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Originally Posted by fbbarbara
We totally understand the concept of getting rid of as much as possible before the move, but there will still be many home items we want to bring down.
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Before we moved here, we thought we understood the concept of getting rid of as much stuff as possible, but once we got here, we realized we didn't. We got rid of a lot, but nowhere near enough.
We had an excellent experience using United Van Lines. But we didn't just call United Van Lines we hired a specific company and crew. It was one that our realtor herself, and many of her customers had used over many years. We knew they would pick up with a small truck and then transfer to a big van for the trip without doing any storage. It was one truck with one stop before ours. The crew had made many trips to The Villages before. The driver who did the pickup was the same one that did the drop-off.
In the end, it was about a $6000 move, and after being here and shopping a bit, we realized the furniture move made no sense at all. We should have moved just a few sentimental items that we could ship via UPS or FedX and started over from scratch.
By the way, the estimate and the actual cost were very close.