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Just moving a block? Are you active in a church that may have some younger people who would help you move?
oh no! that is exactly what I did one time and I got ripped off from this one alleged mover whose friends recomnmended him (helping a freind out)… and did not know he was fired from his moving company job a week or two before he was to move me.
I would not trust ANYONE except a professional moving company and i would NEVER go with any kind of movers like you mention. too dangerous when you MUST have everything in place perfectly or else you will miss deadlines like if your new place has a freight elevator schedule.
Friends and others sometime may not feel compelled to help you move if they wake up and dont feel like working, or maybe its too hot, or they got an injury or even a legitimate reason, but they are not obligated to participate in your move, but a professional mover IS. As long as you find a good mover, and not a bad one… there are some that allege they are professional but you still have to investigate a competent one.
but never would i hire some church kids or some college kids, or even friends or family - too much can happen.
I disagree that pro movers won't rip you off. They don't overtly rip you off by stealing your stuff.
What they do is wrap up something like a clock radio in 3 feet of bubble wrap, put it in a 20" square box, then ream you with overpriced packing supplies charges. My parents recent move was about 2x over their quote due to this type of thing.
In contrast, I paid two Jamaican guys with a van $400 to move me between apartments in Brooklyn and had no problems.
You can ask a real estate agent. We did a short moved and were looking for someone local. She gave us a few recs. we interviewed three, all were wonderful, had great references and were bonded.
Beware of hiring a local mover who charges by the hour. My experience was that the movers stood around all day doing nothing, then finally completed the move late that night, when they were finally ready to go home, after having inflated the move to triple what it should have been.
Get a lot of estimates, and sign a contract that gives you a guaranteed price.
Keep track of the stuff that's more susceptible to being stolen. Examples include tools and electronics, which either have resale value or would be put to good use by those who swipe it.
Depending on what state you're in, hiring movers off a community bulletin board like craigslist may not only be against the law, but full of insurance risk.
We once lost a job to a mover the customer's boy friend found on Craigslist. After the three guys he hired online loaded her stuff in Tennessee, they stole the Penske truck he had rented. They turned it over after hitting another vehicle in the mountains while fleeing from police.
One died, and the two motorists they hit in the other vehicle were permanently disabled. Not only did the grad student lose all her stuff in the accident, Penske and injured motorists sued both her and her ex-boyfriend.
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thanks, my brother suggested them too.
