Suggested Moving Preparations

Change of Address Notifications

Banks, Credit Unions, Savings and Loans Associations

See if your bank will transfer your account to a bank in your new location. If not, ask them to provide credit references so you can quickly establish new accounts. If you have items in a safe deposit box, don’t forget to retrieve them.

The Department of Motor Vehicles

Be sure to change the address of your driver's license.

Insurance Companies

Auto, Health, Life, Disability, etc.

Local Suppliers

Trash collections, milkman, diaper service, and any other regular delivery services you subscribe to.

Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions

May require up to six weeks notice to change their mailing list; each publication will have change-of-address forms and instructions.

Post Office

Use their change-of-address cards for forwarding your first-class mail. There may be a charge for forwarding magazines, etc.

Utility Companies

Gas, electricity, telephone, water, etc., will need advance notice to disconnect their services on your moving day.

If You're Moving to a New Area

Obtain medical records from your doctors and dentists and ask them to recommend new doctors and dentists in your destination area. Arrange to obtain all personal records such as school, birth, baptismal, marriage and other important certificates. Transfer your bank accounts. You may be able to have your present bank arrange credit references so that you can quickly establish new accounts.

Arrange for sufficient cash or traveler’s checks to cover expenses, including the moving company, until your new bank account is established. Unless special provisions are made in advance, your driver must be paid for your move before your goods will be unloaded.

About a Week Before You Move

Arrange for telephone, gas, electricity and water to be turned on in your new home.

Many of our customers have experienced initial delays or limits when obtaining new service for phone and/or cable. The phone company has shared with us the following information:

Deregulation within the industry and increased capacity requirements (as more people require more lines within a home) are the primary causes for delays.
Due to competition in the industry, service providers today are more likely to invest in the wiring and pairing of phone lines "just in time" for the demand. Combined with a greater average of lines per home, they are sometimes faced with the "provisioning" or rationing of lines, at least initially.

For that reason, the phone company advises that you order phones early as the best way to help ensure timely delivery of service. If lines are provisioned, primary lines to residences are installed first and orders for additional lines are installed later. Orders for service drive the demand for installations.

Quadrant wires your home to accommodate up to four lines. The availability of the lines is the responsibility of the phone company. Similar to phone lines, Quadrant wires your home for cable service, but the cable company is responsible for cable service. We suggest you contact your cable service provider for specific information regarding your order for service as soon as you purchase.