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Example closing and moving plan
The plan your agent sends once you accept an offer: what to do when, what to bring on closing day, how to protect your money, and what we still do for you after the keys are handed over.
- 7Steps on the timeline
- 5Lists to work through
- 1Rule: never by email
- For lifeWe stay in touch
Every date from yes to settled in
Your money protected at closing
Your agent is still your agent
Your moving timeline
- Days before3030 days before
Get three quotes from movers and book one; start packing the rooms you use least
- Days before2121 days before
Set the dates to transfer or stop electricity, gas, water, internet and rubbish collection
- Days before1414 days before
Forward your mail; give your new address to your bank, insurer, employer and doctor
- Days before77 days before
Confirm the movers, the signing time and the walk-through; set aside the keys, remotes and manuals
- ClosingDayClosing day
Final walk-through, signing at the title company, keys handed over
- Week1The week after
Your proceeds arrive; we check in with you
- Year1One year on
Your Market Report for your new home, and a note from your agent
Before, during and after closing
Before closing day
- Book the movers
- Transfer or stop electricity, gas, water, internet and rubbish collection, from the day after closing
- Forward your mail
- Leave the garage remotes, spare keys, gate and alarm codes, and the appliance manuals in a kitchen drawer
- Leave paint colours, warranty papers and the names of your service people for the buyer
The final walk-through
- Everything agreed in the inspection response is done, with receipts on the counter
- Every appliance that stays is working, and the home is broom clean
- Nothing left behind that the contract did not include
At signing
- Photo ID
- The bank details for your proceeds, given to the title company by phone, never by email
- Your mortgage account number, so the title company can pay it off
- Any keys not left at the home
After closing
- Cancel your home insurance only once the sale has recorded, never before
- Keep your closing statement with your tax papers
- Transfer your home warranty to the buyer if the contract says so
- Check that your mail is reaching your new address
Protect your proceeds
Criminals send fake emails with new bank instructions at closing. Before giving or changing any bank details, call the title company at a number you already have, never one from an email. We will never email you bank instructions.
We stay in touch
Your agent stays in touch: questions about your next home, someone you know who is moving, or the market where you used to live.
Greg JamesYour agent
Greg prepares the real one
For your home, from the actual sales near you.
