First Apartment Checklist & Setup Planner | Printable Moving PDF

Moving into your first apartment? This planner takes you from the apartment hunt to your first week home, without forgetting the toilet paper.

Set your must-haves and a realistic rent budget, gather your application documents, and bring the tour checklist to test water pressure, outlets and cell signal. Score up to 3 places side by side. Then budget the move, track utilities and setup, and stock each room with essentials lists that skip the stuff you don't need yet. A day-by-day first-week plan, a renter-friendly (no-nail) decor plan and a simple cleaning schedule finish it off.

Print it at home on US Letter paper (ink-light design, looks great in grayscale), or fill it in on a tablet.

What's inside (15 pages):

Cover + how to use, move details and key contacts

Must-haves & rent budget

Apartment hunting checklist + application tracker

Tour checklist: what to test, plus red flags

Viewing scorecard for 3 apartments

Moving cost tracker + monthly budget

Utilities & setup tracker

Move-in essentials: kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room, tools and first-night box

First-week setup plan

Renter-friendly decor plan with floor-plan grid

Weekly, monthly and seasonal cleaning schedule

Notes, measurements & next steps

Instant PDF download. Personal use only.