Is OK okay for us? (May: real estate, military, house)

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by colleeng47

We got quotes from Allied, Bekin and Atlas. We ended up using PODS. They were half the price of the lowest bid we got. They're delivering our 16 foot POD on 2/22. They will pick it up on March 3rd (the day after we leave), and deliver it to Mustang on the 11th. We have until March 22nd to get it emptied.

We're leaving behind a bit of stuff ourselves. We scour the garage sales and house sales for good 2nd hand stuff. Have done that pretty much all our married life. We're not big on new furniture, it just costs too much. So we'll be looking to replace some things when we move. Since we're no longer going by weight, we may take more than we originally planned.

Never heard of PODS.
I'll Google it and see what it is.
Thanks for the tip.

We picked up some nice furniture when we moved here, and we love our bedroom set, but unless we find it cost effective to move our stuff, none of the furniture is irreplaceable so...

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by karibear

From my end [assuming WA is roughly the same distance from OK as NH] a U-Haul is far and away the cheapest. Allied gave me a quote of approx 3,800.00, U-Pack was 1,225.00 - but they said they only deliver to OKC, I'd have to arrange local transport from there, and U-Haul was around 580.00, depending on how many extra days I kept the truck, but they allowed 5 days to load, drive, and unload. That doesn't include gas, though. But the U-Haul also means I won't have to pay extra for transporting myself and my pets, we can ride along.

All the prices you quoted were a LOT cheaper than anything I've seen so far.
Gonna have to check the distances involved between WA - OK and NH - OK.
Heck, your prices aren't much worse than we paid when we moved 2 lousy hours North within the same state.

We're still leaning towards getting rid of most of our stuff....
Chances are, that it won't fit in the first place we get in OK.

I'm getting tired just thinking about it.

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

All the prices you quoted were a LOT cheaper than anything I've seen so far.
Gonna have to check the distances involved between WA - OK and NH - OK.
Heck, your prices aren't much worse than we paid when we moved 2 lousy hours North within the same state.

We're still leaning towards getting rid of most of our stuff....
Chances are, that it won't fit in the first place we get in OK.

I'm getting tired just thinking about it.

CG, PODS quoted us $2633 for the whole month. The other three main-name movers we contacted were between $4700 and $5300.

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

Never heard of PODS.
I'll Google it and see what it is.
Thanks for the tip.

We picked up some nice furniture when we moved here, and we love our bedroom set, but unless we find it cost effective to move our stuff, none of the furniture is irreplaceable so...

If you go with PODS, it doesn't go by weight, so how much you bring doesn't matter (unless you can't fit it in the container.)

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by colleeng47

CG, PODS quoted us $2633 for the whole month. The other three main-name movers we contacted were between $4700 and $5300.

All 3 of those quotes are cheaper than what I've seen if we did it ourselves with a truck rental... The heck with that!

I still need to look into what PODS is.

Thanks!

[nocoldiron]

I moved all my stuff for a very reasonable price from Kansas to Oregon-fully loaded 27 foot U haul truck +trailered a van,also loaded.Got 3 miles to the gallon and spent a whole lot more in gas then I budgeted for.Ouch.This time we are buying a travel trailer,putting only the things we can't bear to leave in it,unloading it into a rented locker in OK and living in it while we house hunt.The pets and I will be happier then hunting for a motel that takes pets.

[peggydavis]

Originally Posted by nocoldiron

I moved all my stuff for a very reasonable price from Kansas to Oregon-fully loaded 27 foot U haul truck +trailered a van,also loaded.Got 3 miles to the gallon and spent a whole lot more in gas then I budgeted for.Ouch.This time we are buying a travel trailer,putting only the things we can't bear to leave in it,unloading it into a rented locker in OK and living in it while we house hunt.The pets and I will be happier then hunting for a motel that takes pets.

That's a smart plan, nocoldiron. Where in OK will you be living?

[nocoldiron]

Plan to look at the VA in Muskogee and in Fayetteville and start searching from there. Poteau and mountainous area interest us,reduced risk for tornado's and we just like mountains to look at.Taxes in counties may help decision also.Coming from a state with no sales tax means we will have some adjusting!! Oklahoma is still waaay cheaper than OR.There was a small bidding war for a 720 square foot house with 1/3 acre-place had been vacant for sevaral years (50 year old house).Starting out couple got it for 135,000.Down the street from me.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by nocoldiron

I moved all my stuff for a very reasonable price from Kansas to Oregon-fully loaded 27 foot U haul truck +trailered a van,also loaded.Got 3 miles to the gallon and spent a whole lot more in gas then I budgeted for.Ouch.This time we are buying a travel trailer,putting only the things we can't bear to leave in it,unloading it into a rented locker in OK and living in it while we house hunt.The pets and I will be happier then hunting for a motel that takes pets.

I thought about that, I have a 16' trailer that I was going to try to fit everything into, but I decided it would be too much weight. I also thought about trading it for a converted school bus and doing that - there are some very inexpensive ones around here that people have started converting to use as RVs, then got tired of it and bought one, instead. But there's the weight thing, again. And once I got there, I'd have to find a place to park it, and find someone to drive me around to look at places. I decided to sell the camper, that will more than pay for the gas and a couple weeks at a motel. I won't have to worry about finding one that's pet-friendly, either, my dog is a service dog. They have to allow her.

[TheComputerGuy]

A friend of mine has had a few bad experiences with a few Okie
Real Estate people...

Can anyone here recommend one that doesn't s*ck?

T.I.A.