ᐅ Long-Distance Domestic Move – How to Find a Moving Company?
Created on: 25 Jan 2022 10:42
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kati1337
Hello everyone!
So far, I have only moved within the nearby region using a company.
Now I have a move coming up this summer that’s about 600 km (370 miles) away.
What is the best way to search for a moving company? Should I look for one at the destination or at the original location?
How is it usually organized? Does the company load the truck the day before and then drive off early in the morning? Has anyone here done something like this before?
Our last move (40 km / 25 miles) already took almost an entire day (from about 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.). If I have to add another 550 km (340 miles) on top of that, will this become a multi-day operation?
When I first moved up here, I barely had any belongings (was a student) and organized the move myself with a van. But now we definitely need a truck, and none of us can drive one.
I’d appreciate your tips and experiences.
So far, I have only moved within the nearby region using a company.
Now I have a move coming up this summer that’s about 600 km (370 miles) away.
What is the best way to search for a moving company? Should I look for one at the destination or at the original location?
How is it usually organized? Does the company load the truck the day before and then drive off early in the morning? Has anyone here done something like this before?
Our last move (40 km / 25 miles) already took almost an entire day (from about 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.). If I have to add another 550 km (340 miles) on top of that, will this become a multi-day operation?
When I first moved up here, I barely had any belongings (was a student) and organized the move myself with a van. But now we definitely need a truck, and none of us can drive one.
I’d appreciate your tips and experiences.
Hmm, maybe you have a different idea of a chain than I do.
But it is a fact that it is less physically demanding if two people only have to cover one floor each and can hand the boxes to each other, rather than both having to carry a box up or down two floors and bending their knees one more time to load or unload the box. Basic (bio)physics.
That your mental state is a negative factor in this is a personal matter.
But it is a fact that it is less physically demanding if two people only have to cover one floor each and can hand the boxes to each other, rather than both having to carry a box up or down two floors and bending their knees one more time to load or unload the box. Basic (bio)physics.
That your mental state is a negative factor in this is a personal matter.
Winniefred21 Feb 2022 16:20Moving is just plain awful. We’re quite experienced ourselves, having moved 8 times as adults within 10 years. Six of those moves were without children. The last two were much more exhausting than the first six :p. Each move was between 3 and 600 km (2 and 370 miles).
The most important thing is not to accumulate too much stuff in the first place. Sort through everything thoroughly and always unpack right away.
In this case, I would sell old furniture and then get new or secondhand furniture at the new place. This is usually easy, especially with places like IKEA. Only keep what you really care about.
The most important thing is not to accumulate too much stuff in the first place. Sort through everything thoroughly and always unpack right away.
In this case, I would sell old furniture and then get new or secondhand furniture at the new place. This is usually easy, especially with places like IKEA. Only keep what you really care about.
Tolentino schrieb:
Hmm, maybe you have a different idea of a chain than I do.Good that we clarified that, that’s probably the reason 🙂
I’ve experienced several times, and once had to participate, where about 20 people lined up over a distance of 20m (65 feet) thinking they formed a great chain. But then 4 people are standing on a staircase passing boxes or even furniture parts to each other... a nightmare.
Organizing by floor, etc., is of course a different matter and depending on the “items being moved” can be quite reasonable 🙂
netuser schrieb:
that 20 people line up along a length of 20m (66 feet)No, that’s nonsense, I agree with you.bavariandream schrieb:
You should definitely contact the company I emailed you about. You probably have a bit more stuff than we did, but it would be quite surprising if you ended up paying more than 3000 euros. We only moved in November, so I can't imagine their prices have increased that much since then. If you get an offer, you can still decide what to do.
It probably also depends on how much lead time you have. We also briefly considered throwing things away and buying new. But aside from environmental reasons, some furniture from IKEA was unavailable for months, and we couldn’t live without a couch for three months in the new place.
Also, we weren’t really up for a Craigslist/eBay Classifieds marathon at this time. We did buy some second-hand furniture for child number two after the move, but it wasn’t really cheap either, because we had to rent a van and drive through half of Bavaria over several weekends to pick up the furniture (and usually had to disassemble it on site first, which with larger pieces like wardrobes or changing tables isn’t a ten-minute job, and then reassemble it again at home).Well, I want to see the company’s calculation. Let’s say 3 people, driving 2 times 12 hours in the truck and packing 2 times 8 hours.
That makes 120 man-hours. All that for 2300€? From that, the truck, fuel, and other expenses still have to be covered. That means no one would earn more than 5€ per hour...
If you calculate realistically with a still low hourly rate of 40€ and exclude material costs, that comes to 4800€.
So I think it will be 5k or more, definitely with a company that issues an invoice.
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