics that can help them plan and execute a successful move, we are fulfilling our directive of taking the stigma out of hiring professional movers in Vancouver, and helping to make the moving process a stress-free experience overall.
Call Viktoria Professional Movers Vancouver BC at: (604) 628-6543 or Toll Free: 1 ( 877) 399-1315 or fill out our Free Moving Estimate form for a FREE Consultation in regards to your next local or long distance residential move in Vancouver BC or elsewhere in Canada.
