Friday, January 25, 2008

Moving with All My Sons

I have not moved too many times in my life and every time I have moved I have done it myself with friends. I dislike moving. There is nothing fun about packing boxes, loading the pick up truck and then unloading once I reach my new home. You spend tons of time packing up your life and putting it into boxes and then moving them around Dallas.

The last two times I have moved I have waited until the last possible moment to do so. The first time I had to get a public storage for all of my belongings. I am by no means an expert in moving, and trying to place everything inside the storage unit was somewhat of a task. Looking back on it now I wish I would have hired movers to do it for me. I know that when you put all your possessions into a storage facility, let alone a public one, you tend to worry about them. I know I did. There is no protection on them besides one little lock and fence. Looking back I would do it differently. I would have chosen a local accredited moving company that offered an all inclusive service. Moving and storage. I now want something like All My Sons offers, a climate controlled warehouse that has a monitored alarm system.

I am lucky, I have friends that always like to help but it takes us at least three times as long as it does the local moving company. I work for a moving company and have seen them in action only a couple of times. The first time I was amazed at how quick and efficient they were. My friends only moved Lewisville to Lewisville with only a couple of miles in between. I almost felt bad watching them move everything and we just stood out of the way and pointed where to put it all. But that is what you get when you hire a moving company, it is so quick and easy I can not believe it.

It is almost a little embarrassing to admit but after my moving experiences I know I would hire a mover to do the smallest of jobs for me.

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