[MollieW]

We used upak.com and laborers from Home Depot and could not have been happier. They deliver the trailer (28 feet) or cubes and you have up to 3 days to load. They then drive it to your destination and you have up to 3 days again to unload. Very reasonable and actually cost us less than U-Haul because you are not paying for gas, just the flat rate. They will give free estimates on the computer.

[owelles]

Originally Posted by KiwiKate

I used "Warren's Homework" for a local move and they were great. Someone on C-D recommended them.

That might have been me.

The best thing about Warren's is their reliability. If they say they're going to be there at 7:30 a.m., they're there at 7:30 a.m. Having dealt with several contractors to whom an arrival time is "give or take an hour," I gave Warren's major bonus points for their punctuality. And once they got there, they were all business.

[binionrat]

Congrats Constricageorge! No matter how old we are are and how many houses we have bought, it is always the most exciting thing to have those keys turned over to a new home. I don't know where you are moving from but enjoy that sun shining every morning.

[tbill618]

Would you mind telling us what you paid or a range of prices you were looking at? What size was the house?

[tbill618]

After doing about 5 minutes of research I have found 6 houses that closed in the past 8 days (from 6/13) in 89074. I am not going to post them because I don't think Costaricageorge wants us to know where he lives and since he has been nice enough to give us some details about his purchase.

I will tell you the $/sq.ft. 98, 92, 81, 72, 69, 69. All were 4 bdrm, 2+ bth except for one which was 3 bdrm- also the highest $/sq.ft. The prices range from 334k to 174K.

[yellowsnow]

Congratulations and enjoy it!

[von949]

When someone says that they just purchased a new home in (any 5 digit area code), 99% of the time I have to go to Google and look it up. Why can't we use land marks(airport/Gold Coast), major cross streets or even directions like northeast, southwest...etc?

Any way, congrats.

[holmgren]

We just moved to Las Vegas last week. We packed and hauled our own stuff and then got two workers from the state run casual labor office to unload. I didn't like the idea of just picking up two guys off a street corner. The workers were great and the office was very accommodating. It's $10 per hour with no taxes involved. I would use them again anytime. It's going to take some time to get used to this heat. This is their web site. Employment Security Casual Labor page

[SportyandMisty]

Congratulations! If you move yourself, I suggest Budget Truck Rental instead of U-Haul. The US Post Office, in their change of address packet, used to have a discount coupon for them. If you do a google search on the LA Times website for U-Haul, you'll find a 3 day in-depth series on severe maintenance issues with U-Haul equipment across the nation (people died). It was published several years ago (5?) but I don't think U-Haul has improved much in the interim.

[SportyandMisty]

Prior to interviewing & hiring a moving company, I suggest going to the Better Business Bureau website to look for ratings of moving companies. See the number of complaints etc.

There are two types of moves: interstate and intrastate. Interstate (starting in one state and ending in another) is regulated by several agencies of the federal government. Intrastate (which you will be doing - starting and ending in the same state) is not regulated by the federal government. A mover can be great on one and suck on the other.

There is a ton of bad business practices & even outright fraud in the intrastate business as it isn't as tightly regulated -- for example, you contract with company A, who in turn sells your contract to company B, who hires independent truck driver C, who goes to Sunstate Nursery & picks up day laborers & says "here - wear these Logo T-Shirts that say Company A", and they pack your stuff up & then hold your stuff ransom for more money, etc.

Spend some time on google finding out who in Nevada actually regulates moving companies & what ratings they have on the companies.