Before you decide your moving date, there are some questions you need to ask yourself first. This guide from All My Sons of Birmingham helps to ensure that you don’t forget any important considerations, such as rental lease, job start dates, mortgage agreements, or school obligations.

There are many factors that come into play when it is time to decide your moving date. Local Birmingham movers and packers have the top things to consider before setting your date:

Renting.

A lease agreement can limit your flexibility when you decide to move. If you have recently signed a lease, you need to check the terms of your lease and make sure that your move-out date is in compliance to what it illustrates. A lease a legal agreement between you and the landlord or property manager, so you will have to honor these terms. Make sure that you have given the property manager 30-60 days’ notice of your move, whichever is in compliance to the lease agreement you signed when you moved in. Neglecting to read the fine print and giving them enough notice could result in you losing your deposit or having to pay a large fee for terminating the lease agreement early or against the original agreement.

Selling or buying your home.

Buying a new home before your current home is on the market is a risky decision; however, if you are in a great financial state, it may not be too big a deal. Birmingham movers always suggest doing ample research in order to find a real estate agent that can help you plan and set the terms of agreement for both the house you are selling and the one you are buying. Hopefully, you can arrange the closing date on your new home to be the date that you can move in as well.

A family member is enrolled in school.

School start dates are one of the most flexible in terms of a moving timeline. It may be difficult emotionally for children to move during the school year, but they will definitely adjust to the idea in time. Moving with children who are in school becomes difficult when deciding your moving date, only if they are entering or currently enrolled in high school. High school curriculum is not always transferrable, so that it something that you will want to discuss between the current school and new school.