Using a moving van service can be VERY expensive. We used a pod (actually a SAM) because we knew we would be renting for three months and that wasn't cheap renting a pod for three months. We had the moving company pack the container with our best stuff and the rest we got family members help to put in a big storage unit back in Ohio. The POD arrived two hours after our new home closed and we had enough stuff to get us through until the rest came.
Sweetie flew back to Ohio because of business last week and rented a 24 foot box truck and had wonderful friends at work who helped him load all of it. (He was planning to hire guys to help him load) He drove it down here but at first it would only go 25mph on inclines. (I think he said he suspected a clogged fuel filter or air filter) (I was scared to death) Finally he got through the mountains and arrived here late Saturday night.
We couldn't hire the people to unload until he got here and we didn't know how long it would take to drive..The next day we tried to call the guys we had used before to unload but couldn't reach them on Sunday, so we started unloading what the two of us could carry. (I am just not as good at lifting and carrying as I used to be) Thinking to have the heavy stuff done when we could reach the strong mover guys but.............
Two of our brand new neighbors stopped by in their golf cart and said they would be right back and they helped...actually did MOST of the unloading which took over two hours. We kept protesting and they kept dragging stuff in.
I don't know how I can ever repay these wonderful people. This place is peopled with heros.
I would like to report that our "good" stuff in the POD (SAM) packed by the specialists did NOT get scratched or harmed or broken in anyway. And we were fortunate with the rest too.
We brought a little too much but not as much as I had feared.
Good luck. Moving is an adventure. It is better at the end than at the beginning.
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