How to Set-up a Moving Budget

6. Selling Home/Moving from Rental

1. Commission: For selling your home.
2. Lawyer/title fees
3. Inspections/Appraisals
4. Advertising
5. Cleaning/Repairs
6. Misc. : Include items such as additional purchases, paint, etc...
7. Lease Cancellation Charges: If you are unable to give enough notice to a landlord, they may charge you for canceling your lease or they may withhold your initial deposit.

7. Buying or Renting Your New Home

1. Lawyer Fee
2. Title Search Fee
3. Survey Fee
4. Other Fees
5. Inspection/Appraisal
6. Home or Apartment Insurance
7. Redecorating Costs: This is hard to calculate. Look at the largest room in your house and the one which requires the most work or items, breakdown each cost (paint, curtains, rugs, lamps, garbage containers, etc...), then add it up. You can either do this for each room or calculate an average cost for the entire home.
8. Property Taxes
9. Utility Deposits: You'll need to contact the utility companies for these costs, or contact your current providers and ask what they charge. Make sure you include telephone, cable, water, electricity, heating and any other services you currently have. If you're renting, ask your landlord if these costs are included in the monthly rental fee.
10. Apartment Rental Deposit
11. Apartment Damage Deposit
12. Apartment Pet Deposit
13. Misc.: This could include items such as parking permits, garbage disposal, etc...

8. Total Costs

1. Add up the total costs. This will be your subtotal line.
2. Multiply the subtotal by 5 percent (contingency).
3. Add the 5 percent to the subtotal to get your total moving cost.

Now that you've created your moving budget, you may want to check out ways to save during your move and the real costs of moving before and after for tips on what to include in your budget and how to scale back.

That really wasn't so hard, was it?

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