🏡 Top 10 Key Steps When Moving After Selling Your Home

Confirm Your Closing Date

• Double-check the final closing timeline with your agent and title company so you can plan your move-out date accurately.

Hire Movers or Reserve a Truck

• Compare quotes from movers early or reserve a rental truck if you’re doing it yourself. Moving companies book up fast near month-end.

Declutter and Donate

• Go room by room and purge items you don’t want to bring. Donate, sell, or toss to save time and money on moving day.

Collect Important Documents

• Keep closing papers, IDs, medical records, school info, and moving receipts in one folder or box you’ll carry with you.

Change Your Address

• Update your address with USPS, banks, insurance, utilities, subscriptions, and the Secretary of State (for your driver’s license and registration).

Schedule Utility Transfers

• Arrange shut-off or transfer dates for electricity, gas, water, internet, and trash services so you’re not paying after you leave.

Pack Strategically

• Label boxes by room and mark “open first” on essentials (toiletries, basic kitchen items, bedding, and tools).

Clean the Home for the Buyer

• Leave the property broom-clean per your contract, remove trash, and patch small nail holes if agreed upon.

Complete the Final Walkthrough

• Make sure everything agreed to in the sale (like appliances or fixtures) is in place and the property is ready for handoff.

Settle Into Your New Place