Nowadays, many people want to have a successful relocation and find their luck elsewhere, and even more so since the COVID-19 pandemic that forced many people to move house and find a more suitable solution for their work-life balance. While some people are leaving cities and looking for laidback surroundings and spacious homes, others are heading back to metro areas, looking for more job opportunities and different lifestyles. If you’re one of those people who decided to relocate, whatever the reason may be, you’ll certainly want your relocation to go smoothly and be as stress-free as possible. And no matter how close you are … [Read more...]
Guidelines to stress-free downsizing
While trying to coordinate all moving tasks and make the most of the time leading to moving day, the entire move may seem like a never-ending process. There are a lot of great things about moving to a new place but having stress-free downsizing is hard to achieve. As we all know, moving may pose a series of challenges, especially if you are moving to a smaller home. While people may assume that downsizing is just getting rid of extra stuff, the process is a bit more complicated. The experience of downsizing a family home can be really overwhelming. As a result, some people may consider it as a step backward. However, depending on … [Read more...]
How to Do a Background Check on a Moving Company?
A low level of professionalism or lack of it is a problem you have to deal with if you don’t do a background check on a moving company. Besides rude moving crew or unjustified delays, you could also end up dealing with fraudulent movers, leaving you without your possessions or holding them hostage with a request for a huge amount of cash. While scammers are getting more skilled at tricking people into doing business with them, customers are also learning to get more informed and check on a moving company before hiring movers and letting them into their homes. That means that you as a customer have various tools to check movers. … [Read more...]
15 Things to Know Before Moving to Colorado from NYC
If you’re thinking about moving from New York to Colorado but you’re not quite sure about how it compares to Big Apple, here are 15 things to know before moving to Colorado from NYC. Property taxes One of the nice things about living in Colorado is that you won’t have to pay crazy high property taxes. Actually, property taxes are rather low. So, you’ll have to pay only about 0.6% of your home’s value that’s assessed yearly. People spend plenty of time outdoors When you are living in New York City, you are used to being on the move. Spending lots of time running around and being active is so New Yorkie. The good news is that … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Moving Checklist + Free Download
Moving house may seem challenging but that’s why Dumbo Movers share some handy tips and this simple moving checklist with you. So join us in today’s video as we go through all the tasks you should complete for a smooth and efficient relocation. 6 weeks before the move Let’s start with tasks you should do six weeks before moving − all of these are necessary for preparing everything on time and we’ll go through each task individually; but we will also include a free download so you can print it out and have a checklist on you. 1. Schedule in-home estimates The first thing to do when planning a successful relocation is to … [Read more...]
Why Do You Need an Accurate Moving Estimate?
As you probably know, proper planning is the key to success. As you also probably know, planning a residential relocation is not an easy task. In fact, moving is notoriously stressful and can make even the best of planers lose their cool. It’s easy to understand why once you consider that you need to organize all aspects of the relocation process correctly, complete all relocation tasks with great care, and provide for all costs associated with this − and pay close attention to every detail if you want to have a chance of success. In other words, you must plan your course of action, your time, and your money very well. Otherwise, … [Read more...]
How to Prepare Belongings for Coast-to-coast Shipping?
You are about to undertake a huge coast-to-coast transition that’s famous for being one of the most challenging household moves. It’s both an amazing opportunity for a fresh start and a great challenge as you’ll have to prepare belongings for coast-to-coast shipping. A coast-to-coast move is not just the change of scenery. Leaving the East Coast for the charming West Coast or vice versa is more than migrating from point A to point B. Considering that the distance between the two coasts ranges between 2600 and 3200 miles, you’d better brace yourself for a rather exhausting journey. … [Read more...]
How to Use Furniture Sliders When Moving
Moving is very complicated and requires the majority of your time, lots of energy, and inevitably money. It consists of packing, loading, transportation, unloading, and unpacking. Professional moving services will take care of the whole thing for you, which is the best part regarding hiring a specialized moving company. However, some prefer to move by themselves, especially if they have prior experience on the subject. Furniture is one of the most challenging items for moving since furniture is often very big and bulky, resulting in various injuries and damage to the actual piece. Besides moving appliances, some tools will help you … [Read more...]
Reasons to Get Moving Company Insurance
If you are like most people, you will avoid overspending when moving and you will try to cut moving costs whenever possible. Naturally, you’ll cut corners where it’s not necessary to spend extra. But, the truth is that moving house is the occasion on which you must be careful when cutting corners. Never engage in some risky attempts to save money. If you decide to spend less and hire the cheapest mover out there, you’re likely to be engaged with poor customer service. Or even fraudulent movers who use the cheap prices to trick you into doing business with them. As always, the best thing to do is only deal with a licensed and insured … [Read more...]
How to Calculate Fuel Costs When Renting a Moving Truck?
When renting a moving truck, the question is how to choose the right moving truck for your needs? You’ll want to make sure that it’s the most suitable type of truck for your move and that its size is suitable for the size of your household. It only makes sense that you’ll want it to be the most affordable one too. In order to include all rental-related expenses in your overall budget, you must also calculate the fuel costs when renting a moving truck. That’s the moment when you’ll wish you had a gas calculator. But, you’ll need more than MPG to determine the final cost. To calculate the gas money, you’ll also have to think about … [Read more...]
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