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Originally Posted by Soon2B-Villager
We are moving to The Villages the end of January. We received a quote from Mayflower movers of $8k to move our 3 bedroom household from northern Virginia to TV. We plan on boxing everything ourselves except for the furniture.
I have always had employer paid moves and am not familiar with the inflated cost of everything now a days. Is this a reasonable estimate or should I get more quotes?
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We are moving from a 3 bedroom 3 bath 55+ home. We got a quote from 2 local movers and then we used the Villages Relocation Services which gave us 3 additional quotes from Atlas, Mayflower, and United. We ended up choosing United at about $7300 to move us from southeast PA. Our price can’t go higher but it can go lower. We are currently packing ourselves and the movers come on the 12th November. We are taking our living room room furniture which we bought last Fall in very neutral beige and white colors. Perfect for Florida. Our bedroom set was $5000 when we bought it and we couldn’t replace it today for that, plus I love it. We sold our dining room set and washer and dryer. We have a queen Ethan Allen sleeper sofa we are bringing for the 3rd bedroom and a new queen bed and new dresser for the 2nd bedroom. We couldn’t buy any of that today for the same price and we’d have to wait months to get it anyway. We have a brand new upright garage rated freezer we are bringing too. We got rid of A LOT but I do wish we had gotten rid of some more but we can do that down there at the many yard sales. I think for what we are spending at least we have everything we need. And we have our children and visitors coming often, in fact the first week we arrive we have friends coming! We made sure to get a house with a 2 car garage plus a golf cart garage. I think if we didn’t have that I would 100% have gotten rid of a lot more.
Our economy is crumbling. Bring what you need and what you love because who knows what is going to happen to supply chains. With the price of gas everything is costing more! Yes, 2nd hand is also a great way to go but finding the perfect thing isn’t easy.
As far as doing it on your own - Uhaul could not guarantee us a truck when we needed it. Hiring people was also taking a chance because in this environment they may show up and they may not, so how’s that going to work when you have to move out on a set date?
The couple of thousand extra it costs to use a professional gave us peace of mind that we’d be moved and have what we need when we arrive to our new home in a place we absolutely love. I call that priceless.
Blessings on your move. May God give you the guidance and wisdom you need as you prepare.