Relocation
Your First 90 Days in Austin: A Checklist
Moving is a lot. Here is a simple checklist for your first three months in Austin.
Week one
- Set up utilities and internet
- Change your locks
- Find your water shut off and breaker panel
- Update your address with the post office
First month
- Register your vehicle in Texas
- Get your Texas driver's license
- File your homestead exemption
- Find a doctor, dentist, and vet
First 90 days
- Register to vote
- Join your neighborhood association or social group
- Learn your trash and recycling days
- Try a few new restaurants each week
Austin must dos
- Swim at Barton Springs
- Walk the Lady Bird Lake trail
- See live music
- Watch the bats under the Congress Avenue Bridge in summer
My relocation guide includes a full checklist. Get it free at iriejames.com/relocate.
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