subject: You Got The Promotion And Now It's Time To Move [print this page] Congratulations! You did it, you got the promotion and now it's time to pack-up and move. However, before starting the new job, you have to sell the house, purchase a new home and move the family cross-country, along with a myriad of other tasks. Stay calm, there are professionals ready to facilitate the logistics of your move, packing and getting everything safely to the desired destination. Given all the upcoming changes, hiring movers and a professional moving company would be in your best interests, the well-being of your worldly possessions, and your overall health.
Hiring professional movers should be one of the first action items completed upon securing a new residence. As with any service, you should shop around before committing to a company. Research on different companies should include pricing, proof of insurance and state-mandated licensing to operate along with recommendations and references from recent clients. If you have friends who recently moved, ask for their opinions on service providers.
Once a moving company has been selected, and dates for the move confirmed, it is time to begin the process of packing. Some people prefer to do all packing themselves, which is completely fine. If you are in need of moving supplies including boxes, paper pads, dish packs and the like, contact your moving company as they can likely facilitate these requests at a reasonable cost. For others, with all the logistics that go into moving, they prefer to enlist the assistance of full-service movers who will pack, transport and unpack their belongings.
With packing complete, the time has come to move a household of possessions onto the truck, cross-country and into your new home. Moving day has arrived and your trusted team of movers will arrive to load the truck. As accidents do inevitably and occasionally happen, please know that your chosen moving company should have insurance to offset the cost of damages, repairs or replacements. If you were to move yourself, please be mindful that those same incidents would be at your own expense. Additionally, in self-moving, the risk of injury is high as home owners are often not familiar the heavy lifting involved with large pieces of furniture.
Upon arriving at your destination, as with departing your residence, you will have a variety of options for unpacking. In either situation, the movers will assist with unloading the truck of your prized possessions. Depending on the level of contracted services, the movers will unpack the boxes and remove all packing materials or they will leave the boxes unpacked in the desired space.
As with packing, the decision is entirely yours with regards to the level of involvement you want from your moving company. A full-service professional moving company is the biggest single asset in a complex cross-country residential move. With years of experience, an ability to enlist additional resources and attention to detail, your hired moving company is your ally in a transitional period.
