For anyone considering a long-distance move, the logistics of the move itself are just mind-boggling—sorting through and boxing up everything you own, determining who is doing your packing, confirming trucks, putting your house on the market and securing a new one--these are just a few of the tasks that produce sleepless nights if you've got a For Sale sign in your yard. And once you do drop off in slumber, you are having scary dreams about a sketchy moving crew loading your entire life into a ramshackle moving truck with debatable mud flaps-so being awake is actually preferable to that scenario.
Calm down. When you choose the right moving company, you do not have to worry about the logistics --you will have a move coordinator to help you through your move to Killeen, step by step, and act as your point person throughout--from deciding how much bubble wrap you will need to ensuring the pool table is set up at your new house. With a single point of contact, you'll never fret about your move.
Here are a few tasks your move coordinator will help you with, starting with helping the account manager with your moving estimate.
Estimate Time, Trucks, and Materials
Whether you are packing yourself or having the moving company send a team to handle it, you'll require supplies--boxes, tape, paper, and bubble wrap or peanuts. Your account manager--someone with an average of ten years in the moving industry--will come to your residence, and walk through with you to determine not only how many trucks your stuff will take up, but can estimate how many boxes--and what sizes—you'll require for each room. If you choose to pack yourself, they'll give you tips on how to fill the boxes so they are not too heavy. Once you have gone through the entire property—main floor, basement, attics, garage—you will have an idea of the time and materials necessary to get you moving. If you've got stuff in a storage locker somewhere, be sure and make that known, too--the last thing you want is to neglect to mention you have a 10 X 20 storage locker that is packed full.
Plan for Disassembly and Assembly
A professional moving company only retains top-quality, experienced movers. The guys that arrive at your house on moving day are background checked, insured, uniformed, and trained. Since your move coordinator has a list of what needs to be disassembled and then reassembled, your crew will have the tools and expertise to tackle the project--from a grand piano to a washing machine, you can rest assured that the task will be done right. If you change your mind about what you want to move (donating the refrigerator or deciding to take the big grill after all), simply give your move coordinator a call and it is handled.
Manage Vehicle Transport
Interstate moves usually involve moving your cars, boats, and motorcycles. Move coordinators can not only help with the details of relocating your wheeled things, but can advise you on registering and tagging them if you are going to a new state or country.
Storage in Killeen
Sometimes your new residence is not quite ready, or you are redecorating and not sure what you will want to use, or you're doing some renovating and not completely done when you move. Your move coordinator arranges for short-term storage while you are waiting to finish moving in. Your coordinator is knowledgeable on how to pack for storage, based on the timeframe for which you will need it. Your boxes are packed and organized according to destination--the things going to your house will be separate from the boxes and other belongings going into storage. When you're ready to have those belongings delivered, just notify your move coordinator and the trucks and movers will be scheduled right away.
A-1 Freeman Moving Group has been in the business over forty years, and offers professional service—no matter if your move is across town in Killeen or across the globe. Click here to get started on your estimate and leave the logistics to the pros.
