Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156763 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From the Back Cover
Moving can be a highly emotional time filled with excitement—and with panic. From selecting a real estate agent and finding a new home to transferring medical records and registering your vehicle, there are hundreds of steps involved in making a successful move. Fortunately, you don’t have to go it alone!

The Moving Survival Guide will help you make informed decisions and keep your family organized and motivated before, during, and after your move. Part how-to book, part workbook, this friendly guide leads you through the daunting tasks of selling, packing, and relocating your household. Within these pages author Martha Poage—who has successfully moved her family nine times in eleven years—offers practical advice and tried-and-true tips, including:
Extensive planning calendars
Detailed to-do lists
Helpful worksheets
Easy recordkeeping guidelines that will be invaluable at tax time
Ideas to involve the whole family
Proven advice to keep you focused, informed, and energized for your move

The Moving Survival Guide will ensure you don’t forget a single important task during this busy and exciting time.

About the Author
Author Martha Poage has become an expert at relocation by moving her family seven times in eight years; from one end of the country to the other, across town and across the street. She currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, but is always prepared for the next move.

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BOX OF ITEMS FOR THE NEW OWNERS

If you own your home, remember to leave a box of apporpriate items for the new owners. This box should contain product warranty instruction manuals and a list of service providers with their names and phone numbers that pertain to your home or neighborhood. Mark this box as follows -- "TO THE NEW OWNERS -- DO NOT LOAD ON TRUCK."

Stove (Cook Top) Manual
Oven Manual
Microwave Manual
Dishwasher Manual
Refrigerator Manual
Garbage Disposal Manual
Water Softener Manual
Hot Water Heater Manual
Furnace Manual
Humidifier Manual
Swamp Cooler Manual
Central Vacuum System Manual
Gas Fireplace Manual
Thermostat Manual
Security System Manual
Sprinkler System MAnual
Garage Door Opener(s)
Jacuzzi Manual
Pool/Hot Tub Manual
Fountain Manual
Homeowner's Manual
Local Telephone Books
Neighborhood Telephone Directory
Local Maps
House Blueprints/Floor Plans
Lawn Service Provider
Builder's Name and Phone Number
Pool Service Provider
Snow Removal Service Provider

Customer Reviews

not helpful at all
She shows you her planning calendar for moving and actually has scheduled in "recieve an offer on our house" for a specific day"?! As if you could plan when this happens (if only it were that easy). She also refers more than once to how difficult her first move was when she had way too much stuff to move. Now she is careful to control how much stuff she has to make moving easier. That's great but for those of us a few months away from that first big move with too much stuff hearing how she got it all weeded through and packed up would have been more helpful.

A wealth of information, and checklists!
The best thing I can say about this book is that it *thoroughly* helps you get organised for your move- and that is saying a lot!

One of the hardest things about moving is the upheaval and disorganisation it causes. This book will help you, step by step, by identifying potential pitfalls for you to avoid and by providing you with checklists to help you avoid forgetting anything during the tumult of moving.

I really can't say enough about the checklists. I've moved twice since purchasing this book and these lists have been a lifesaver! The author is so very thorough that I felt calm and at ease knowing that as long as each line had a tick in the box, I was going to be ok- and I was!

If you're thinking about buying a book to help with your move you may as well put this one in your cart and head to the check out. I would recommend it over several others as the only book you need. (Of course, I might supplement it with a city guide if you happen to be relocating all the way to a new city as opposed to across town.)

Its Ok, but not extraordinary
Maybe I was expecting something different, but the recommendations in this book seemed to be basic and the lists overly complicated. It should be retiled `Moving for Dummies.'
Also, this book is really not for renters or low budget movers. Most of the information is relevant only to people who own their own home and are relocating at somebody else's expense.