Buyer / Seller Checklist

1. Secure copies of Sales Agreement, signed by all parties; including all amendments and riders
2. Copy of earnest money deposit check
3. Copy of plat and listing, property description and seller disclosure
4. Select Buyers Attorney for DE property
5. Apply for Buyers Mortgage financing
6. Secure necessary documentation for lender and/or contract
7. Obtain wood-destroying insect and/or termite certification and/or guarantee, usually ordered by Sellers
8. Obtain structural certification if insect/termite infestation is found
9. Obtain well certification, if applicable
10. Obtain septic certification, if applicable
11. Obtain home inspections as per contract
12. Obtain Buyers fire and/or homeowner’s insurance for new property
13. Transfer utilities prior to settlement:
• Conectiv (888) 850-4600
• City of Dover Electric, Water & Sewer (302) 736-7035
• Artesian Water (302) 453-6930
• Town of Camden Water & Sewer (302) 697-6372
• Tidewater Utilities (302) 734-7500
• Delaware Electric Co-op (302) 398-9090
• Chesapeake Utilities Natural Gas (302) 734-6700
• Kent County Electric, and Sewer (302) 744-2430
14. Telephone Installation/Transfer
• Verizon Telephone service (800) 942-5000
15. Comcast cable (302) 222-1829
16. Obtain certified check for settlement
17. Notify fuel dealer, if applicable. (Be prepared to reimburse seller for remaining heating fuel in tank at time of closing if stipulated in sales agreement)
18. Notify garbage/trash removal company
19. Get and send change-of-address cards
20. Department of Motor Vehicles:
    • Address change
    • Update driver’s license
    • Change registration for vehicles if relocating from another state
21. Register to vote at elections department or DMV