Moving Checklist: Just a Smart Reminder (or How not to Go Mad when Moving to Your New Home)

Author: Charlene Clark

Inventories and Quotes • Vital: set an inventory of existing goods, specially where there are often a lot to check. E.g: the basement or the attic.• Be sure to have ready packing materials.• If you have pets, find out about special vans for them if needed.• Get 2 or 3 quotes from moving companies and ask what is it included in the price and what not. If you will make the move, hire moving trucks in advance, specially if you will move during the weekend. • If you need it, hire a temporary storage company.• Have your new home ready prior to your arrival: get all the painting done, as well as the plumbing, decoration, etc, if needed.
Paperwork• Make address changes in your services bills: electricity, gas, etc. Don’t forget to ask for possible last month deposits. • Also send your new address and telephone number to your family and friends by email or regular post cards.• If you have expensive objects to carry, it is good to get them appraised prior to move them to your new house in case they get damaged by the moving company or truck.• Find out what costs does your insurance company cover in case your belongings get damaged.• Keep all your quotes, receipts and similar papers all together for when you need them.• Keep all your personal records together: medical, legal, school and veterinary records and label them carefully.• Get information from local news papers to know what it is going and future events in your new home town.• At your new place of residence, find out where the important institutions are located: banks, hospitals, police station, etc.• Do you know if you need moving permits?• It is strongly recommend to check about property restrictions with the local authorities.
Precautions• If you are moving to another state, make auto registration for transfer. • For the moving day, have somebody ready to take care of your children.• Get rid out of items you don’t need anymore for any reason: you could organize a moving sale.• If your new property is an apartment or if you are leaving it, let your neighbours about elevator’s use.• If you are travelling by car, check with your mechanic everything is working properly so no surprises arise during your trip to your new home.• Take your pets to the veterinary prior to the trip to your new house and give him/her all the necessary vaccines. This will prevent possible local diseases.• Pack any kind of supplies that might be needed as soon as you arrive.• If you take any type of medicine, make sure you take it with you during your trip.• Get your important stuff in your hand bag: identity card, credit cards, keys of your new home, a medical kit, etc.• Disconnect all the appliances from electricity before you leave your old house.• 1 day before leaving, call your moving company or truck and confirm their arrival time just in case.• Traveller’s checks could be useful for security reason, specially for long journeys.
And finally… Home (new) sweet home• Control that all your good arrived in good shape to your new home if you hired moving services• You will surely have to pay in cash to the movers or some kind of check so don’t forget this important issue • Enjoy your new home!
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About the AuthorReal estate agent Charlene Clark, from Sequim Waterfront Properties ( www.sequimwaterfront.com ), specializes in waterfront homes, waterfront land and horse properties in Sequim,Washington. She has been a resident of Sequim for more than 20 years and helps people with personalized home searches across the Sequim-Dungeness valley and professionaladvice on local taxes and financing.Charlene Clark is a Member of the Sequim Association of Realtors, Member of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, Leading real estate agent for the Sequim community and Luxuryreal estate specialist.

What Is a Good VS Bad Mover?

Author: Andi A.

Define Good Mover
• More then 10 years in business
• Well experienced crews
• Competitive Rates not to cheap not to high
• Licensed with the state DOT, AMSA, Movers Associations
• Has a good record with the BBB
• Have a respectful office with warehouse
• At leased 2- 3 Licensed trucks (it depends on the city if its a small city then 2-3 trucks is ok, on bigger cities 10-15 trucks is a respectful company)
• Provided an on-site survey
• Provide a written agreement
• Explain the agreement to all its details
• Organized
• Professional crews, well spoken, understanding,
• Professional packing with care your goods
• Handling with care your goods to its destination
• Providing ETA and all related/ requested information of your move
• Delivering your goods safely to its final destination.
• Answers the hone even when the move is done to provide any requested assistance.

Things that can define a Bad/ Poor Mover
• Less then 5 years in the moving industry
• Crews are not experienced in the moving process
• Rates are to low, bellow the market rate
• Licensed but not registered with movers associations
• Poor record on the BBB
• No office space working from home,
• If there is an office its small and not welcoming
• Warehouse is un-located or the company uses Mini storage warehouse
• 1 Truck for the company – means that they can only provide one/ tow jobs a day
• in bigger cities 1-2 trucks at most
• No on-site survey is done, they give all kind of reasons why they can’t provide one
• The agreement is not written to its details and not explained right, leave room for hidden charges.
• Not organized, one person operation…
• Crews are from Labor Ready, or picked up off the street, one crew manager who knows his work the helpers are not professional packers.
• No care and safety are taking into consideration while packing your home
• Crew is not aware of the safety needed on handling your goods while its on transit
• no information is provided about the ETA of shipment, the information is always scrambled.
• The company does not give or provide any services once the delivery was done.

This is a short summery of Good Movers VS Poor Movers, pls. note that were not to discriminate any moving company, were here to provide a guideline of what need to be checked prior your move, and how to look for a good reputable company.
At the end of the day, choosing low rate for your move, we believe its not worth it, there is a bigger chance that your furniture and HHG will get destroyed in one way or the other. We believe that in some cases personal goods worth more to you the saving $100 – $300 on your move. its your responsibility to take the best of care to protect your goods. A Good Company will have the right and good crew to do so.
We hope this summery information will help you on choosing the right moving company on your future move.

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