• Create a home inventory of household goods -- lists, video and photos
• Review pet care and travel plans
• Contact your car insurance company about coverage in transit and at your new location
• Make sure you have duplicates of car, luggage and other important keys
• Give a copy of your travel plans with date, route and contact phone numbers and important documents to a friend or sponsor.
• Give a copy to your Realtor, too!

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--After you know your new address, you can take a copy of your ratified contract to the school system your kids will attend, and register them right away...in most cases, you will not need to have physically moved in for them to begin attending classes.

--Before your closing, you will need to secure hazard insurance for that address, and give the contact info to your real estate agent and/or closing company so they may make sure that your coverage is instated per your lender's instructions.

--Did you know you can call Dominion Virginia Power, 1-888-667-3000 toll free, tell them you want to transfer or connect new service at your address, and once your account is created, they can transfer you to a coordinator who will assist you in connecting all other applicable utilities required for your new address...one call does it all!