C-Container for move? (relocating, packing, moving company, rentals)
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OK, maybe a dumb question but has anyone attempted a cross country move with a C-container? I am relocating to the Phoenix area and have sought estimates from pod companies which are in the $7-7.5K range for two pods but they come with a 30 day limitation or the storage fees start mounting up. I don't think I can make it happen in 30 days between selling my current home, shopping for and buying another in AZ, then settling on it and moving in. I can buy a C-container delivered to a relative's house close by the home I'm selling for around $2K, load it with my stuff, leave it indefinitely while I shop for and buy a new home out there, then have it shipped out, unload it and sell it. Or maybe keep in for storage if I buy enough property in an area that permits it. I'm unsure of the cost of 3 crane rentals and trucking it across the country though. Anybody done it?
The stuff that you are leaving "indefinitely" in that container is gonna be cooked, cracked crap when you unpack it after sitting in the Arizona heat. I don't think you're going to find it easy to rent cranes unless you happen to have a general contractors license in your back pocket. And if that relatives home is in an HOA, forget delivering the container there. If it's not, I'm going to guess you haven't checked the local codes that probably say it can't be stored there either.
Really - just sell the stuff and save the moving expenses. It rarely makes financial sense to move stuff. And this scheme makes no sense at all.
PS - those two estimates sound way too high to me, unless they are doing all the packing and loading. Even then, they sound high.
The stuff that you are leaving "indefinitely" in that container is gonna be cooked, cracked crap when you unpack it after sitting in the Arizona heat. I don't think you're going to find it easy to rent cranes unless you happen to have a general contractors license in your back pocket. And if that relatives home is in an HOA, forget delivering the container there. If it's not, I'm going to guess you haven't checked the local codes that probably say it can't be stored there either.
Really - just sell the stuff and save the moving expenses. It rarely makes financial sense to move stuff. And this scheme makes no sense at all.
PS - those two estimates sound way too high to me, unless they are doing all the packing and loading. Even then, they sound high.
I thought about the interior heating up, the indefinite period will be here in Maryland so it shouldn't be too bad. It would be next to three other containers they use for storage inspired by the neighbor who has about six of them on his stretch of land. There's no HOA in that neighborhood and I'mm hoping to move into a community out there that doesn't have one either. Zoning here certainly is not a problem but if there are ordninces against parking a container on a lot out there, that's certainly a deal breaker. You say the estimates sound high...who have you dealt with that was more affordable? Do you have experience moving long distance? I have gotten a few estimates which is why I quoted a range. I will be ditching most of my stuff but there's some things that just have to come along.
I have moved cross country two times (Philly - Phx, Phx - Raleigh, NC), the last time just a year ago. Our last move, We sold nearly all the furniture in our 3100 square foot home and moved mostly boxes - stuff that we have gathered during the last 50-60 years of our life (I suspect you are younger than us, so should have less stuff).
Last time, I ended up moving one container of boxes and a little furniture with a national moving company. They packed some of the kitchen stuff for me, I packed the rest, they loaded and unloaded everything at both ends. Total cost - about $4,000.
I should have gotten rid of MORE stuff, and probably not moved the furniture either.
I suspect your estimates are coming from online calculators rather than a person coming to your home and giving you a REAL estimate. Try the latter, don't move during the end of the month, avoid moving in the summer, and let them decide which day of the week. You don't need to go through all of what you are trying to do.
And this thread should be moved to the moving forum.
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