subject: Ensuring a smooth moving [print this page] Ensuring a smooth moving Ensuring a smooth moving
Prior to the moving day, make clear with the Movers Pacific Palisades about your expectations, when you want them to arrive at your home for packing, how much time they should finish the packing, loading and unloading, how much you have to pay them for moving and or storage (negotiate whenever possible), and so on.
Label each of your boxes and make sure that you have a master list for checking whether all of your things are still complete. Determine ahead where each of your boxes is going to your new house. It would also greatly help if you color-code the boxes according to their destination rooms so the movers will know where to put them.
It is also advisable to find out the size of the truck or trucks to which your stuffs are going to be loaded into, as well as the number of workers the company sends out for the job. You don't want to be expecting a fleet of trucks with an army of workers and finds only one truck outside your home with one driver and one show-up guy. I had that experience once with another mover, and yes; I totally freaked out!
Before signing the contract, clarify with the company or their insurance broker the insurance coverage. Make sure you understand well the terms and conditions underlying the contract. It is also advised by the insurance companies to everything (preferably by video recording). Record the current physical state of your stuffs before the Movers Pacific Palisades handle them. Keep the video running even during the moving process and try to cover everything. This video may greatly serve to your advantage in case something goes wrong along the way.
Since moving brings about unlikely experiences to the family, it would be wise to consider a contingency plan, just in case something vital to the moving process fails and cause delays. Have a 3 day survival kit ready just in case the moving takes longer than you expected it to be, especially when you are a long distance move. Moving also affects the kids and pets, so have a special plan for them to avoid them from getting stressed up in this very stressful event.
