Relocation Information Request
Thinking about making Scottsdale or Paradise Valley your new home?
Please be sure to contact me. As a licensed Scottsdale real estate agent, I’d be happy to:
- Consult with you on everything you need to know about real estate in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley: straight-up information on all greater Phoenix’s districts and neighborhoods.
- Take you on a tour when you arrive. I’ll show you around and help you pick the right part of Scottsdale or Paradise Valley for you.
- Help you pre-qualify and arrange financing.
- Help you find the perfect Scottsdale home or condo – in the neighborhood you want, with the schools you want, and at a price that fits your budget.
- Take you through the entire process of buying real estate in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Found your Scottsdale real estate? Here are some hints to make your move easier:
So you’ve found your dream home in Scottsdale or Paradise Valley, Arizona. Congratulations on choosing one of the best places in the country to live. Now there’s just the small matter of getting here.
Following these guidelines might make your move to your Scottsdale dream home a little easier.
Two months before Moving
- Open a file, to keep all paperwork (quotations, estimates, receipts, etc.) involved in your move to Paradise Valley or Scottsdale, Arizona.
- If you’ll be using a moving company, now’s the time to get estimates.
- If you’ll be moving yourself, get quotes from truck rental companies.
- To prepare for furniture and appliance placement in your new Scottsdale home, create a floor plan.
- Start getting rid of the clutter! Check your attic, garage, etc. and start making a list of the items you’ll need to move to your Scottsdale home… and the things you can live without.
- If you have school-aged children, arrange to have their school records transferred to your local Scottsdale schools.
Six weeks before moving to your luxury Scottsdale home
- Decide on your moving or truck rental company.
- Go to your local Post Office and pick up change-of-address cards.
- Consider taking out a subscription to one of the Phoenix or Scottsdale newspapers, to keep abreast of what’s happening in your new neighborhood… including real estate developments in the Scottsdale area.
- Arrange for storage facilities, if applicable.
- Get all your medical records from your doctor.
- Get appraisals on all artwork, antiques or other valuables.
- Think about using up foodstuffs and other consumables you don’t want to take with you to your new Scottsdale home.
Four weeks before moving to Scottsdale
- Arrange to have your current utilities disconnected the day after your move; arrange for connections the day before your move for your luxury Scottsdale home.
- Reserve your rental truck, if you’re moving yourself.
- If you’re doing your own packing, get boxes and other materials and start packing things you don’t need until you’ve reached your new Scottsdale home.
- If you need special arrangements to move pets or plants, make them now.
- Double check whether your insurance covers any damage suffered in transit.
- Make arrangements for your big garage sale.
Three weeks before you move to your new home in Scottsdale
- Get rid of anything that can’t be moved, such as dangerous items.
- If moving from another state, prepare to transfer your car’s registration.
- Book the freight elevator if you live in an apartment.
- Arrange for childcare on moving day.
- Host your garage sale.
Two weeks before moving day
- Find creative ways to get rid of things nobody bought at your garage sale.
- Make sure your car is serviced, in advance of your move.
- Return library books or other borrowed items.
- Collect anything you’ve lent out to others.
- Cancel your local newspaper.
- Advise all creditors of your move, and give them the address of your new Scottsdale home.
- Make sure you have all the medications you need; transfer prescriptions.
One week before moving to your new Paradise Valley or Scottsdale home
- Banking: transfer accounts to Scottsdale, cancel and empty safe deposit box.
- If you have power equipment you’re moving, drain them of fuel.
- Donate un-moveable plants and other items to neighbors.
- If you’ve made travel reservations, confirm them.
Two to three days before moving day
- Pack your belongings, or have your movers do it.
- If you’ll be moving any major appliances, disconnect them and get them ready.
- Put aside everything you want to take with you in your car. (Don’t let it get accidentally loaded into the moving truck.)
- Pack the items you’ll need when you first arrive in Scottsdale, and set them aside. Mark that box “load last”, so it will be first off the truck.
- Call the movers and confirm the arrival time of your truck.
- Confirm arrival time of your moving van.
- If moving yourself, dismantle beds and other large furniture.
Moving day!
- If you are using a moving company, make sure someone is there (at your old house) to answer any questions they may have.
- Take note of all utility meter readings.
- If the moving company has given you an inventory, go over it very carefully before signing it. And make sure you keep it in a safe place.
Delivery day: first day in your new Scottsdale home.
- Make sure you’re ready to pay the movers by the agreed method. Chances are, they won’t unload until they’re paid (on an inter-state move especially).
- Supervise all the unloading and unpacking of your goods.
- Carefully check all your belongings NOW. Take note of any damage.
- Congratulations. You now own real estate in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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