The Move Out Check List


Residence: The place to be

  1. Update Your Mailing Address

    • Once students leave residence, any mail sent to their residence address will be returned to the sender.  To prevent mail returns, students are asked to update their address and contact information with all of their contacts.  Example contacts may include: OSAP, credit card companies, subscription companies, employers and any potential employers.

      Additionally, students who are graduating or who are not returning to Lakehead are asked to verify their contact address with the Registrar's Office for correspondence.

  2. Arrange for Mail Forwarding

    • Students wishing to have their mail forwarded upon leaving residence can do so by paying a $30.00 fee at the Residence Front Desk.  This fee may be paid for in cash or can be applied to the student's account.

      In addition to the fee, students will also need to provide the Front Desk with the new mailing address for any forwarded mail.  Mail will be forwarded for a period of six weeks.

  3. Arrange For Express Check Out (optional)

    • Express Check Out is a service for any student who:

      • will be departing Residence during non-business hours
      • wishes to save time on the actual day of departure

      All necessary check out paper work is completed ahead of time so that students will only have to deposit their paper work and keys in the Residence Front Desk drop-box when they leave.

      To arrange for Express Check Out, please bring your keys and student ID to the Residence Front Desk

  4. Notify Your Resident Assistant of Your Departure Date and Time

    • All students must check out within twenty-four (24) hours after their last exam or by the last day of the University Exam Schedule, whichever comes first.

  5. Ship Belongings From Residence

    • The UPS store will be at the Residence Front Desk at various times.  They will be selling items such as boxes, bubble wrap, mailing tubes and markers.  Please contact the UPS Store, another shipping company, or the Residence Front Desk for shipping inquiries.
    • PLEASE NOTE:  Lakehead University Residence does not provide storage facilities for the summer months.  Please see 'storage' in the Thunder Bay Telephone Book yellow pages for information on local storage facilities.

  6. Clean your room

    Please ensure:
    • All belongings have been removed
    • Any and all items have been cleared from all room doors, windows and walls
    • There is no sticky residue left on room doors, walls or floor(s)
    • Any and all room furniture, structures, drawers and storage areas are empty and clean
    • Rental room fridges have been cleaned and propped open
    • Room trashcan(s) and recycling can(s) are present, emptied and washed out. Please note that extra cleaning supplies and large garbage bags will be available at the Residence Front Desk.  All garbage bags should be deposited in the large green industrial garbage bins provided and not left in room.  Similarly, all recyclable items should be properly sorted and prepared for collection
    • Any signed out linen is washed, folded and returned to the Residence Front Desk
    • All room lights are turned off (if you are the last one to leave)
    • All room doors and windows are closed, secured and locked.  You are responsible for your room until the final inventory is completed so make sure you lock your room door and securely close all windows.  If you are the last person leaving an apartment or townhouse, lock the suite door.

  7. Clean All Ovens and Refrigerators

    • ALL Townhouse and Apartment ovens, oven stove tops and refrigerators must be cleaned prior to departure.  If students are unfamiliar with  the self cleaning feature of Residence ovens, please see the Residence Front Desk

  8. Turn the house heat down to 10°C (Townhouses and Apartments only)

  9. Drop Off Spare Clothes and Extra Food

    • A food and clothing drive will be held from throughout April.  Please bring any extra food, cleaning supplies and clothing to the Residence Front Desk for donation.

  10. Return Residence Keys

    • All students must return their residence keys.  They may NOT leave keys in their room or with a friend.  Each student has signed for their keys and the keys are their responsibility.  Keys are to be returned as follows:

      • Regular Check Out: return keys to the Residence Front Desk
      • Express Check Out: deposit keys in the drop-box at the Bartley Residence entrance

      Please note that Residence Administration reserves the right to change any locks to which keys have been lost, not returned, stolen or duplicated