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Old 07-15-2008, 03:03 PM
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Default Re: NEW YORK MOVING COSTS

We just moved our stuff from NY (Staten Island) to TV. We used one of the PODS you see around. Like you , we moved mostly boxes, but there was a treadmill and some furniture (2 dressers, a large curio cabinet, a kitchen set).
We had the POD put on the driveway in April. In June they picked it up and sent it south, so we had 2 months to pack the boxes into the POD. On June 30th the POD was delivered to my house in TV, and on July 1st we had 2 moving men unload it for us. They picked the empty POD up on July 2nd.
It all worked like clockwork.
The rental for 2 months on my driveway was $200 per month, so we had it for 3 months (April 16 to July 2nd - no partial months credit). The total for the move including the 3 months rental was just about $2500. It could be lower if you do it faster and avoid the extra 2 months of rental. And like everything else these days, fuel cost may impact future moves (but they will affect all moving companies).
What's neat about the POD is:
1) Ground level loading and unloading - no ramps or lift gates to deal with.
2) Flexibility for time to load it up - no mess of boxes in the house, we slowly put them in the POD.
Good luck with your move!