There's nothing quite like seeing all your worldly possessions stuffed into a truck and you waving goodbye as it pulls onto the road headed to your new home. Naturally, a small part of you wonders if you'll ever see your "life" again and, if so, what shape it'll be in. In the same way that you get health insurance coverage to safeguard your [...]
It’s no secret that moving can be stressful. Whether your move requires nothing more than a bit of your time and the use of a pickup truck or an army of coordinated professionals (Hey, we can help with that), it can be a time where genuine calm is hard to find. Having executed a few thousand moves, we wanted to offer a few [...]
Fall is the perfect time to move. The process can go smoothly, but it always feels hectic. When you’re relocating the contents of your life, it’s easy to forget the little things. But what seems unimportant in the middle of a residential move in San Antonio can actually cost you later. Here are some small-but-important details that you should probably remember when moving [...]
Unless you're downsizing, moving doesn't usually lead to saving money. After all, between hiring movers, renting a moving truck, furnishing the new space and making back-and-forth trips, moving is usually something people have to do, not something they choose to do to save money. But if you're moving locally, or even out of state for work or other reasons, there are some ways [...]
If you are moving to a new home soon, be sure to do your research when looking for and choosing a moving company. Not all moving companies are the same. We have recently been talking about unlicensed and uninsured moving companies. There is another moving company in the news as well. They allegedly low-balled customers on moving estimates and threatened to drive off [...]
Tip 1: Find Reputable Movers Move Pros suggests San Antonio-area residents on-the-move research moving companies prior to contacting one directly. Try getting direct referrals from your realtor, mortgage broker, co-workers, or neighbors. You can look online for help in vetting movers and access sites like Better Business Bureau at BBB.org, Angie’s List, and Yelp can be good resources, but you should avoid sites [...]
Whatever the reason for downsizing, one will inevitably have to give up some possessions. To help with the transition, use the following five tips to meet the challenge of creating a new living space head on. No. 1: Make a list. First off, you should always write a list of the items you simply cannot or will not live without. Doing this will [...]
When you are moving your home, surely the excitement of it all may get you baffled as to where to start and how to prepare. Luckily, you have TheMovingBlog.com where you can find plenty of tips and advice on all sorts of issues related to your move. This time we’d like to say a few words on how to move a refrigerator by [...]
Are you planning a move to a new home? It sounds very exciting to thing of the new beginning ahead of you, isn’t it? But even so, you certainly must be wondering when and how to begin a move, and what to do. And you could surely use some help, info and advice. A relocation could be tough, time consuming and sometimes quite [...]
The inventory sheet is an inevitable part of every move. It helps guide your relocation, its organization, timing and can point you towards the cost of your move. But what is an inventory sheet, to ask in the first place. The inventory sheet in relocation is the list of items that you will be moving. It is very important to have one for [...]