How can you tell if the moving company you want is  the right one for you?  Good question, and one you will need to do some research on as well.  There are lots of items to check on, but when you decide to do your homework, you’ll know which moving company will do a good job for you and your family. Moving company base prices are dictated by an interstate (between states) or intrastate (within your state) body.  With different rules and regulations, you need to compare the efficiency and reputation of a moving company that will help you work out how close the quoted price is to the total cost.  Confused?  This means there’s often a difference with moving companies between the cost (quoted) and the price (actual).  What you want to do is have the ability to figure that out to the best of your ability.

Here are a few other ideas for you as well, as you are looking for a moving company.  Take some time to figure out if you would like to do a self- service move or a full-service move.  What does that mean?  The self-service move means the moving company will take your goods from point A to point B – however, you pack and unpack all the boxes.  Yes, you could save some serious money by doing this.  Note:  cargo insurance on self-serve moves is limited to $25,000 and only covers damage caused by disasters like crashes or fire.

The full-service move means the moving company not only takes all of your stuff from one house to the next, they also pack and unpack it.  While there is no doubt you could potentially do your own move, a company with highly trained professionals can perform a much better job of moving heavy items. Whatever outfit you do choose,regardless of whether you are doing it yourself or going with a full-service move, get a written cost estimate.  Understand however that if the estimate is not binding, the actual final cost may be different.   Don’t deal with a business that isn’t licensed.

Other tips and hints that will help you select a moving company are:

• Call the local better business bureau and check their record for complaints

• Visit the local company and talk to the proprietor

• Don’t invite people to your home to do an estimate until you have done a background check

Also make a list of other things you intend to check that will affect the cost of your move with any potential company you want to hire.  You have to know about packing costs, either they do it or else you do it, and then leave the most difficult things to pack to the professionals.  Inquire about disconnecting and reconnecting appliances.  The moving company may accomplish this for you,but they do charge to do this. If you are well prepared with questions, it’s not going to take you long to decide on a moving company for your moving adventure.

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