Home Moving
Make your home moving fun! Save time and money in finding moving services and materials.
Home moving checklist
Checklist with deadlines is a must in home moving. Some ideas about the contents of your checklist:
- Arrange a van company
- Arrange renting or buying moving supplies
- Transfer of your children's school records
- Transfer of your medical, dental, and veterinarian records
- Home inspection and settlement for you new home
- Cancel and order utilities, newspapers, and trash removal services in your current and new locations
- Change of address and other notifications
- Car registrations, insurance policy cancellations and new policies
- Tag your items when packing
Your home moving options
- Full-service moving companies
- Self-service moving companies
- Automobile movers
- Piano movers
- Office movers
- Arts and antique movers
- Truck rental and storage companies
Protect your rights in home moving
Get the estimate (binding or non-binding) in writing. Remember: "order for service" is not a contract. "Bill of lading" is a contract. Truck driver must give you the bill of lading before loading. You also need to sign it.
Non-binding estimates. 110 percent rule: if the final expenses exceed 100 percent of the estimate, mover is required to deliver the household goods and collect the additional 10 percent in 30 days.
Home moving insurance
Basic limited liability insurance coverage is required by law.
Additional moving insurance coverage for "replacement value" covers more.
Full value coverage is for full value replacement and repair without deducting any depreciation.
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