FYI on DIY – The True Cost of Self-Moves
After you have bought or sold your home, the next challenge emerges: MOVING.
When homeowners are attracted to the perceived monetary savings of a self-move, whether a truck rental or via portable moving containers, they soon realize that many other factors need to be taken into consideration.
In addition to the potentially complicated logistics of a self-move, there are also the physical, emotional, and affiliated costs to review:
- Do you have people available to help with the packing and loading at both origin and destination?
- Do you have fragile items that will require special handling? Do you have the knowledge and tools to crate them as needed? Are you prepared to be responsible for any damage or loss of property?
- Will you need to rent additional equipment/ supplies/ hired-hands to move larger items such as appliances?
- Did you add applicable costs like packing materials, extra insurance, gas, tolls, lodging, day labor, and meals to get a true cost of the self-move option?
- Are you going to miss work while packing and driving across country? This should also figure in to the total cost of a self-move as well.
Self-moving can be a great option for people with small households and in good physical condition, or at least have a large pool of friends and family volunteers that will work for pizza (and know how to safely and efficiently pack your worldly possessions).
For most families and active adults that are moving, the peace of mind, convenience, and personal touch service of a move advocate is tough to beat.
Van Line Express, a preferred partner of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, selects reputable movers from their quality network; arranges multiple estimates; and ensures the process goes smoothly through pack, load and delivery days.
In addition, because of the volume of moves we manage, we have the clout to ensure aggressive pricing and attentive customer service.
Your Prudential Snyder & Company Realtor can assist you in the sale or purchase of your home and can assist you with your move by contacting Van Lines Express and starting the move process for you.
As always, we here at Prudential Snyder & Company Realtors are here to assist you with any of your Ann Arbor home buying, home selling, rental or other Ann Arbor area real estate needs. We cover Chelsea Homes, Dexter Homes, Ypsilanti Homes, Saline Homes, and the entire Washtenaw County area as well as Western Wayne County, and parts of Livingston, Lenawee, Oakland, and Monroe Counties.
Call us at 734-747-7500 or 734-747-7700 weekdays, or 734-660-0105 evenings and weekends. We’re also available via email at info@prusnyder.com or online at www.prusnyder.com anytime. Choose Prudential Snyder and Company for the best Ann Arbor Realtors!
When homeowners are attracted to the perceived monetary savings of a self-move, whether a truck rental or via portable moving containers, they soon realize that many other factors need to be taken into consideration.In addition to the potentially complicated logistics of a self-move, there are also the physical, emotional, and affiliated costs to review:
- Do you have people available to help with the packing and loading at both origin and destination?
- Do you have fragile items that will require special handling? Do you have the knowledge and tools to crate them as needed? Are you prepared to be responsible for any damage or loss of property?
- Will you need to rent additional equipment/ supplies/ hired-hands to move larger items such as appliances?
- Did you add applicable costs like packing materials, extra insurance, gas, tolls, lodging, day labor, and meals to get a true cost of the self-move option?
- Are you going to miss work while packing and driving across country? This should also figure in to the total cost of a self-move as well.
Self-moving can be a great option for people with small households and in good physical condition, or at least have a large pool of friends and family volunteers that will work for pizza (and know how to safely and efficiently pack your worldly possessions).
For most families and active adults that are moving, the peace of mind, convenience, and personal touch service of a move advocate is tough to beat.
Van Line Express, a preferred partner of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, selects reputable movers from their quality network; arranges multiple estimates; and ensures the process goes smoothly through pack, load and delivery days.
In addition, because of the volume of moves we manage, we have the clout to ensure aggressive pricing and attentive customer service.
Your Prudential Snyder & Company Realtor can assist you in the sale or purchase of your home and can assist you with your move by contacting Van Lines Express and starting the move process for you.
As always, we here at Prudential Snyder & Company Realtors are here to assist you with any of your Ann Arbor home buying, home selling, rental or other Ann Arbor area real estate needs. We cover Chelsea Homes, Dexter Homes, Ypsilanti Homes, Saline Homes, and the entire Washtenaw County area as well as Western Wayne County, and parts of Livingston, Lenawee, Oakland, and Monroe Counties.
Call us at 734-747-7500 or 734-747-7700 weekdays, or 734-660-0105 evenings and weekends. We’re also available via email at info@prusnyder.com or online at www.prusnyder.com anytime. Choose Prudential Snyder and Company for the best Ann Arbor Realtors!
