[kp11364]

Hi everyone,

Pre-planning my move to TV. Has anyone recently used this service? This is a "package deal" with realtors on both ends and movers as well. I'm very interested in hearing about the moving companies selected and how the move went. I really want to use a particular realtor up here in NYC and I'm waiting to hear if they are one of their "selected" realtors.

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

[Toymeister]

I would avoid. They are using RE agents on your end which are paying 10% of their commission for the lead. The best agents do not have to pay for leads.

Likewise, they are getting a cut of the moving company.

Why not simply shop for the best service at the best price?

[kp11364]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

I would avoid. They are using RE agents on your end which are paying 10% of their commission for the lead. The best agents do not have to pay for leads.

Likewise, they are getting a cut of the moving company.

Why not simply shop for the best service at the best price?

I was thinking along the same lines - what I'm most interested in is to hear from folks that have moved recently from NY/NJ/PA/CT - looking for a full-service mover that did a very good job in terms of packing/unpacking, timely delivery, etc.

[LuvtheVillages]

Originally Posted by kp11364

I was thinking along the same lines - what I'm most interested in is to hear from folks that have moved recently from NY/NJ/PA/CT - looking for a full-service mover that did a very good job in terms of packing/unpacking, timely delivery, etc.

It’s important to downsize before you move. Movers charge by weight. For the price you pay them you can purchase new furniture for your new home. Florida styles are very different than what you have up north. You will soon be wanting new furniture anyways.

Sell it, donate it, but don’t move it. Only bring warm weather clothes and sentimental items.

[Stu from NYC]

Some years ago before we moved here looked into this and too many hands in the cookie jar making it an expensive way to relocate.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi everyone,

Pre-planning my move to TV. Has anyone recently used this service? This is a "package deal" with realtors on both ends and movers as well. I'm very interested in hearing about the moving companies selected and how the move went. I really want to use a particular realtor up here in NYC and I'm waiting to hear if they are one of their "selected" realtors.

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

An interesting approach but totally foreign to my view. Sort of like a mail order bride.
The trip from NYC to the Villages is fairly easy and compared to the price of a house very little cost. A realtor is another name for a sales person. They will sell the pluses of what they are trying to sell and will not mention any minuses.

Having the mover pack? I did my own packing. I photoed every item put into the box.
Your valuable glass, whatever, packer it was chipped when I packed it. Gold, whatever, we never saw that. I too am an ex-New Yorker. Perhaps, far less trusting.

Aside, many years ago, I did concealed shortages on expensive stuff. Everyone of my boxes was not only sealed with packing tape, they were glued. There is no way as it typically done they could cut the bottom of a box and reseal it.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by LuvtheVillages

It’s important to downsize before you move. Movers charge by weight. For the price you pay them you can purchase new furniture for your new home. Florida styles are very different than what you have up north. You will soon be wanting new furniture anyways.

Sell it, donate it, but don’t move it. Only bring warm weather clothes and sentimental items.

I disagree. We could never have replaced all of our furniture for the cost of our move (two houses three states apart) down to TV. That said, there were a lot of things I donated before the move that I now regret. I don't regret anything I brought, except for one thing that just wasn't the right size when we got it in the house, but we sold it quickly.

I spent a lot of time & $ choosing that furniture, and I was not about to give it up.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by kp11364

I was thinking along the same lines - what I'm most interested in is to hear from folks that have moved recently from NY/NJ/PA/CT - looking for a full-service mover that did a very good job in terms of packing/unpacking, timely delivery, etc.

There is a recent thread about long distance movers. My sister worked in accounting for a major mover. No I did not get a discount. I was supposed to get the best crew, by name. Honest etc. They are most like the old jokes about used car salesmen.

Packing and unpacking any of them will do it for a fee. In terms of major long distance movers, they have several crews, some are better than others. Packing and unpacking. They do not take the people who pack with them from NY to Florida. As far as unpacking, not sure what they will or can do. Stuff like glassware. Will they unwrap it? Put it away? Would you want them, expect them, to do that?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by DAVES

There is a recent thread about long distance movers. My sister worked in accounting for a major mover. No I did not get a discount. I was supposed to get the best crew, by name. Honest etc. They are most like the old jokes about used car salesmen.

Packing and unpacking any of them will do it for a fee. In terms of major long distance movers, they have several crews, some are better than others. Packing and unpacking. They do not take the people who pack with them from NY to Florida. As far as unpacking, not sure what they will or can do. Stuff like glassware. Will they unwrap it? Put it away? Would you want them, expect them, to do that?

Packing wasn't so much more expensive than our last move (to storage when would be gone for a year). The house sold in a couple of hours for the right price, and we wanted to accommodate the buyers, who wanted to have possession before returning to NY. Couldn't pack ourselves in just a couple of weeks.

Unpacking I preferred to do myself--er, ourselves.

[kp11364]

Originally Posted by DAVES

There is a recent thread about long distance movers. My sister worked in accounting for a major mover. No I did not get a discount. I was supposed to get the best crew, by name. Honest etc. They are most like the old jokes about used car salesmen.

Packing and unpacking any of them will do it for a fee. In terms of major long distance movers, they have several crews, some are better than others. Packing and unpacking. They do not take the people who pack with them from NY to Florida. As far as unpacking, not sure what they will or can do. Stuff like glassware. Will they unwrap it? Put it away? Would you want them, expect them, to do that?

I'd expect them to move the furniture into the rooms where they belong, and move the boxes that belong in each room to that room. I'd do the rest.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi everyone,

Pre-planning my move to TV. Has anyone recently used this service? This is a "package deal" with realtors on both ends and movers as well. I'm very interested in hearing about the moving companies selected and how the move went. I really want to use a particular realtor up here in NYC and I'm waiting to hear if they are one of their "selected" realtors.

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

My experience was great, well coordinated and cost was lower than doing it myself. Similar to my employer relo services.

They suggest realtors who are corporate relocation specialist.

You can select your own realtor.

The move is scheduled from the Villages so if there is a problem, they have corporate influence.

[Altavia]

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[Chi-Town]

I used the relocation service 11 years ago and was glad I did. They lined up two top realtors from different companies to make my choice, and three different moving companies' proposals at corporate rates. And they followed the progress of the ongoing sale.
If they so the same now it makes for less angst.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by DAVES

There is a recent thread about long distance movers. My sister worked in accounting for a major mover. No I did not get a discount. I was supposed to get the best crew, by name. Honest etc. They are most like the old jokes about used car salesmen.

Packing and unpacking any of them will do it for a fee. In terms of major long distance movers, they have several crews, some are better than others. Packing and unpacking. They do not take the people who pack with them from NY to Florida. As far as unpacking, not sure what they will or can do. Stuff like glassware. Will they unwrap it? Put it away? Would you want them, expect them, to do that?

We moved from Roanoke Va to the villages 18 months ago. Driver got two helpers from Wash DC (250 miles away) and they were great.

The movers sent over a few people for packing and they did a good job on fragile and expensive stuff like TV's.

At the villages he got two helpers from Tampa and not so great. They broke several things and hid the damage from us. Not very expensive stuff so we let it go but did leave a bad taste.

[delima2000]

No don’t do it. We did on our move from Michigan to tv and the house was listed by one of their suggested realtor. House sat on the market for 6 months with no one looking at it. Took the listing off and asked the agent and he told us that he had to give part of his commission to the villages. He didn’t want to put the effort in to selling the house. Went with another agent without the villages help and sold the house in one day. This was 12 years ago. Things might have changed