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BIO ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vivian Cragg is a veteran at moving. She has been left behind by her husband 18 times to move their house while her husband starts his new job. She has used both professional moving companies and done it herself with the help of day laborers. This article is part of the information she learned during the last 30 years of following her husband and taking care of their move.

Moving your Utility Companies

Now you have to remember to turn off your utilities at your current home and get them hooked up at your new home.  You can call each company or actually get them connected online.

Before you move, you will want to search online and contact your local Chamber of Commerce. They normally have a page on their web site which has all of the utility company details. Electric company, gas company, telephone service, water company, cable service, waste disposal, and DMV.

How do I Set Up My Utilities?

Contact the utility companies at least several weeks prior to your move. Remember to contact your elecric utility company, gas utility company, cable TV company, drivers license/DMV, garbage,and internet provider. It really doesn’t take long for the utilities to be disconnected, so two weeks seems like plenty of lead time. At that time, be sure to supply your new address. If you were required to give a deposit, make sure they apply it to your last bill or send you a refund, whichever you prefer. It’s a good idea to have your utilities remain connected until the day after you move out. You don’t want to be left in the dark when you’re trying to move.  You may also want to leave your utilities on until the new owner takes ownership. Remember that your sprinklers are electric.  Also, if you haven’s sold your home, your real estate agent will want to turn on lights to show your home.

Connect Your Electric Utilities, Water Company, Cable TV Company, Gas Company

At the same time you are canceling your current utilities it is a good idea to contact your new utility companies. Make sure you have any necessary paperwork out of the way so that when you are in your new home everything is all set up. Have the utilities operating the day before you expect to be in your new home. A really important thing to handle - be sure that when your gas company turns on your meter to have them come in and check your pilot light. My sister just moved to a new location. When the gas company came by, they switched on the meter but never came in. Later in the day, we had to contact the gas company again, because she had a leak, scary!! Well they came within the hour and fixed the problem. That is one thing you do not want to tamper with.

One good suggestion is to take your yellow pages with you in case you need to contact anyone from your old location. It’s a good idea. Once you’ve been in your home for awhile, than recycle it.

Some OnLine Links

Connect Utilities can hook you up

Move Utilities will connect your utilities

White Fence helps you shop for your new utilities

Find links to contractors and utilitis such as electric utilities, water, sewer, garbage, telephone, home repair, plumbers, carpenters, etc.

BIO ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vivian Cragg is a veteran at moving. She has been left behind by her husband 18 times to move their house while her husband starts his new job. She has used both professional moving companies and done it herself with the help of day laborers. This article is part of the information she learned during the last 30 years of following her husband and taking care of their move.