From the great metropolitan flair of the "City of Brotherly Love", as Philadelphia is known, to the rural northern and western counties, where you can encounter woods, trails, Amish Families driving their horse & buggies, and beautiful rivers & lakes. We are only about a 2 hour ride from many of the great weekend getaway areas of our country. If you want bright lights & action you can head to Atlantic City, or if you prefer quaint seaside towns maybe Cape May is more to your liking. For boating and relaxing, nothing beats heading to the Chesapeake Bay for the weekend.
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Typical corporate-level home (single-family, four-bedroom, 2-½-bath, 2,200-square-foot dwelling with two-car garage) (as of 1999):(source-Wall Street Journal)
The Brandywine Valley area is home to many large, nationally known companies. Chester County is the headquarters for Vangaurd , the 2nd largest mutual fund company in the US, as well as QVC, and many other large companies, including some in the Fortune 500. Companies such as State Farm Insurance, Smith Kline Beachum, SAP, and many others have a large presence in the Greater Philadelphia area.
Heading into Delaware, we have many of the major banking and financial institutions - as well as Dupont and many other large corporations.
Average temperature in January
(daily mean temperature in Fahrenheit degrees): 30.4 degrees
Average temperature in July
(daily mean temperature in Fahrenheit degrees): 76.7 degrees
Average annual rainfall: 41.42 inches
Average annual snowfall: 20.8 inches annually
Seasonal average humidity: 65.5 percent
Average number of rainy days each year: 116 rainy days annually
Winter temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 23/52 degrees
Spring temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 42/82 degrees
Summer temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 59/86 degrees
Fall temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 28/66 degrees
Check out the USPS tips for moving with your kids
To obtain an IRS Change of Address form, call 1-800-829-1040 or click Form 8822 to select, download, and print it and most other IRS tax forms; e.g., Form 3903 to help deduct Moving Expenses.
Gather moving supplies, boxes, tape, rope.
If moving far away, make any necessary travel arrangements like airline, hotel, and rental car reservations. Or plan your travel route if driving.
Call a moving company or make truck rental arrangements to move yourself.
Finalize real estate needs.
Place legal, medical, and insurance records in a safe and accessible place.
Use the Change of Address form to tell the Post Office of your move.
Give your mailers your new address:
- Friends and family members
- Banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions
- Charge card and credit card companies
- Doctors, dentists, and other service providers
- State and Federal Tax authorities and any other government agencies as needed.
- IRS--see note and links at the top of this page.
You can do this by sending them Address Change Notification Cards or, for magazine publishers and business mailers, by following their change-of-address instructions.
Save moving receipts (many moving expenses are tax deductible).
Make maps of your new neighborhood to familiarize yourself and your family with your new area.
Plan your moving budget
Two Weeks Before Moving
Inform gas, electric, water, cable, local telephone and trash removal services of your move. Sign up for services at your new address.
Inform long distance phone company of your move.
Recruit moving-day help.
Confirm travel reservation.
Arrange to close or transfer your bank account, if appropriate.
The Day Before Moving
Set aside moving materials like a tape measure, pocket knife, packing boxes, tape and markers.
Pick up rental truck.
Check oil and gas in your car.
If traveling, make sure you have tickets, charge cards, and other essentials.
The greater Philadelphia area is served by an
extensive network of roads, buses, trains, subways, and taxis. You can
reach Center City Philadelphia, from most of the outlying suburbs in under 45
minutes, traffic permitting.
