Hopefully, everything went smoothly and you will be
vacating your house in the time frame that you had
anticipated. Your real estate agent will help you create a
checklist of all the things you will need to do to turn the
property over to the new owners. You will need to make
sure that all of the local services (i.e. electricity, gas, lawn
care, cable, etc.) have been cancelled or, if the new owner
is going to retain some of the services, the name for the
account should be changed. The property and anything
assigned to the buyer according to the contract should be
prepared appropriately for the new owners. This will make
the transition as smooth and effortless as possible.