Moving Out

Spring 2024 Move Out Dates

Spring Move-Out Checklist

Review the Mail, Packing & Storage, Tidy Your Space, and Return Your Keys sections of this page to ensure you move out of your space on time and avoid move-out fees.

If you are a first-year student, see the comprehensive guide for first-year move-out on the Yard Operations website. Harvard Yard will only be open during specific hours for cars and moving vans, so you’re expected to plan ahead.

Mail

• Set up mail forwarding
• Clear out your current mailbox
• Pick up all packages
• Update your “ship to” address when purchasing future items. Avoid using your current College address.

Packing & Storage

Take all of your belongings with you! Storage is not available on campus.

If you choose, you can make storage/shipping arrangements with outside vendors. Harvard does not promote specific companies, but we have listed a few companies below which you can use independently:

• The UPS Store
  955 Massachusetts Ave.
  (Near HUPD Station)
  Telephone 617-868-5055
  website: www.theupsstorelocal.com/0681
  email: store0681@theupsstore.com
  
  
• The UPS Store
  1770 Massachusetts Avenue (between Harvard and Porter Square )
  Telephone 617-661-7171
  website: www.theupsstorelocal.com/0681
  
  
• United Parcel Service (UPS)
  (800) 742-5877
  www.ups.com
  Watertown, MA
  
  
• United States Postal Service
  125 Mt. Auburn Street
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  www.usps.com
  (800) ASK-USPS
  
  
• Collegeboxes
  Collegeboxes offers shipping and storage. Sign up and details are online at www.collegeboxes.com . Click on “Harvard University.”
  
  
• Olympia Moving & Storage
  
  

Tidy Your Space

• Remove all trash and recycling from your room. Do not leave any trash or recycling in your room, bathrooms, hallways, stairwells, or outside the building
• Sweep/vacuum your floor
• Clean your bathroom
• If you rented a MicroFridge from Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), empty, clean, unplug, and leave its door open. HSA will pick it up from your room.
• Close and lock your windows
• Turn down your heat/thermostat
• Report any maintenance issues in your suite, room, or common spaces
  
  

Return Your Keys

You will be charged $50 fee if:

• You do not return your key on time.
• Your return cannot be verified.

Those checking out after hours should put their key in the key envelope. Key return envelopes must be sealed to avoid keys from falling out.

Return your room key to: 

• Building Manager if you live in a House.
• Harvard Yard Operations if you live in the Yard.