From: "ClaudCar" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: * Moving & Storage options? *
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:14:05 GMT

IMNBHO, that would by far be the BEST idea.  Altho, I cannot recommend
highly enough that you have a professional mover on your end box and pack
the truck.  They can get more stuff into small spaces than anyone else I
know.  My preference is Wheaton, have used 3 of their agents for different
moves.

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"Joe"  wrote in message
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> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:11:38 GMT, Carol T  wrote:
>
> >Joe  wrote in
> >news:6l8uj0p5a1ib3i002og2mm9kuif7l1j1t4@4ax.com:
> >
> >> We are moving to an area about 1000 miles away and are having trouble
> >> deciding about the transport/storage issues.
> >>
> >> We are buying a furnished condo that had been used for vacation
> >> rental, and will be again after we find a house to purchase. The condo
> >> furniture is fine and we don't want to remove and replace it with our
> >> current furniture, only to replace it back again in 6 months or so
> >> when we buy a house.
> >>
> >> Of course there are a few furniture items we will move into the condo,
> >> but we need some suggestions on storage for the rest. We currently
> >> have a 3 bedroom house, not a lot of clutter but a sizable load.
> >>
> >> Has anyone used PODS?
> >> Their fee would be about $2500 for a 16' container and the transport
> >> mileage. After that the storage is $182 per month. Yikes!
> >>
> >> Anyone used a mover and then stored locally at the new destination?
> >>
> >> I'm almost to the point of selling everything and travelling light.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions????
> >>
> >
> >This may not be feasible, but we are in the ending stages of a long move
> >from NY to TX and this is what has worked for us.  We knew we would need
> >to store our furnishings for 2-3 months so instead of paying someone
> >else to store it, we purchased two 20ft shipping containers.  That
> >allowed us to take our time packing them carefully and, though this may
> >not work for you, have them moved to a place (in this case, a family
> >member's farm) that they can be for the time needed.  I would think
> >there would be places that would rent space to you to store the
> >containers.  After we are finally in our home, the container's will be
> >used as a shed of sorts.  I understand that this only works for us
> >because we will have land, but you could easily sell the container for
> >pretty much the same price you paid for it.  We are giving one to our
> >BIL for use of the farm but its amazing how many people have asked where
> >we got them and if we'd be interested in selling them.
> >
> >Moving the containers took a big of logistics, but what we did was
> >schedule a crane and a flatbed semi to come and pick them up in NY and
> >then another crane to off-load it at the farm in TX.  The containers
> >were $1400 each after delivery to our house, the flatbed to drive them
> >was $2200 and the crane rentals were $800.  If we were to sell the
> >containers instead of keeping them the cost to move our 3000 sq ft house
> >from NY to TX...$3000.
> >
> >The idea came to us after seeing one of those PODS commercials and
> >callimg them to see how much...shocking!  You'd want to pack everything
> >carefully as things do jostle around in the containers.  We wrapped and
> >double wrapped furniture and then shrink wrapped it too.
> >
> >Now, we just have to tough it out 9 more days until the closing on our
> >house!
> >
> >Carol T
>
>
> Yikes! Too much work and money for me.
>
> I had thought about buying a used 24 foot straight truck with a box on it.
Use
> it for the move and then park it some where like one of those lots that
charges
> rent to park RV's on. (and hope the roof doesn't leak) Then move the truck
to
> the house we buy and unload. Then sell the truck.
>
> Any other ideas folks?