Think about your new home layout and start thinking about where you'll place the furniture. Create a floor plan of your new home that will prevent the stress of making decisions when your furniture arrives at your new home.

Plan on taking all important documents, such as wills, stock certificates, and other one of a kind items (jewelry, coin collection, photos etc.).

It is the time to take a look at what you own, and decide what must go and what can be left behind. All items such as old books, magazines, broken items, old toys can be left behind.

Organize your move by deciding and making lists of what items you will not transport, what items we will move and what items you will move yourself.

Make a decision if the items not going that will be sold at a garage sale, picked by a charity or trash it.

Make a decision on who will do most of the packing or all the packing.

Notify us if there are any changes in the dates of your move. If you will need any additional accessorial service such as piano moving, packing and unpacking, storage you should inform us. Also inform us if you add or subtract items from your planned shipment.

Decide how much packing your will handle yourself. You should inform us of any items that you decided for him/her to pack.

Consider giving your plants to friends or a charity if you are moving from one state to another. Some state laws prohibit the moving of houseplants.

Make transportation arrangements for your pets. Take your pets to your veterinarian to ensure proper up to date health certificates and rabies inoculations. Some states will require these documents.

You will need to carry all valuable jewelry with you. If you have any valuables around the house, be sure to collect them before leaving.

Disassemble and disconnect your computer system before your move. Back up all your computer files on a disk. Consider taking all back up files disks with you in the car. Exposure to extreme temperatures can damage your software.

Make final packing decisions. Clean and clear your home including closets, basement and attics and the items that you will take.

Dispose of items that represent a hazard and are not allowed to be shipped.

Tape and seal all cleaning fluids that are non-toxic, non-flammable in plastic bags.

Drain your lawn mower, snow blower, power tools of all the oil and gasoline to ensure safe transportation.

If you need to store anything call us about storage options available.

Make sure to mark which items you'll take yourself, so the movers won't take them or have any questions.

Make sure you haven't overlooked anything in the house.

Mark your boxes to be shipped with "Fragile", "Do Not Load", "Load Last" stickers.

Make sure we know the address and phone number your new home. You should also provide an address and phone number of where you can be reached until you will get to your new home.

Be on hand when the driver arrives and throughout the loading process. (If you won't be there, make sure someone will be there to direct the movers. Make sure the driver has in writing the name and phone number of that person.)

Make a final tour of your home. See that nothing is overlooked.

Sign the bill of lading and make sure your new address and phone number are correct.

Be on hand to pay the driver with cash, traveler's check, certified check or money order once your goods have been unloaded.