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Having moved in the US several times, this looks like more like the difference between good movers and bad, regardless of country. I've used the pack and move

Having moved in the US several times, this looks like more like the difference between good movers and bad, regardless of country. I've used the pack and move services in the US, and they came a week or two before to review and get an idea of the work then book a date. This meant they arrived with the correct number of men, trucks, and packing equipment. Specialist boxes for TVs, crockery, wardrobes, etc. They packed everything (including everything in the fridge, bathrooms, etc). Even the years-old pickle jars at the back of the fridge, old bars of soap by the guest sinks, etc were carefully wrapped and packed. The guys doing the job were incredible about moving heavy, complex furniture quickly, and efficiently. This included a couple of large (>100g) saltwater fishtanks. They broke it all down and put it back together with minimal oversight. I've found movers typically offer a range of services - the full (pack, move, unpack), or just pack and move, or just move.

vonnieda 8y ago
Can you name some companies you've had good experiences with? I'd like to do this for my next move but all I read is horror stories of people's stuff getting held hostage or just lost in the desert.
- alexwasserman 8y ago
  In NYC Schleppers were really good - used them twice, would use them again, if I was in their area. I used United for my last move, who were also good.
wirrbel 8y ago
My employer sponsored our last move, including packing and unpacking. The staff was really great, careful and we had hardly things that broke. A few plants lost leaves (but basically these were excluded from the contract by my employer, so the company kindly offered to move the plants without any guarantees, I guess packing them better would have been time consuming and thats what my employer didn't want to pay for). A colleague hired the very same company for their move (they had bought a house, so it was not part of an agreement for starting a new work contract). They sent a team of workers, no one spoke more than a few words of German (my coworker is a kind and open-minded person, he was surely not exaggerating). A lot of things didn't make the trip as a whole. All losses were covered by the companies insurance, but it was a pain making all the claims.
yurishimo 8y ago
Can I ask how much you paid for services like this? I absolutely hate moving and have a few years to save up before I’ll need to move again and would love to pay someone to just handle all of it.
- alexwasserman 8y ago
  Cost is heavily dependent on the size of the move. The boxes and paper are actually a pretty large faction of the cost. I was a while back, but moving a 1 bed apartment was $1-2K, I think. 5 bed house was roughly $7K to move 100 miles.

vonnieda 8y ago

Can you name some companies you've had good experiences with? I'd like to do this for my next move but all I read is horror stories of people's stuff getting held hostage or just lost in the desert.

alexwasserman 8y ago
In NYC Schleppers were really good - used them twice, would use them again, if I was in their area. I used United for my last move, who were also good.

wirrbel 8y ago

My employer sponsored our last move, including packing and unpacking. The staff was really great, careful and we had hardly things that broke. A few plants lost leaves (but basically these were excluded from the contract by my employer, so the company kindly offered to move the plants without any guarantees, I guess packing them better would have been time consuming and thats what my employer didn't want to pay for). A colleague hired the very same company for their move (they had bought a house, so it was not part of an agreement for starting a new work contract). They sent a team of workers, no one spoke more than a few words of German (my coworker is a kind and open-minded person, he was surely not exaggerating). A lot of things didn't make the trip as a whole. All losses were covered by the companies insurance, but it was a pain making all the claims.

yurishimo 8y ago

Can I ask how much you paid for services like this? I absolutely hate moving and have a few years to save up before I’ll need to move again and would love to pay someone to just handle all of it.

alexwasserman 8y ago
Cost is heavily dependent on the size of the move. The boxes and paper are actually a pretty large faction of the cost. I was a while back, but moving a 1 bed apartment was $1-2K, I think. 5 bed house was roughly $7K to move 100 miles.