Some Suggestions And Recommendations That Should Make Relocation Less Stressful
If you are planning to move somewhere, it is going the most exciting experience, because you are going to a new place. You may be frightened. Relocating can bring you much stress and many changes. There is some useful guideline in this article that will give you some suggestions and recommendations that should make relocation less stressful. It will simplify the process if you can plan some things ahead.
Purge and sort. If you can be referred to a group of people that are called “pack rats”, these are people, that keep different papers even if they do not need them, the first thing you should do is to come to each room and decide what you should keep and what you do not need. Get rid of the things you do not use.
Secure your important documents. You can lose important documents in the move in order to know where they are placed. There is a list of documents that you should keep with you during your move and not put them in boxes:
• Bank Accounts and Credit Card Statements
• Birth Certificates and Adoption Papers
• Medical and Dental Records
• Insurance Policies
• Military Discharge Papers
• Marriage Records
• Passports, Visas, Citizenship/Naturalization Papers
• Stock Certificates and Bonds
• Special Recognition Certificates, School Records, and Diplomas
• Tax Returns
• Powers of Attorney
• Vehicle Titles
• Testament and Last Will
• Trust Documents
Make a binder and get a shoe box with lid. In the binder you should keep receipts and an inventory of all the things that you are relocating with.
Change your address. Here below you can find the list of the most important things you should do at least one month before your relocation:
- Call your banks to open new accounts and change your address.
- Call utility companies to move or to terminate service. Contact the new utility companies to provide service at new address. Utility companies include Gas, Telephone, Cable, Water, Oil and Electric.
- Call the DMV to change your address on your ID and on your vehicle registration.
- Go to the post office and change your address.
- Contact your brokerage companies, credit companies, magazines, subscriptions, insurance companies.
- Contact your relatives, friends, other associates or businesses that should be informed about your move.
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Start packing. Approximately a month before the move, you should start packing and put labels on the boxes. For this you need permanent markers, boxes and tape. Start by packing the things that you use less frequently or that you know you won’t use before the move.
Inform your human resource department and negotiate about the days off. Talk to your manager and tell him that you need some time to relocate for making unpacking. You should also advice your human resource department that you change address.
Call to the moving company. Contact the moving company and organize the move or reconfirm the arrangements already made.
If you follow these recommendations and make a plan in advance, your moving will be less stressful.
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February 18, 2010 | In: Real Estate