The Ultimate Moving Checklist for Your Acadiana Move

A move has a hundred moving parts, and the stress usually comes from doing them all at once. Spread the work across a few weeks and moving day gets a whole lot calmer. Here’s a simple checklist built for an Acadiana move.

4 weeks out

• Set your date and, if you’re hiring movers or a truck, book them now — summer and the first of the month fill up fast.
• Reserve your moving boxes. Book your totes so they’re on your porch when you’re ready to start.
• Start purging. Keep a donate bin going in every room. Less stuff, fewer boxes, cheaper move.
• Measure big furniture and doorways at the new place so nothing surprises you.

2 weeks out

• Start packing the stuff you don’t use daily — off-season clothes, books, decor, the garage.
• Label as you go. Write the room on the side of each tote, not the top, so you can read it when they’re stacked.
• Change your address with USPS, and update your bank, insurance, and subscriptions.
• Confirm utilities — schedule the shutoff at the old place and turn-on at the new one.

The week of

• Pack an “open first” tote: coffee maker, chargers, toilet paper, a change of clothes, basic tools. Load it last so it comes off first.
• Finish the kitchen and everyday items a day or two before.
• Keep a towel by each door — Louisiana weather doesn’t check your calendar.

Moving day

• Load heavy totes on the bottom of the dolly, light on top, and roll them three high.
• Do a final walk-through of every closet, cabinet, and the attic.
• Keep valuables and documents with you, not on the truck.
• Relax about the boxes — when you’re unpacked, we come pick the totes up. No breaking down cardboard.

The one that saves your back

Every one of our packages includes a dolly, so you’re never carrying a stack of totes across the yard by hand. Delivered, picked up, and gone when you’re done.

Ready to check the biggest box off your list? Reserve your moving boxes!