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Utilities to Contact When You Prepare to Move

Your escrow agent will prorate any utility bills on your new property. However, it is always wise to contact these utilities to make sure they have your name on file for any future billings after you move in. Sellers do not take kindly to receiving bills after they have moved! And, you do not want to have service inexplicably cut off when you least expect it. As one of my services to you, the buyer, here are the utility companies to contact when you move to Whatcom County.

Electric Service

• Puget Sound Energy – 1-888-321-7779 If you need to locate underground lines before you dig, call 1-800-424-5555.

Garbage Service

• Blaine-Bay Refuse, Inc. – 332-5443
• Nooksack Valley Disposal, Inc., (Lynden) – 354-3400
• Recycling and Disposal Services (Ferndale) – 384-8011 Sanitary Service Company – (Bellingham) 734-3490 (elsewhere in county) 398-2025 If you are purchasing a condo, it is possible that your Homeowner dues will cover garbage service.

Natural Gas Service

• Cascade Natural Gas – 733-5980 (after 5PM, 1-800-552-0615) If you need to locate underground lines before you dig, call 1-800-553-4344.

Telephone Service

• Qwest Residential 1-800-244-1111 (for business service, call 1-800-603-6000)
• Verizon Residential 1-800-483-4100 (for business service, call 1-800-483-5100)
• Check the Yellow Pages of the local phone directory for cable TV services, high speed cable and internet lines, and the like.

Water and Sewer Service
If you are purchasing a condo, it is possible that your homeowner dues will cover water and sewer service. contact the city in which you will be living:

• Bellingham – 676-6900
• Blaine – 332-8311
• Ferndale – 384-4302
• Lynden – 354-2829

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