A move from the city to the East End is mostly paperwork that happens in a particular order: decide where you will rent, settle what the move does to your taxes, then set up the services that a town apartment provided without asking. The pages below follow that order. If you are not ready to commit, rent a single winter month first, and when you are ready, browse year-round rentals on Hamptons Key.
- Moving from NYC to the Hamptons: the checklistA dated sequence of tasks, each linked to the page with the official steps, fees and contacts.
- Changing your address, license and voter registrationThe DMV's 10-day address rule, the state's online voter registration update, and what these changes do not decide.
- Leaving New York City: income tax and residencyThe state's own definitions of domicile, permanent place of abode and the 184-day rule, applied to a move from the city to the East End.
- Try a winter before you commitA one-month test run in January or February: what to measure, what the weather and daylight numbers are, and how to book it.