Moving and Relocation Services
Household goods carriers are a class of regulated shipping business in the United States. If you want to move at the lowest cost, your best option is to rent a Penske truck and move yourself. If you are hiring a moving company, read some information from movingscam.com and watch our for the cheapest price moving advertisements where you are sure to get more hassles than the money was ever worth. Assuming you can afford to hire a reasonably priced moving company planning now the company whose services you are about to use is a simple step of probably asking friends and neighbors, co-woirkers and family who they used. Once you are familiar with some quality companies you can call and get a range of prices and minimums which for local moves in the Atlanta area the pricing is per hour and the minimum hours are two Monday through Thursday and three hours on weekends.
You can think you don't need moving companies, and in your case and it might be a fact. Moving companies carry workmen's comp insurance on their workers and a certain amount of advertising and profit are built into every move. You can rent a large Penske truck for around $ 100 if you can get done in one day, and if you have the friend that won't steal your stuff, you will be done in a day. Make sure you get a lot of friends. I always worry though, what if one of your friends gets hurt, just wondering.
Also make sure you don't underestimate the job, because when you have to organize the other part of the moving plus it can turn out to be almost impossible to take care for all the other related stuff to packing and moving all the furniture and some furniture can get very heavy. Also if you have long carrys or a lot of stairs, not many friends want to help. If you own a lot of valuable objects you also don't want to risk damaging them. A moving company can help you with the supplemental insurance you should consider in this case, at least the good companies have that information.
Many companies offer services such as packing or cleaning on the day of the move, at Mark the Mover we offer packing services the day before the move, but we do not offer seperate cleaning services and this is a real plus if you were renting and to make sure you get your damage deposit back. Don't forget to ask also about how soon they can begin and whether they offer additional services such as packing, for example, it might be extra help for those of you. For large moves your estimator will see what have to be moved. Make your choice based on the services the company can provide. Of course, you have to know that if moving is during school holidays or the weekends it's going to be more expensive. Don't leave all the planning work for the last moment and have in mind that the whole process will take some time, include it in your schedule for moving.
After you have picked the moving and relocation professionals for the job, make sure you give them enough information for the place where they have to transport your things at. Any moving you should consider having insured your things. Most of the companies will offer you an insurance covering the damages that might happen during the transporting process. Rarely will a homeowners policy cover if you already have ask your insurer whether it covers the damages on your household goods during transportation.
