Great Rate Movers, LLC

Proud to be family owned & operated, Great Rate Movers is a full service moving company with convenient storage solutions. We are honored to offer our residential moving, commercial moving, short and long-distance moving throughout Maryland, Washington DC

Blunders You Must Avoid To Make Your Upcoming Move Successful

No, the household move will go smoothly without proper planning. Being a pro moving company in Alexandria VA, we have a vested curiosity in seeing that your relocation is get done successfully, and we say time and again that planning is an important component.

Listed below are a few blunders that you must avoid to make your upcoming move successful:

Trying to do too much without any help:

Unless you’re a Superman, you can’t do everything on your own. Ask relatives and friends for assistance. Let the children pack their belongings in their bedrooms. Divvy up the inventory & packing of different rooms between yourself & your other half, if feasible. And appoint a professional Alexandria moving company to do the loading, shipping and unloading or anything else that you think you can’t handle effectively.

Waiting until the last minute:

Moving should be done in phase. For instance, there’re timelines for terminating services such as electric, gas, and phone at your present address and turning them on at your new address prior to your arrival. Special arrangements should be done and time should be taken to pack & transport large or precious stuff. If you want your move to stay on schedule everything has to be ready before the movers arrive. Rushing around the last minute is the worst thing you can do to make sure that things get misplaced or damaged.

Falling short to prepare a relocation day plan for pets and kids:

Are the children moving with your ore staying with grandma until the relocation is finished? What about their study? Can you take your pet with you or is he better off being boarded until you’re in your new house? These details should be settled well in advance before your moving day. Don’t hang around to find out the specifics!

Not reading the contract from your mover thoroughly?

What? You didn’t notice that additional fee for the relocation firm’s packing services on the second page of the agreement paper? Or the cost packing & transporting that massive piano of yours? Or that your moving insurance doesn’t cover the full worth of your possessions? Obviously, none of those things was in the agreement, but they must have been. If you are yet to read it, how’d you know? Certainly, you have heard the old saying that you should never sign an agreement you have not read. Heed it! Otherwise, you’ll get a final bill you weren’t expecting. 

This Blog is Originally posted here: https://greatratemovers.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/blunders-you-must-avoid-to-make-your-upcoming-move-successful/