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Moving To-Do List Template

Thirty tasks every move involves, in the order they need to happen: eight weeks out (quotes, decluttering, records), four weeks (book the movers, change the address), two weeks (notify everyone, the essentials box), moving week (defrost, photograph the wiring, cash for tips), and moving day and after (walk-through, keys, smoke detectors). Each stretch shows its own progress in Excel and Google Sheets; the PDF prints the whole timeline on one page.

Three formats

The moving list, three ways.

Excel — progress per stretch

All 30 tasks pre-filled with ✓ boxes, notes and due columns, a percent per stretch, and Done overall.
Moving to-do list with five timeline sections from eight weeks out to moving day and after, each pre-filled with checkbox tasks and notes and due columns
PDF

Printable PDF

The one-page timeline for the kitchen counter: five sections, thirty tasks, notes and due columns.
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Word (.docx)

The timeline as a Word document — add the mover's name and the utility account numbers and keep it.
Worth knowing

The essentials box is the task people skip and regret.

Every move has one box that should never go on the truck: chargers, medications, a change of clothes, the kettle, toilet paper, the documents, the tools to assemble the bed. It is on the two-weeks list because it needs to be packed while you can still find things, and it is the difference between a first night and a bad first night.

Photograph everything with a serial number and every cable before it is unplugged. Two minutes with a phone, and the insurance claim or the TV setup a week later is trivial.

The address list to update
Change of Address Checklist
Everyone who needs the new address.
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What the move costs
Household Budget
Deposits, movers, the first month.
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The other big timeline
Wedding To-Do List
Five stretches, 31 tasks.
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Frequently asked questions

What is in the pre-filled list?
The tasks that apply to almost every household move — quotes, decluttering, boxes, records, the USPS change of address, utilities, notifications, the essentials box, defrosting, photographing electronics wiring, cash for tips, the walk-through, keys, smoke detectors, and the licence and registration afterward. Add your own on the blank line in each stretch: the piano, the pets' vet records, the school transfer.
What if the move is in two weeks, not eight?
Work the sections from the bottom up. The moving-week and moving-day sections are non-negotiable; the eight-weeks tasks — decluttering, three quotes — get compressed or skipped. The order still tells you what to do first.
Why a percent per stretch?
Because an overall number hides where you are. Being 60% done overall with the moving-week section at 0% two days before the truck is the situation the per-stretch percent exists to show early.
Is there a packing list?
The essentials-box task is the one packing item that saves the first night; a room-by-room packing inventory is a different document, and the to-do checklist template with your own section headings (Kitchen, Bedroom 1, Garage) is the quickest way to build one.
Updated through September 2026