Moving Checklist

What To do after you’ve found a perfect home and/or sold your existing

1. Work with your loan officer to get fully approved for your loan.
(This is different than a pre-approval and only applies to buying a home.)

2. Utilities
(Companies that need to be contacted for name change)

• Phone Company
• Gas Company
• Electric Company
• Garbage
• Sewer & Water
• Cable/Satellite TV

3. Address Change

• Post Office – forwarding address
• Charge Accounts – credit cards, car, boat
• Subscriptions – takes several weeks
• Friends & Relatives
• Driver’s license
• Register for voting

4. Insurance

• Fire, Life, Auto, Health
• Home Owners Policy?
• Theft & Hazard Insurance

5. Delivery – Newspaper

6. Do you need to change doctors &/or dentists?

• Ask current for referral and change records over

7. Pets? – Check regulations, licensing, etc…

8. What to bring to closing (sellers only need letter B)

• Certified check or cashiers check made out to yourself
• Drivers license
• Insurance binder & paid receipt for home owner’s   insurance - ask loan officer for more info.
• 10 year history of residence