File a change of address form with the Post Office for each person receiving mail at your home.

Notify creditors, magazines, and book and record clubs of your new address.

Contact doctors and dentists for your family's medical records.

Ask your physicians for colleague recommendations in your new city.

Get copies of renewable prescriptions.

Decide which items should be discarded or donated to charity. (Consider sale).

Complete a home inventory listing each possession, date purchased and value. We will supply you with forms

Notify your local utilities to have your service turned off after your departure.

Contact utilities at your new home for connections.

Notify your children's schools, your church, clubs and any other organisations of your impending move.

Decide which items you will pack, and request packing materials from 1st Choice Removals at very competitive prices.

Sketch out the floor plan of your new home to determine placement of furnishings.

Make a list of names, addresses and numbers you will need or want to remember.

Pack your local phone book and Yellow Pages so you can contact businesses after your move.

Notify the removal company if you have changed anything about your move; household goods, destination, dates of the move, etc.

Make arrangements to move your plants and pets.

Transfer contents of safety deposit box.

Check home owners insurance policies to see if moving is covered.

Transfer insurance to cover fire, theft and personal property at your new home.

Plan your trip to your new destination. (Make travel accommodations, and if driving, have your car serviced).

Return borrowed things, and collect things you've loaned.

Make arrangements for servicing your appliances both at your current and your new home.

Dispose of flammables such as petrol, matches, cleaning fluids, bleach, pressurised aerosol cans.

Discontinue regular services such as newspaper, window cleaning, etc.

If moving your TV antenna or satellite dish, make arrangements to have it taken down.

Transfer bank and savings accounts so you don't lose interest.

Make arrangements to discontinue your local telephone service. (Your local telephone company can help

you establish phone service at your new home).

Determine which items you're taking with you.

If doing your own packing, pack these items and set aside in a designated area.

Have rugs and curtains cleaned. (Keep in protective bags).

Use up your frozen food supply or give it away.

Drain the fuel from lawnmowers and other power equipment.

Be on hand when the the removal firm arrives and throughout the loading process. (If you can't be there, make sure someone can be to direct the movers).

Make sure the driver has in writing the name and phone number of that person.

Accompany the driver during inventory. Check on the condition of your goods as they loaded.

Make a final tour of your home. See that nothing is overlooked.

Sign the bill of loading and make sure your new address and phone number are correct.

Lock all windows and doors, and turn off all switches.