A Resource List for a Suburban Move

The residential moving experts at All My Sons Moving & Storage offer a resource list for your suburban move. 

Learn how to find your next home, get rid of unwanted items, make moving announcements, and more in the following list of resources designed to help you complete your suburban move.

Search for homes in the area that you are moving to.

• Get Started on Your House Hunt: Check out the All My Sons Moving & Storage guide, “How to Choose a House in 2025.”

• Determine How Much Mortgage You Can Afford: Use the Mortgage Calculator on Calculator.net, Bankrate, or NerdWallet. 

• Search Listings on National Databases: Start your house hunt on sites like Zillow, Realtor.com, Redfin, Trulia, and Homes.com. 

• Research Neighborhoods: Get information on your next neighborhood from Neighborhood Scout, Area Vibes, Best Neighborhood, and Trulia.

An organized move is an efficient move. Start getting organized for your move with the following resources.

• Create Your Checklist: Check out the All My Sons Moving & Storage guide, “How to Create a Moving Checklist: What Not to Forget.”

• Pre-made Checklists from All My Sons:  Those making the home ownership jump for the first time can check out “Moving Checklist for First-Time Homeowners” and seasoned homebuyers who need a little extra help can try “Moving Checklist for Homeowners.”

• Decide What Time of Year to Move: Look at the statistics on moving year-round in “What is Peak Season? Data From All My Sons Moves” and decide when to make your apartment move.

• Make a Moving Time Estimate: An estimate of how long it will take you to move will help you plan your day and figure out how much to budget for your movers. See how long it takes the professional movers at All My Sons Moving & Storage to perform household moves in the resource, “How Long Does It Take to Move Based on the Size of Your Home.”

• Create a Moving Inventory: Read “The Importance of a Moving Inventory for a Smooth Local Move” and try the tools Itemtopia, Memento Database, or NAIC Home Inventory to create a moving inventory. 

• Make a Moving Budget: Look at “The Hidden Costs of Moving” for the regular costs you should plan for and the costs that catch some people by surprise.

Moving is a great time to think critically about what you actually want and need in your life. Getting rid of unwanted items will also make your move easier and less expensive. 

• Downsizing Process: Learn how to go about downsizing in the guide, “How to Downsize Before a Local Move: Steps to a Fresh Start.”

• Choose What to Get Rid of: Help figuring out the tough decluttering choices in our guide, “Decluttering: What to Get Rid of and What to Keep.”

• Hold a Garage Sale: Most local governments will require you to have some kind of permit for a garage sale, search your city’s government website for rules in your specific area. Check out NAR’s “How to Hold a Successful Garage Sale,” Spacewise’s “How to Prepare for a Garage Sale,” and Moving.com’s “Throwing a Garage Sale?” to help you get started.

• Make a Donation Run: You can search for a local charity that will take your unwanted items in good condition or donate them to a nationwide charity like The Salvation Army, Goodwill, or Habitat for Humanity.

• Call For Same-Day Junk Removal: Have your unwanted junk items hauled away by the expert junk removers at Junk.com. 

Ready the tape gun and start pulling books off the shelves because it’s time to get packed up for your suburban move. 

• Get Moving Supplies: Moving.com has a helpful Packing Calculator to determine about how many boxes you may need and what they will cost. Remember, you can purchase packing supplies from All My Sons Moving & Storage. 

• Skip Packing: Ask All My Sons Moving & Storage about our Packing Services to get your household packed up for you. 

• Review What Can’t be Moved: Look at the list “What Moving Companies Can and Won’t Move,” to determine if you have items your movers will refuse to relocate for you.

• Determine Your Essentials: Pack essentials separately from your items that can wait. Use colored tape to differentiate your essentials boxes from other boxes. Pack these boxes last, load them on the truck last, and unload and unpack them first. 

• Keep a Bag on Hand: Go through this list to pack your essentials and emergencies stash, which should go in a bag you keep on your person during your move. 

• Pack Room-By-Room: Check out the All My Sons Moving Tips page for ideas on how to pack almost anything. Or look at our “Room-by-Room Packing Guide” for a comprehensive look at packing the entire house from the bedrooms to the garage. 

Sometimes a move takes a little extra space. If you need somewhere to stash your belongings either for the long-haul or during a transition period for your suburban move, check out these resources.

• Consider a Storage Space: Read “Should You Use Storage? Five Questions to Consider,” before you decide on a space to rent.

• Find a Self-Storage Space: You can search for a self-storage space in your zip code by using the service Sparefoot or Storage Café. 

• Rent From Neighbors: You can find peer-to-peer storage space in your neighborhood by searching the databases Neighbor.com and Store At My House.

• Full-Service Storage: All My Sons offers full-service storage in multiple locations across the United States, call 1-866-726-1579 to ask about storage options near you.

• Organize Your Unit: Read “How to Organize Your Storage Unit,” if you intend to rent self-storage long-term. 

Now that the boxes are all crammed into your new house and the furniture is in place, it’s time to get cracking on settling in. Check out these resources for making that new house feel more like home.

• Finish Unpacking: Look at “Unpacking Tips: How to Settle into Your New Home Quickly After a Move” for a guide on how to get your unpacking done in record time.

• Change Your Address: Go to the USPS website and file your change of address.

• Notify Friends and Family: Make moving announcements through Paperless Post, Punchbowl, evite, Greetings Island, minted, and GreenVelope. 

• Meet Your Neighbors: Get into local groups and find fun events through Meetup, Eventbrite, or check out the events and groups at your neighborhood library or recreational center.

• Throw a Housewarming Party: Look at the Spruce’s “20 Housewarming Party Ideas to Make Yourself Feel at Home” or pick up some downloadable housewarming party games on Etsy. Create a housewarming party registry on DreamList or MyRegistry.

Give the professional movers at All My Sons Moving & Storage a call at 1-866-726-1579 or use the online quote form to get started on your suburban move.