When it’s about getting your goods packed and moved safely to your new house, you can’t afford to ignore even a small little thing. But if you have a plan in place and know how to search for movers, how to verify their profile and how to negotiate with them, then you may end up hiring a professional movers and packers company. But even then, you have to supervise the process at every step to ensure that packing is done in right way, good quality packing materials has been used, things are getting loaded in a good logical sequence and so on.
Here’s are some of the best practices that you should do and avoid (Do’s and Don’t’s)
What is to be done?
- Ask for a written quotation to each of the packers. Don’t trust on what they say you over the telephone, but ask for a written quotation so that you can have everything on paper.
- Ask for detailed cost breakup for each of the process involved in relocation e.g packing charges, loading charges, unloading charges, transportation charges, unpacking and re-arranging charges etc
- Make sure there are no other hidden costs involved and that you can make payment via cheque so that you can have a legal proof of payment.
- Ask about the insurance. If insurance has been taken then make sure to collect all the papers before you move.
- Negotiate well with them for extra services.e.g warehousing of goods for one week after reaching destination in case you are moving to a rented house and it may take time to find a new home, or may be some kind of renovation etc
- Investigate packers and movers profiles and reviews. Ask for their profile, contact information of past clients that they have served, review their profiles on Internet and check what consumer says about the packing and moving company. There are several website where you can find unbiased reviews about packers and movers written by the actual consumer who have hired their services in the past.
- Always talk to three packers and movers and request packing and moving quotes so you know the charges and differences. This gives you the opportunity to compare rate estimates and hire the best relocation company.
What is to be avoided?
- Avoid hiring a company who’s reputation is not so good
- Avoid hiring a company who denies written quotation and ask for full payment in cash
- Avoid leaving all the documents with them and always keep all the documents with yourself.
- Don’t hire a company who don’t offer insurance as insurance is very much vital if you are moving to different city and if the distance is above 200kms
- Don’t hire a company who don’t offer door to door services and who don’t wide branch network of their own
If you fallow these simple do’s and dont’s, you will save your money time and overall effort while hiring packers and movers service providers.
