August 19, 2024 • 45 mins
The final step of the home buying and selling process is moving. From decluttering to packing and transporting your belongings, moving can feel like a job in itself, but with planning moving doesn’t have to be a chore. We share tips on hiring movers, packing suggestions, change of address and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are listening to the Remax real Estate Insight Show,
where you get real talk by real agents, brought to
you by Remacs of Southeastern Michigan.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Well, hello and thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
For joining the Remax real Estate Insight Podcast. We're happy
to have you here today. You know, let's just say
you closed on your home. The final hurdle is moving
into your new space, and we're not going to sugarcoat it.
Moving can be a significant task, from decluttering and packing
to transporting your belongings. And maybe you're trying to enlist
some friends for help or you're paying for professional movers. Well,
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the process can really take on the feel of a
part time job. But here's the good news. With strategic
planning and organization, moving doesn't have to be overwhelming. If
you know what to do and probably more importantly, when
to do it, it certainly can ease your mind when
it comes to all of those details. I'm your host,
Janet Schneider, I'm the president of Remax of Southeastern Michigan,
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and today we have a moving checklist to share with you.
So whether you're moving across the street, across town, maybe
even across the country, our moving checklists can help guide
you every step of the way. Now joining me is
a frequent guest in front of the Showpam Blante, marketing
director for Remax of Southeastern Michigan.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Welcome Backpam, Yeah, hi there, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Well, my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
So we're going to start by tackling some things that
maybe can or realistically should be done in advance of
a physical move. Experts even suggest, you know, is you
can do some of these things as much as a
month or more before your move. And one item that
you may not immediately think about, and that's forwarding medical
records and transferring prescriptions.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Right right, I do feel that this is something that
you might not really have on your radar. So, especially
if you're doing a long distance or crosstown move, you know,
there's a good chance that you're going to need a
new pharmacy, especially if you have like ongoing prescriptions, So
you want to have a new place identified and talk
to providers so that they can get those prescriptions forwarded
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for you. And if you are doing a longer distance
move where you might actually need to find new doctors,
you know, it isn't too early to ask your current providers,
you know, if they if they have anyone they can
refer you to, or maybe even your your real estate
agent can provide some you know, recommendations for you too.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And you know, don't forget.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
You know, we're talking doctors, and we tend to think
of medical doctors, right, but you've got your dentists, optometrists,
any other specialists that you might have, so you know,
so if you haven't identified a new doctor just yet,
at a minimum, you can request a copy of your
medical files so that you do have them handy to share.
You know, once you do find those new providers.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Well, and I mean, and we're certainly no medical experts,
and I don't even play one on TV, but I
do know from personal experience more with my husband is
finding doctors that are taking new patients.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Oh yeah, it's a challenge.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
I mean, you may have decided deciding that if you're
moving across you know, town, so to speak, you might
keep the doctor you have. It might be worth the
comm to keep a doctor you have. But if you're
making a longer movement, it is maybe you have a
chronic condition where you're seeing somebody more regularly and you
want somebody closer to home. I don't think you can
start that process too early.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Right, yeah, based on what you just said, yes for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
For sure, I think so.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
So depending on when you get access to your new
home versus your actual movement date, sometimes there's a bit
of a buffer.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
If you get you know, kind of keys at closing
and you don't need to move in right then you
have the opportunity to schedule maybe some painting and repairs.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
That you might want done. It's certainly going.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
To be easier if you can address any needed improvements
to your new home before your furniture's moved in, before
you start having people in and out, you know, scheduling
those jobs ahead of times. It avoids a lot of stress.
It also tends to help you avoid rehandling and moving
stuff like around your house. So you've already moved it
into the house and positioned it where you want it. Now,
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if you have repaired people and painters coming in, you're
moving the stuff around, you know, inside your home. It's
just the more you touch it, eight the more you
can put your back out. But importantly you could damage
so then sure, sure exactly you're laughing, Have you put
your back out?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Sometimes just moving it just a.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Vacuum you can put your back out right exactly, yeah, exactly, yeah,
So maybe you know, A good thing to do in
advance is to review the floor plan and the size
of rooms of your new home.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
This is something that you actually might be able to
do during the home inspection. This is a great time
for you to get in there and measure your windows
if you're thinking of purchasing new p lines, and measure
the rooms to create your own floor layout to help
you envision how your furniture is going to live in
your new home, which to your point, might avoid you
having to move the furniture around, repeat it repeatedly.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Yeah, which sounds like maybe.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Had this experience, Perhaps you want I can either confirm margin.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Yeah, And once you have a closing date you know,
or date that you can actius actually access your new home,
you know, make sure that your requestification or the personal
time that you want to take around move even if
you only need a couple of hours for closing or
just one day for the actual day when you're getting
you know, you're moving your big items, make sure that
you get that time off now before it gets too hectic,
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you know, so that you can get that time blocked
off for when you need it.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, I mean some people this is easier than others,
you know, to get time off of work. But I
mean if you work someplace where you need to request
this in advance, you know, I mean, it's I think
easier to do sooner than.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeah, last minute. Yeah yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Now I recommend waiting until the closing has occurred, but
then you can start the process of completing those change
of address forms. And the reason I'm going to say
to wait is, you know, while you know, chances are
if you've got to clear to close, you're good, the
closing is going to happen. But what if you know,
I mean, I want to start the process until you
actually own, you own the home. You really don't want
to put the cart in front of the horse on
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this one. Sure, the easiest way to do this is
to go online, and you can do that at USPS
dot com. There's gonna be a quick tools, uh you
know kind of section and you can go there to
do your change of address. This is going to help
your mail get forwarded to your new address. You kind
of pick the date that you want this to, you know,
to start to take effect. And what I've observed over
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the past years we've moved, you know, doing that obviously,
to have all the mails start to be forwarded to
our new home. And you know, for the first little
bit it had those little yellow stickers on it, you
know that kind of indicate that you.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Know you've moved, We know you've moved, we're forwarding this
to you.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
But what I was surprised at because it had been
a while since we had moved, because all of a sudden,
many of our financial institutions, whether that was our bank,
credit card companies, if we had investments with different people,
we start getting letters from all of them saying, hey,
we got notified by.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
The post office that you moved.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Yes, so it kind of takes you having to do
some of that, you know, doing it in one place,
kind of let a lot of different people know that.
They were basically confirming with us that if you if
you put this in, you're good.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You don't need to do anything. Right, if you didn't,
you know, let us know, because somebody's you know, have
to know good.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Right, right. No, I do love that because I haven't moved.
It's been a long time since, you know, I've moved myself.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
And back in the day, you had a reach out
individually to every single person that you paid bill to whatever,
and that was quite cumbersome. So I love that it's
changed so much that you can just do it this way.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I mean, and we're it hasn't even been six months,
five months, you know, at this point, and it's like
hardly anything's forwarded anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Almost everything it's already done.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
And like I said, I was really surprised when we
started getting the things back, you know, saying hey, we've
been notified by the Post Office.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You know that you've moved. I'm like fast.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
So they do do a good job.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
They do.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
And then since we're talking about mailing addresses and these
may not, you know, necessarily be things you think about.
But if you are an online shopper and you use
places like Amazon, Wayfair, you know, Overstock, you know, things
like that, you know, or maybe things you ordered less frequently,
like I just did one hundred contacts and you're use
having them shipped to your home. You want to make
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sure those places have your updated shipping address, so they don't.
You don't just say yep and then have oh, it's
gone to the other because unlike the US Post Office,
Amazon and these others don't forward.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Okay, so you want to make sure you're to have
kind of two different buckets, if you will.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Yeah, you're mailing and you're shipping.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Yeah, and so for accounts like that where maybe you
have some different things, you want to make sure that
you're updating where they're shipping your stuff.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that makes total sense. And you know,
you also want to be sure your employer is also
advised of your new address. And again, I know you've
said that the USPS kind of took care of it,
but do think about your you know, any financial advisors, banks,
credit card companies, I guess, just be on the lookout.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Make sure sure everybody was notified.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Yeah, make sure everybody's notified. And you know, if you
receive any government benefits, be sure to let the Social
Security Administration know of your address change as well.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yep. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Now, if you use let's say, Google Maps, ways Apple,
you know, any of those things that are kind of
just you know, on your phone, you don't really think
about it, make sure you update your home address in there.
Otherwise the next time you go to get in the
carrentses go home. In made ticular, I'm gonna start taking
it to a different direction. Which was funny because after
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we moved that, I had forgotten to do that originally,
and all of a sudden, like, wow, that's gonna be sure.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
That's a quick drive. Traffic must be moving.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Great, And then I realized, oh, yeah, it's probably taken
you to a different a different Yeah, exactly. So if
you I mean, I'm not, I mean sort of. I
don't use uber or lift typically around town, you know,
but I mean, if if you do, you know, or
maybe you may sometimes I know there are parents that
you know, have kids get shuttled, you know, using these things,
and so if that's you know, again, make sure there's
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a new address stored in there if you're a frequent.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
User of those of those services.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Speaking of driving, you're also going to need to reach
out to the Secretary of State to change the address
on your driver's license. And the good news is you
can do that online as well. And when you're doing that,
you can also change your voter registration at the same time.
You could you also want update your vehicle registration address.
And this is important, you know, to do all of
this because especially for some phone folks living if you
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move from one county to the other. Some counties that
costs more to have a car in than others for insurance,
so you know, it might be something you know, don't
don't put that off. That could be kind of a
hidden financial sure benefit.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Yeah, you as.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Well, and of course if you have a passport, if
that's something that you have, that would be something else.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
You want to make sure you're getting your address updated
on m exactly.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
And I also love that you can do that online
with the Secretary of State now too. Right again, it's
been a long time and I'm probably dating myself, but
it's been a long time, and I do remember having
specifically we go there and to get those things taken.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Care of it take a number, sit for three hours.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
Yeah, just to say my address has changed, so it's
so much better now. Schools and daycare providers are another
place that you want to update your address so that
they have the most current information on file. And if
you have a pet, don't forget to keep your vet updated.
They need to know that as well. And also think
about your costco and sand clubs too, those type of things.
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Those memberships should also be updated.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Absolutely, And if you have a joke let them know.
I mean most of the time now you're checking into
a gym with an app or you know, QR code
or something like that. You know, I happen to go
to one of the national chains, you know, where you
can have a membership that you can use any of
their gyms. Let's just say, and I will say, I'm
just going to check in as a guest at the
new place, apparently forever, because I have to change it
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on the app, which goes back to an email address
that I gave them like ten years ago. It's no
longer active, and I can't go back to that email address.
And I've gone in, and I says, you know, here's
what I want to do. I've moved this addresses and
you know active any more email addresses and active? Can
we just you know, can you pull me up on
your system here? No, you really need to do it
through your email address.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Oh oh okay, all right, well.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Give me give me the pen. I guess I'll be
signing in as a guest.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I've invested enough time in this. I'm not spending any
more time on this. But that was my little saga.
That won't be everybody's issue, But again, just trying to
think of some things that aren't top of mine. You know,
we're having some addresses may be.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Helpful, That may be helpful.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Yeah, and then last, but not least, don't forget you
want to share the good news with your family and friends.
You know, many people like to send out postcards with
a few picks of their new house so people have
the new address. I suppose you could also, you know,
take a do a text messaging too, But I think
did you do that?
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Did you do postcards?
Speaker 5 (12:20):
I did?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Did you do it through something like a shutterfly or
I did.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
I have a ther Vista print or one of those
I kind of whoever had the best deal?
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Yeah, yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
I was. I was very much shopping by price at
that point, but yeah, I did. We took a picture, well,
we actually took a picture of the front of the house,
kind of tried to make sure. I'm trying to remember
do we had doesn't matter, had a picture of the
front of the house, and then we took one of
the two of us, you know, kind of out in
the backyard, and then one of the just one shot
from the inside, kind of had three photos on the
front oh yeah, and then you know, did a kind
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of we've moved and gave the new address and and
all of that, and yeah, sent that out just to
because it was right after the holidays, and I was
afraid if I I wasn't sure that I would.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Be the first to send out Christmas cards.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Sure, yeah, right, And I mean while they technically should
have still be forwarded, I didn't want to risk it
so late in the year and so close to when
we moved. So I say, I'll send out a change
of address now so everybody knows.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
And you know what I like about that too, then,
is actually like it's something handy that people actually get
versus just verbally saying it or maybe even texting it.
You know, they actually have the cards and when it
does come time to mail something Christmas cards or whatever,
oh what's their new address?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
You know I've got it here.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
So well, I mean, and I think absolutely.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
I mean, so now there's something if you have like
an address book or something, you put that stuff in,
you know you've got it. And the other one for
me is I've got some relatives that live out of state.
I don't see you know very often. I mean sometimes
it's been decades since I've seen some customs, and so
it's a nice way to kind of keep that in
touch because not everybody's on social sure, you know, I mean,
because you can do some of that way, but I'm
not putting out my physical address on a social class.
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I can say I view, but I am not doing that.
So I mean, it was a good way to take.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Care to take care of that, yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Yep, already.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Well, it's interesting how something as simple as a change
of address can actually take a little time and effort.
But the good news is a lot of this can
be done online. A lot of it is relatively simple.
But you really do want to be sure you know
that you're you know, getting all all parties.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
You know, notified.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
All right, So let's switch gears a little bit and
let's talk about getting prepared for packing. A few weeks
at least before your move and before the packing begins,
it can be a good time to take inventory of
your possessions. This is going to help you consider what
items are coming to the new home. Maybe doing a
quick video recap of any major items can come in
handy to show the shape that they.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Were in before the move.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Shoot, you need to file acclaim after them after the move,
just saying.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Which I guess you're going to need a confirm or
deny or deny that.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Yes, and you know, and actually.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
You likely you have done a few rounds of decluttering
and downsizing before you to put your home on the market,
you know, before you put your home on the market. However,
before you begin packing, consider doing one more round so
you don't bring things that you don't want into your
new home. You know, you might consider doing a moving
croad sale, or do another round of donations to a
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local charity.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
And I kind of like this one.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
As you clean out your kitchen, you can also donate
non partial food items to the food bank, So maybe
you don't want to lug all that extra can nonperishable
items from your pantry with you on your move.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Well, I mean, and it's something that people don't think.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I think, Yeah, we think furniture, you know, when you
think donating to charity, I think that's what typically comes
top of my clothing and furniture, right, Yes, food doesn't
necessarily get thought of in the same realm. And yeah,
you're right, I mean, maybe you really have a full
pantry if you're downsizing maybe the kitchen's not as big,
the food doesn't have to go to waste, so yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Great, yeah, great, great, great thing to do with that.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Yeah, well, and decluttering one more time, because again, if
you're in the process of moving, you've probably already started
this and you've done at least one round of decluttering hopefully,
but doing another one before moving, you know, again to
PAMs point, makes go smoother, but it can also potentially
lower your moving costs if you're transporting many items in
your paying professional movers, whether it's time or by weight
or you know whatever, kind of reducing the load might
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reduce your.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Costold und it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Yeah, well, that leads us to the next checklist item,
and that's shopping for a moving company, because the right
mover certainly can make a big difference.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
Yeah, right, exactly. So we do recommend that you get
three quotes so you can truly compare and contrast what
each company will do for you at what price, and
also what is their availability. You also want to check
out reviews for each of them and listen to your
gut which company you felt the most comfortable with. So
I think kind of almost like when you're purchasing anything
big or using any big service.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
It's the same thing you know with your movers too.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
And then you also might want to see if moving
on a weekday offers a lower cost to you rather
than moving on weekends, which are more popular and could
be more more expensive to do it.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
That way, it might be booked you know, it might
be booked up a little in advance too.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Sure the time of the year moving.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Yeah, yeah, exactly, And when the when the movers come
to review what you were having for them having them
move for you, don't forget to mention any items that
might be not be top of mind or readily visible
in your home. We're thinking things like patio furniture, grills, likes, kayaks,
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tough that those type of things which might be like
outside of the house.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, but it's not in view, and in view I
mean the in the reason. I mean, I think that's
a great point. And I and I would say when
we were moving, it was well we were had the
movers come out and look at it stuff in January, right,
I mean, so obviously everything in the house you were
thinking about I wasn't really in the outside frame.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Of mine, right, good point.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
And then all of a sudden they thats like, ah,
there's a grill in some patio furniture. I mean, we
can move it if we have to, But paddio furniture
is a little bit bigger than my vehicle would hold
the girl. We could have done if we wanted to,
but I'm not a fan of moving pro paint tanks.
That just breaks me out, so I'd rather have somebody
else do it. Sure, and we had to call them
and say, hey, forgot, you know, I forgot. It was me,
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I forgot to mention these things.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Okay, good good points.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And there are really so many options when it comes
to moving. From you can get that, you know, the
full service company, to the pods that can be delivered
to your driveway that you pack and fill and then
gets moved to the new home for you. Of course,
each option is going to have pros and cons depending
on your budget, your timeline, your ability to you know,
maybe carry some items out to a pod, you know,
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so realistically, you know. But again to your point, if
you've decided maybe or maybe you're looking at your options,
you can hire, you know, interview three different companies representing
three different types of moves. You know, full service pods
and kind of the you know, a couple of men
in a truck type of a thing. Sure, or if
you know what you want to do again, interview a
few I think is smart, and I would say is
The other thing to consider is when you're talking to
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movers and when they came out to do just again
speaking from personal experience, when they came out to take
a look at what we were going to have them move,
because they weren't moving the entire house. They would just
moved the heavy stuff basically. And you know, we had
given them the address of the house we were going to,
and I didn't specifically, you know, point out have you
been there? Have you looked at how you know it's
a one lane road? Okay in front of our home.
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And I mean I figure, I assumed, and that was
again my mistake. I haven't moved in a while. I figured,
you know, they came to the house to see what
they were going to do. I assume somebody's going to
go and take a look at where they were delivering
to get a lay of the land.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Yeah, oh, nay, nay.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Did not do that in the day of the moving.
And we even said something in the morning of when
they came to the old house to pick up stuff,
my husband had asked, have you been to the new place?
Have you checked it out?
Speaker 5 (19:37):
No?
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Oh interesting, We're like, well, you know, just so you know,
it's it's one lane, it's kind of tight. You've got
you know, wells and sewers in everybody's yards. I mean,
so you can't really drive across grass in this neighborhood.
I mean, not that you should anyway, but I mean
you really can't in this neighborhood. And it was one
thing that you know, to anybody moving, talk to them
about the new house if there's anything that they need
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to know about.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Where they're going to be delivering too.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Yeah, and I made some assumptions that they would do
the homework on it, and they didn't. You know, so
if you know where you're moving to and you know
that it has maybe something that they should be aware of,
voice it, say it, get it out there.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Right right right?
Speaker 5 (20:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
I know.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
That's great advice, I think, and that's kind of a
live and learn type of thing. But hopefully sharing this now,
you know, that's another thing to ask.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
When you're having those interviews with your movers.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Well, because at the end at the end of the day.
I mean it cost I mean realistic. I mean it's funny.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Now, it.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Was funny that I mean it was.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
It was I say it in the front door, washing
them drive back and forth and back and forth from
different directions, trying to figure out how they were going
to back this big truck cause they had like a
twenty four foot truck. I mean, we didn't have that
many things, but they had a bigger truck and they
literally couldn't get it in.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
The driveway, oh my goodness.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
And then there were snow on the ground, I mean,
you know, and other stuff like that. And finally they
decided that they were just going to have to park
it at the end of the driveway, you know, and
bring things up.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
But I mean it took them.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
I think they were trying every possible way to avoid
that being the way they were going to do the.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Right, right because I guess with that then it was
more more physical, a little bit.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
More physical, yeah, yeah for them, and happy to take
the little dolly thingies to roll it up the driveway.
I get.
Speaker 5 (21:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah, so that was a lesson learned, but just sharing, yeah, exactly.
So going hand in hand of course, with choosing a
moving company is the fact that you actually need to
start packing.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Yeah, yeah, first you got to gather your boxes and
then begin by packing those infrequently used items or those
odysseys season items first because those are the things that
you don't need right away.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Right.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
Last items to get packed ten to be your bathroom
and some kitchen items. Some experts recommend buying boxes in bulk,
so you get several small, medium, and large boxes that
all are the same shape within their size category, and
that makes it easier to stack and transport.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Well, and I was going to say, when we moved,
we were really lucky to take advantage of I mean
we had we had, you know, started to kind of
grab some here and there. You know, Trader Joe's, I'm
going to give a plug out because they always have
boxes stacked along the windows and you know, like some
good wine boxes and you know, sturdy your boxes, and
they will let you take some. But when we moved,
we were actually lucky. We got some boxes from a
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friend they had put on Facebook. They had just moved
and they were going to be heading to the recycling center.
And they basically said, hey, you know, we're headed the
recycling center on whatever day unless you need moving boxes,
and we're like, whoah, yeah right here, yeah, yeah, we'll
take some. And they were from a moving company, so
to your point, they were a small was a small box,
and they.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Were all the same size. The medium was a medium.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
They were all the same shape and size, same with
their large boxes. Yeah, and it did make it easier
to pack and do stuff. And then we did the
same thing when we were done, you know, we put
out does anybody need boxes, you know, so that way
you're kind of paying it forward.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
Sure, yeah, you're paying it forward.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
And I love that too, because I'm thinking that inside
the truck even stack it's easier for them to stack
it inside the truck. And then also as you're packing,
make sure every box is closed and sealed shut. And
you also want to use the creck sized boxes so
that they aren't overpacked or have empty spaces to ensure
that they arrive at their destination undamaged. So I could
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see where if they're especially if they're underpacked, I would
think that could cause it problem.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah, things kind of shift, as they say, So if
you pillows, towels, you know, t shirts, they can all
make great packing filler.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
If you don't want to necessarily.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Go buy like the bubble the bubble wrap, you know,
or the packing paper you know, or things of that nature,
you can use some everyday items, you know, I mean,
And okay, granted now the pillows aren't necessarily the bedroom
I mean, but if you have extras to some of
this stuff, you really can use it to you know,
pack some of the fragile you know, stuff like that
without you know, paying.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Extra sure sure and that kind of that. Also, I
see the pros and cons of that. Like you said,
if it really is your all, your really good bathroom towels,
maybe you don't want to shove them in with that,
but car wash towels, that type of thing, you know,
perfect because otherwise you're going to have to pack them anyway.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
So right, I mean that couple of game like you know,
like the big bath towels that are really like extra
for when guests come over. Yeah those I was wrapping
vases in, you know, and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Yeah, there you go, there you go. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
So, as you continue to declutter impact, you may find
that you have a lot more trash than you thought.
So if needed, consider getting a dumpster or contacting your
local trash holler or just hiring someone to dispose of
unneeded items.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Yeah, I mean we had to do this.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
I didn't think we were going to have to mean,
that wasn't when we started this whole process. Really didn't
see that being something we were going to have to do.
In our case, our agent had you know, people that
you know, it's kind of on her, not her real
estate team, but just kind of her go to people.
She has people that she kind of has for everything,
and she had people that we know could We had
a pile kind of built up in the garage and
just never time started to run short. We didn't have
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the time to do this ourselves, and you know, paid
to have them take care of everything.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
One day we came home all gone.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Oh perfect. Yeah, yeah, didn't even have to worry about it.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Yeah, exactly, very very very nice.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
Yes, And if you live in an apartment complex or
a place where a larger moving van will take up
a lot of space, sure the moving company knows of
any space limitations and get any needed approvals if you
need to get any permission for the truck to be
on site. So kind of what you're saying, but this
is more I think specific too, if you do live
in an apartment maybe or condo complex, that type of thing.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
I mean, some of them can have I think it's
been a while since I've lived in you know, anything
like that, but I think that you know, some of
them can have a little bit stickier. Yeah, you know,
parameters around what they allow. Just be sure you know, yeah,
and you all, I mean, and if you don't, let's say,
I mean, whether no matter where you live, condo, apartment,
a subdivision, you want to be a considerate neighbor and
you know, potentially let those around you know, you know,
(25:35):
when you're going to be moving, if it is going
to be a large truck that's going to be taking
up a lot of space, you know, so neighbors can
be aware, especially if you know neighbors typically park cars
in the street, you know, or have something like that
going on, and you know the day that this is
going to happen. It can be nice to let people
know so they're not kind of inconvenient.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Sure, yeah, that's a great idea.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
So well, now let's say it's the week of the move,
because we've done some stuff in advance, like over you know,
the month or more, you know, it is it's getting closer.
You're trying to do all these things, but everything's coming
to a head now. One important item to remember kids
and pets.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
Yeah, you have to think about your kids and pets
on the moving day, right, So when you're thinking about
your pets, just make sure they have a safe place
to stay on that moving day. And that might mean
leaving your pets with your local cannel or trusted friend,
you know, that type of thing, because this is going
to help reduce stress on the pets, and because you
don't you don't want them to be stressed out, you know,
(26:30):
with all the people coming and going, and then you know,
helps them with the you know, if they are anxious.
And then you also don't want them getting in the
way of the movers, like you know, want little doggies
or cats getting underneath the mover's feet. So so it's
important to take care of that, it really is. Yeah,
And then the same thing goes for younger kids too.
So if you have those small children, you know, maybe
have them stay with the grandparents or friends you know
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during the moving day just to keep them out of
the way, you know, of the workers. If you have
some older kids that might be helping, you know, let's
give them some instructions, because they typically do better with
a little bit of guidance, so they're not.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Getting in the way of the movers.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
I think probably the biggest thing, right, the common goal,
But are you doing you know.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
Yes, loading the truck mob.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
And then if you have older kids who are actually
going to be going to school and sticking with their
normal routine, you know, maybe make arrangements with someone if
they need to be picked up from school or taken
to sports, that type of thing, so that you're not
actually having to deal with that on moving day.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
I mean, because your best lead plans as they say, right,
I mean you could okay, well I'll pick you up
at you know, two or three whatever school gets out,
and then the movers are running late, you know what
I mean, And now you know, now here comes stress
and worry. So I think better sometimes just to have
everything kind of handled, let other people help you. Look,
you're not asking them to move heavy boxes. All you're
asking to do is move your kids from one place
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to another.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
That's an easy at that's an easy ask. Oh yeah,
I'm happy to do that, no problem. No boxes are
on your person right exactly, well, the week of your
move is also a signal to confirm everything. This is
one of the most important steps in the moving checklists
and probably the one that not everybody does, because no
matter how many times maybe you've confirmed and there's emails,
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you know, with your moving company or the people that
are taking care of your kids or you know, the
pet or what's you know, doing one more confirmation isn't
going to hurt. You just want to make sure that
everybody's on the same page. And if you happen to
have somebody that's covering for you, you know from work. I mean,
depending on what your work situation is, you know, is
the out of office going to be on Are you
directing people to another coworker? You definitely want to make
(28:33):
sure all of that is covered and even confirming like
little details they like within your family, like who you
know are you dividing and conquering? Is somebody going to
be at the old house? Degree with the movers when
they're there, Is somebody going to be at the new house.
If it's a local move, you know that's going to
be responsible for you know, going there, is there somebody
else that you know, depending if lunch is kind of
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in the middle of the move day, is somebody on
you know, is somebody getting take out, you know, to
you know, to bring in just kind of having all
of this planned out versus the day of.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Well, I thought you were gonna know, and we didn't
talk about this. What about that?
Speaker 2 (29:03):
It removes a lot of that if you really think this, yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
What about when you moved, did you have like did
your husband go to the new house or did you
guys dividing conquer that way?
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Well a little bit, and I'm trying to remember, I mean,
neither of us really took the whole day off because
we were we were literally were working that morning. We
were both in his office kind of copyholding there on
a car table with two computers working while they were
taking a lot of you know, stuff out of the house.
But Dan stayed back at the old house. Initially I
headed out to the new house, so, I mean things
as they were wrapping up at the old I jumped
(29:35):
in the car and headed to the new so I
could open it, get the garage door open, you know,
all of that type of stuff and be there for me.
And I forget. I think Dan had to go do
something for work. Because he didn't get there for like
a two or three hours later, so I forget now.
But yeah, so I was kind of point person for
the new for the new house, okay, And we didn't
have to worry about launch because you know, you know
me it was a granola bar.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
You had it, you had it handy with that.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
That was no, that was no big deal.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
But we did.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
Yeah, we did kind of talk it through, like he
met him at the door at the old place and
you know, kind of reconfirmed everything that was going to
be moved.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
So a little bit of divide.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
And then at the new place, you know, I was
the one directing where everything was going, yes, and then
you know, responsible you know for kind of watching what
they were doing.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, because it's it's a big responsibility,
I feel like on both sides, you know, at the
old house and at the new house.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
You know. So, I mean it is and and again
most people don't do this all the time. I mean,
and while you're you know, excited, you know, and you're
still you knew how it is nowadays with work, you're
still half working, yeah, you know, while this is going on.
And then like in our case, we had and we
have a queen sized bed, so it's not some.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Abnormal sized bed.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
But they were having a hard time with the frame
I think it is, and they tried twice to get
it down the stairs and then they basically said, well,
you know, we're not moving this, oh my goodness, and
we're like oh. And that's when I mean again, Dan
really kind of said and says, well, we've got to
figure something out, you know, figure something out. And one
of the movers, you know, did you know, was a
little more empathetic. Yeah, and you know, helped to kind
(31:04):
of figure it out after a few tries. But I
mean literally one guy for two tries, I was ready
to throw his hands in the air and say we're done.
Speaker 4 (31:09):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
Yeah, And that is one of the reasons why you
pay movers. They're supposed to be the experts that way, yes,
you know, that should have more knowledge on how to
do that than the average person.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
The average person.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
Yeah, I mean, and it was I mean, that's when
they're because I'm like, what are we going to do
if they just if they leave and they leave this year.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
We can't get this out by ourselves.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Right right? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Yeah, yeah, that is exactly why we were paying somebody.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's interesting. And this this next tip,
I really like this. One of the last things to
pack before the movers is your essentials box. And this
is probably something people don't really think.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
About either that much.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
So so you could because you're not going to be
able to unpack every box the day of the move,
So you want to pack an essentials box that lan
has your power cords, maybe some snacks, change of clothes, toothbrush,
you know, clean sheet, shampoo, those type of things.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
You can label it first and box.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
But that way, when you're in your new house, you've
got everything you need for that first night, right, you know,
handy in that box.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I mean kind of And if you if you're a
long time listener of our podcast, you know Pam and
I have done some moving checklists previously and this was
a little different that.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Wanted to change it up.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
But you know, we've kind of talked about, you know,
how to pay, how to label, and you kind of
put things from the same room in the same box,
and this kind of goes against it. But this does
make sense because you need a variety of different things
at your you know, at your disposal right where you
know where they are. Yeah, and like you said, chargers
is a huge one. Yeah, it chargers her cell phone
and stuff like that, you know, and then you know,
tooth props and I mean all of that type of stuff.
(32:37):
So it's kind of a weird conglomeration of things, but
it's all stuff that you need, that.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
You need right away. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
So, so not let's say we've arrived at the moving
day because you've done your packing, you kind of confirmed everything,
You've got the pet, sand or the kids kind of
taken care of. We've now arrived at moving day.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
The movers have just pulled up.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yeah, the movers have just pulled up. So you do
want to meet the moving team. They should have packing
details that match what you received from the sales rep,
so you want to review with them what items they
are taking and ask questions if anything is unclear or
maybe was not agreed to previously. You may also want
to have a family member supervised the load in and
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watch the moving crew as they stack your belonging belongings
inside the truck. Be sure to keep an eye out
for damage and point it out and take pictures or
videos for backup. So I think that's kind of just
making sure if anything gets broken or damage, the right
people are.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
Well and you're and you're watching it as it happens,
because I mean, you don't necessarily want to get into
they said. You said, yeah, no, I mean if I mean,
in chance, you may not catch everything as it's moving,
you know, out the door, but you want to be
cognizant of what they're doing. Now. Something that you don't
want the packers moving are your valuables. I mean necessarily,
I would say you want to keep valuables with you,
(33:56):
things like your laptop, your jewelry, pastor prescriptions. You know,
maybe there's actually even a couple of pieces of you know,
some urd or you know something I mean buy and large.
You have to decide what you're comfortable somebody else moving.
But there's obviously, you know, some things that are very
personal to you that you just probably are going to
feel better if you keep them with you at all times.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Yeah, yeah, move them personally.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yeah, definitely. H Yeah, I agree with that.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
And another thing that you might want to think about
keeping behind is your vacuum cleaner and some other cleaning
items because the last thing that you want to do
is have these items moved on the truck with your
movers and then have to load them back in your
car to go back to your former house for that
last cleaning. I mean, you certainly could hire a professional
you know, cleaning service to do that for you. But
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if you're the one that's going to be doing that
last vacuuming and sweeping of the floors after the movers
to leave your to leave your your existing home in
that broom swept condition, which is called for most purchase agreements.
So you're you, you know, typically you go back and
clean that. So make sure that you just uh just
leave it at the.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
House then bring to avoid the double dude.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
We were trying to have you touch things twice, right,
we try not to have things get moved only few
to get there and go oh and then realize you
have to take something back. So yeah, good tip to
just leave a few things behind.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
You leave a few things including and you know, don't
forget like some trash bags too with that.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Yeah, and good roll paper towels would probably be too.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Oh and here's another one, toilet paper because if you're
if you're still if you're still in the old hall,
I mean, you wouldn't want to steal it all for
the new people anyway.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I know we made sure there was a role in
every bathroom.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Yeah, I mean, but then again, people take strange things
when they move, so you just want to think that through.
So after the movers have finished, you want to take
a final walk through of the current home. You want
to look for any damage that may have been done
to walls, to floors, you cabinets, anything. Maybe they tell
you and again we've said this before, if there's been
damage that's done, take photos or videos for proof, because
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you probably are going to want to file some type
of acclaim, you know, with the moving company if there
was some damage done, unless not, you know, if you're
selling your home, you know you're also the new buyers
are going to be doing a walk through before they close.
So I mean, if you're moving out before you know
the closing or after closing, they're going to come through
and do you know a walk through to look at it.
Any damage that was done by your movers is now
(36:14):
going to become a point of contention, right so you
I mean, you do want to be on top of
if there was damage done. Most moving companies, you know,
recognize stuff can happen during a move and they'll come
out and fix it, but you've got to be on
it to get that to happen, so you want to
be you know, you want to make sure that you're
videoing and making those claims just as quick as possible.
Another thing to do is check and make sure all
windows and doors are closed and locked up, just because
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you've had people in and out of your house during
the day. Not that anybody was leaving it open for
nefarious reasons, but you just want to make sure that
everything is buttoned up. And you also want to make
sure if you're going to be away, if this is
the last time, like you've moved, you've done the final
kind of you know, vacuuming and cleaning and you're literally
walking out the door. Something else to consider. You may
just want to adjust that thermostat to you know, a
(36:57):
little bit lower, you know, kind of the nod at
home setting, so it's not running you know constantly.
Speaker 3 (37:03):
Sure. Sure.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
And just while we're talking about you know, damage and
stuff like that, is we had a little bit of
carpet damage on old dirtiness. It wasn't damage, it wasn't ripped.
You on both ends of the move and it was
worse at the old house than it was the new house.
And the old house it was, in my opinion, significant,
(37:26):
and I did videotape it and I did show it,
you know, to the company. The challenge was is we
were on a very tight turnaround. They weren't going to
get there to deal with it before the house was
going to be held open.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
I couldn't wait for them to fix this, And so
they did give me money, often essence, pay for the
cleaning that we had another company do.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
Okay, and they didn't they didn't fight me, you know,
on it.
Speaker 1 (37:46):
You I mean, they they did it, and they you know,
they basically paid for the you know, the cleaning to
be done. And again our agent was able to bring
somebody in and have the carpet cleaned, you know, really really,
you know quickly. The damage at the new house was
minimal by comparison, and they did send somebody out to
take care of that, and I want to say they
did that within probably.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Less than a week.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Okay, I mean, so I wasn't thrilled that it happened
at either place, but I will say they were responsive
when it was brought to their attention.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (38:14):
Well, Okay, so that is a good example. I do remember,
and again this is years ago. But and this is
interesting because you don't know what you don't know type
of thing, but it must have been the the the
people that we bought the house from. When they moved
out there movers attracted quite a bit of dirt, like
going up the stairs. The carpeting is light, right, so
shoot prints going up and down the stairs, a little
(38:35):
bit in the living room and stuff, and it's and
you know, so going back to like leaving the house,
broom swept right right for the new owners, Well, when
we went in, we were horrified because there was it
wasn't It wasn't Bruce opinion, right, I mean big dark
boot footprints, you know, all and down the stairs and everything.
Speaker 3 (38:54):
So so they probably could.
Speaker 4 (38:56):
Have gone back to their movers and had that taking
care off if they truly cared to do that. My
guess is they probably just wanted to be out and
be done with everything.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
But which is a shame because I mean different, I
mean truly different people. I mean, if you've been in
the industry long enough, different people's variations. What they think
broom swapt the clean is is very different from you know,
somebody else's, but that's I mean, I literally almost cried
when I went back in and saw because it was
the same thing. We had lighter carpet and it was
like three guys and I swear they all must have
just dragged their feet. Yeah, did you walk through the landscaping,
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because the day that we moved, we meanwhile there was
snow on the grass from previous nose. It was a
dry day. It was like the perfect day as far
as I mean. It wasn't warm, but it wasn't raining,
it wasn't slushy, it wasn't any of that stuff. So
I'm like, oh my goodness, this is perfect because there's
not even salt residue.
Speaker 2 (39:41):
I mean there should be, you know, this should be easy.
Speaker 1 (39:43):
They had laid paper down, you know, or the what
do you call it, like the plastic, you know, and
stuff like that, and so I had, like we'd said,
I had gone to the new house, I come back
to kind of do a final cleaning at the old
I walked in and I'm just like, to your point,
there's boot marks everywhere in the dining.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Room in the family Oh my goodness.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah, yeah, And.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
I'm just like, are you kidding me.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
You know, we had painstakingly, you know, got this sauce
ready to sell right right, you know, I mean, you're
doing all of this stuff, and I'm just like, oh
my goodness. You know, I felt like, you know, everything
was undermind and then it was like, okay, take a
deep breath.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
In the end, it all worked out right, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
But it was you know, I was contented, like I
contented him that afternoon and had already sent the video
to the rep that I had worked with by four
o'clock that afternoon.
Speaker 4 (40:26):
Oh perfect, yeah yeah yeah, so yeah, so following our tips,
then you did do the video.
Speaker 2 (40:31):
Oh yeah, I did a video.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
I still have it on my phone. Did the video
and got it in right away, and did the same
thing at the new house. You know, got a video,
did it, did it right? You know, right away?
Speaker 4 (40:40):
Yeah exactly. And I think, you know, I think that
to some extent too. Then it's interesting, like you've experienced that.
I experienced it again, that was years ago. But I
think that it makes you kind of think about like movers,
versus different vendors that come in your house. Like you figure,
like someone comes in like a cable right cable people
stuff they alway put tho little booties. They worry about that.
(41:01):
But I think on moving days movers their job they
don't care. Their job is to get that furniture out.
Speaker 2 (41:06):
Right or quickly as possible.
Speaker 3 (41:08):
Yeah, and they're hustling and everything.
Speaker 4 (41:10):
So that's just not something that's kind of that falls
into their into their business if you will, you know,
so I think something to keep in mind, you know.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
Or something to ask about.
Speaker 1 (41:20):
I mean, if you're talking to companies, if you're looking
at somebody coming in, you know, you know, ask them,
you know, what's your policy on how do you deal? Because,
like I said, they put some plastic down. I was
shocked when I came out, like what did you do?
Speaker 2 (41:29):
Rip it up? And then walk over there? I was,
I was.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Very confused, how did this happen? But I ask them
about what their policy is. I mean, that would be
a good a good question. And you know, one of
the other things I was going to say is, you know,
don't rush the review of your moved items because you know,
once you're in the new house. And again I'm doing
this from a local move right across to kind of
(41:52):
a cross toown move. So they had the issue of
trying they couldn't get the truck in the driveways, which
eight and a half hour of time, and then they
were bringing everything up the driveway. So you know, I
was kind of watching things as they brought it in,
and they'd you know, they kind of unshrink wrapped it,
you know, if it was stuff that was shrink crapped.
I wasn't, you know, moving around and looking at it.
But I had three guys coming and going and it
was only one of me, you know, I mean, so
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you know.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
They can move, they can hustle.
Speaker 1 (42:15):
I mean, they're they're bringing stuff in, and I keep
running around trying to you know, check everything. And so
then they're kind of waiting by the door, you know,
almost like that you will tap in your foot, you know,
looking at the watch, like you know, hey lady, it's
Friday at whatever, we're done, you know, as soon as
you say we're done, we're done for the day. And
I'm running around the house, you know, trying to look
at everything.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
Now.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
The funny thing was is I caught on the piano
that they had installed where the music goes backward. But
no big deal, I can fix that. It's not damaged.
But what I what I missed and I didn't. I
didn't notice it, honestly until probably a good week later.
Was the big you know kind of the the dresser
with the mirror, you know, like for the bedroom. It
would be the side that now faces the you know,
(42:53):
the wall, not when I come in the room, but
like the far wall right so I don't walk pasted it,
you know, to get into you know. Yeah, two significant chunks,
really okay, And I don't know, I to this day,
I don't know how I didn't see that. Yeah, yeah,
moving day because whether it was bumped up against something
or they strapped it weird, I don't know what happened
right right, but I didn't catch that. I looked at
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the couches, I looked back in sideways and cushions to
make sure nothing was ripped. I mean, for some reason,
I had run upstairs. I was looking at everything, you know,
kind of up there, and that's on me. I missed it,
So I didn't, you know, I mean, that was on me.
They asked, I didn't see that one, But I in hindsight,
I'm like I felt like I was rushing. I felt
like I was you know, they were waiting for me,
you know, I'm rushing. If I were to do this again,
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you know, I would probably say, well, it's gonna take
me ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (43:41):
Can I offer you some water? You know?
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (43:44):
You just in some girdola bars, you hang tight, let
me really go through the house room by yeah.
Speaker 3 (43:48):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (43:49):
Yeah. My guess is with that you were feeling rushed,
you know, so yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
But I mean I tried to catch I mean, like
I said, it could have been a lot worse or
could have been a lot more damage. One thing that
really nobody sees isn't the end of the world. But
nonetheless it's still your furniture.
Speaker 3 (44:03):
Yeah, yeah, and it still is your furniture. Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1 (44:07):
Alrighty well, thanks to Pam Blante our special guests for
joining us today.
Speaker 2 (44:12):
So teff on doing the moving tips with us.
Speaker 3 (44:14):
I love it. Yeah, super fun.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
Well, and we hope that if you're in the process
of moving or you will be in the near future,
we hope that these tips were helpful to you. Like
I said, it's a little bit different way of us
doing these, kind of taking it from what you can
do from a month or more out, kind of backing
you into you know, kind of the moving day and
some things to be aware of. So for our listeners,
thanks for joining us today. We certainly look forward to
(44:37):
chatting with you again soon. And a little bit of
a teaser as we head into August. One of the
topics it all goes to plan. We will be talking
about homeowners insurance, why the prices are going up, because
that's starting to get some national attention. Michigan has been
kind of hinted at one of the states seeing the
biggest increase, So we're going to talk about why that's
(44:57):
happening and some different overall changes coming to maybe what's
going to be covered on how much in your policy,
So stay tuned for that. We anticipate that being a
topic coming up in August. Take care, talk to you soon.
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Well, hello and thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
For joining the Remax real Estate Insight Podcast. We're happy
to have you here today. You know, let's just say
you closed on your home. The final hurdle is moving
into your new space, and we're not going to sugarcoat it.
Moving can be a significant task, from decluttering and packing
to transporting your belongings. And maybe you're trying to enlist
some friends for help or you're paying for professional movers. Well,
(00:32):
the process can really take on the feel of a
part time job. But here's the good news. With strategic
planning and organization, moving doesn't have to be overwhelming. If
you know what to do and probably more importantly, when
to do it, it certainly can ease your mind when
it comes to all of those details. I'm your host,
Janet Schneider, I'm the president of Remax of Southeastern Michigan,
(00:54):
and today we have a moving checklist to share with you.
So whether you're moving across the street, across town, maybe
even across the country, our moving checklists can help guide
you every step of the way. Now joining me is
a frequent guest in front of the Showpam Blante, marketing
director for Remax of Southeastern Michigan.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Welcome Backpam, Yeah, hi there, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Well, my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
So we're going to start by tackling some things that
maybe can or realistically should be done in advance of
a physical move. Experts even suggest, you know, is you
can do some of these things as much as a
month or more before your move. And one item that
you may not immediately think about, and that's forwarding medical
records and transferring prescriptions.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Right right, I do feel that this is something that
you might not really have on your radar. So, especially
if you're doing a long distance or crosstown move, you know,
there's a good chance that you're going to need a
new pharmacy, especially if you have like ongoing prescriptions, So
you want to have a new place identified and talk
to providers so that they can get those prescriptions forwarded
(01:59):
for you. And if you are doing a longer distance
move where you might actually need to find new doctors,
you know, it isn't too early to ask your current providers,
you know, if they if they have anyone they can
refer you to, or maybe even your your real estate
agent can provide some you know, recommendations for you too.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And you know, don't forget.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
You know, we're talking doctors, and we tend to think
of medical doctors, right, but you've got your dentists, optometrists,
any other specialists that you might have, so you know,
so if you haven't identified a new doctor just yet,
at a minimum, you can request a copy of your
medical files so that you do have them handy to share.
You know, once you do find those new providers.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Well, and I mean, and we're certainly no medical experts,
and I don't even play one on TV, but I
do know from personal experience more with my husband is
finding doctors that are taking new patients.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Oh yeah, it's a challenge.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
I mean, you may have decided deciding that if you're
moving across you know, town, so to speak, you might
keep the doctor you have. It might be worth the
comm to keep a doctor you have. But if you're
making a longer movement, it is maybe you have a
chronic condition where you're seeing somebody more regularly and you
want somebody closer to home. I don't think you can
start that process too early.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Right, yeah, based on what you just said, yes for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
For sure, I think so.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
So depending on when you get access to your new
home versus your actual movement date, sometimes there's a bit
of a buffer.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
If you get you know, kind of keys at closing
and you don't need to move in right then you
have the opportunity to schedule maybe some painting and repairs.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
That you might want done. It's certainly going.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
To be easier if you can address any needed improvements
to your new home before your furniture's moved in, before
you start having people in and out, you know, scheduling
those jobs ahead of times. It avoids a lot of stress.
It also tends to help you avoid rehandling and moving
stuff like around your house. So you've already moved it
into the house and positioned it where you want it. Now,
(03:52):
if you have repaired people and painters coming in, you're
moving the stuff around, you know, inside your home. It's
just the more you touch it, eight the more you
can put your back out. But importantly you could damage
so then sure, sure exactly you're laughing, Have you put
your back out?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Sometimes just moving it just a.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Vacuum you can put your back out right exactly, yeah, exactly, yeah,
So maybe you know, A good thing to do in
advance is to review the floor plan and the size
of rooms of your new home.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
This is something that you actually might be able to
do during the home inspection. This is a great time
for you to get in there and measure your windows
if you're thinking of purchasing new p lines, and measure
the rooms to create your own floor layout to help
you envision how your furniture is going to live in
your new home, which to your point, might avoid you
having to move the furniture around, repeat it repeatedly.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Yeah, which sounds like maybe.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Had this experience, Perhaps you want I can either confirm margin.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Yeah, And once you have a closing date you know,
or date that you can actius actually access your new home,
you know, make sure that your requestification or the personal
time that you want to take around move even if
you only need a couple of hours for closing or
just one day for the actual day when you're getting
you know, you're moving your big items, make sure that
you get that time off now before it gets too hectic,
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you know, so that you can get that time blocked
off for when you need it.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, I mean some people this is easier than others,
you know, to get time off of work. But I
mean if you work someplace where you need to request
this in advance, you know, I mean, it's I think
easier to do sooner than.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeah, last minute. Yeah yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Now I recommend waiting until the closing has occurred, but
then you can start the process of completing those change
of address forms. And the reason I'm going to say
to wait is, you know, while you know, chances are
if you've got to clear to close, you're good, the
closing is going to happen. But what if you know,
I mean, I want to start the process until you
actually own, you own the home. You really don't want
to put the cart in front of the horse on
(05:48):
this one. Sure, the easiest way to do this is
to go online, and you can do that at USPS
dot com. There's gonna be a quick tools, uh you
know kind of section and you can go there to
do your change of address. This is going to help
your mail get forwarded to your new address. You kind
of pick the date that you want this to, you know,
to start to take effect. And what I've observed over
(06:09):
the past years we've moved, you know, doing that obviously,
to have all the mails start to be forwarded to
our new home. And you know, for the first little
bit it had those little yellow stickers on it, you
know that kind of indicate that you.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Know you've moved, We know you've moved, we're forwarding this
to you.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
But what I was surprised at because it had been
a while since we had moved, because all of a sudden,
many of our financial institutions, whether that was our bank,
credit card companies, if we had investments with different people,
we start getting letters from all of them saying, hey,
we got notified by.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
The post office that you moved.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Yes, so it kind of takes you having to do
some of that, you know, doing it in one place,
kind of let a lot of different people know that.
They were basically confirming with us that if you if
you put this in, you're good.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You don't need to do anything. Right, if you didn't,
you know, let us know, because somebody's you know, have
to know good.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Right, right. No, I do love that because I haven't moved.
It's been a long time since, you know, I've moved myself.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
And back in the day, you had a reach out
individually to every single person that you paid bill to whatever,
and that was quite cumbersome. So I love that it's
changed so much that you can just do it this way.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I mean, and we're it hasn't even been six months,
five months, you know, at this point, and it's like
hardly anything's forwarded anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Almost everything it's already done.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
And like I said, I was really surprised when we
started getting the things back, you know, saying hey, we've
been notified by the Post Office.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You know that you've moved. I'm like fast.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
So they do do a good job.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
They do.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
And then since we're talking about mailing addresses and these
may not, you know, necessarily be things you think about.
But if you are an online shopper and you use
places like Amazon, Wayfair, you know, Overstock, you know, things
like that, you know, or maybe things you ordered less frequently,
like I just did one hundred contacts and you're use
having them shipped to your home. You want to make
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sure those places have your updated shipping address, so they don't.
You don't just say yep and then have oh, it's
gone to the other because unlike the US Post Office,
Amazon and these others don't forward.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Okay, so you want to make sure you're to have
kind of two different buckets, if you will.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Yeah, you're mailing and you're shipping.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Yeah, and so for accounts like that where maybe you
have some different things, you want to make sure that
you're updating where they're shipping your stuff.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that makes total sense. And you know,
you also want to be sure your employer is also
advised of your new address. And again, I know you've
said that the USPS kind of took care of it,
but do think about your you know, any financial advisors, banks,
credit card companies, I guess, just be on the lookout.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Make sure sure everybody was notified.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Yeah, make sure everybody's notified. And you know, if you
receive any government benefits, be sure to let the Social
Security Administration know of your address change as well.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yep. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Now, if you use let's say, Google Maps, ways Apple,
you know, any of those things that are kind of
just you know, on your phone, you don't really think
about it, make sure you update your home address in there.
Otherwise the next time you go to get in the
carrentses go home. In made ticular, I'm gonna start taking
it to a different direction. Which was funny because after
(09:03):
we moved that, I had forgotten to do that originally,
and all of a sudden, like, wow, that's gonna be sure.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
That's a quick drive. Traffic must be moving.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Great, And then I realized, oh, yeah, it's probably taken
you to a different a different Yeah, exactly. So if
you I mean, I'm not, I mean sort of. I
don't use uber or lift typically around town, you know,
but I mean, if if you do, you know, or
maybe you may sometimes I know there are parents that
you know, have kids get shuttled, you know, using these things,
and so if that's you know, again, make sure there's
(09:33):
a new address stored in there if you're a frequent.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
User of those of those services.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Sure.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Speaking of driving, you're also going to need to reach
out to the Secretary of State to change the address
on your driver's license. And the good news is you
can do that online as well. And when you're doing that,
you can also change your voter registration at the same time.
You could you also want update your vehicle registration address.
And this is important, you know, to do all of
this because especially for some phone folks living if you
(10:01):
move from one county to the other. Some counties that
costs more to have a car in than others for insurance,
so you know, it might be something you know, don't
don't put that off. That could be kind of a
hidden financial sure benefit.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Yeah, you as.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Well, and of course if you have a passport, if
that's something that you have, that would be something else.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
You want to make sure you're getting your address updated
on m exactly.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
And I also love that you can do that online
with the Secretary of State now too. Right again, it's
been a long time and I'm probably dating myself, but
it's been a long time, and I do remember having
specifically we go there and to get those things taken.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Care of it take a number, sit for three hours.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
Yeah, just to say my address has changed, so it's
so much better now. Schools and daycare providers are another
place that you want to update your address so that
they have the most current information on file. And if
you have a pet, don't forget to keep your vet updated.
They need to know that as well. And also think
about your costco and sand clubs too, those type of things.
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Those memberships should also be updated.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Absolutely, And if you have a joke let them know.
I mean most of the time now you're checking into
a gym with an app or you know, QR code
or something like that. You know, I happen to go
to one of the national chains, you know, where you
can have a membership that you can use any of
their gyms. Let's just say, and I will say, I'm
just going to check in as a guest at the
new place, apparently forever, because I have to change it
(11:21):
on the app, which goes back to an email address
that I gave them like ten years ago. It's no
longer active, and I can't go back to that email address.
And I've gone in, and I says, you know, here's
what I want to do. I've moved this addresses and
you know active any more email addresses and active? Can
we just you know, can you pull me up on
your system here? No, you really need to do it
through your email address.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Oh oh okay, all right, well.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Give me give me the pen. I guess I'll be
signing in as a guest.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I've invested enough time in this. I'm not spending any
more time on this. But that was my little saga.
That won't be everybody's issue, But again, just trying to
think of some things that aren't top of mine. You know,
we're having some addresses may be.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Helpful, That may be helpful.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Yeah, and then last, but not least, don't forget you
want to share the good news with your family and friends.
You know, many people like to send out postcards with
a few picks of their new house so people have
the new address. I suppose you could also, you know,
take a do a text messaging too, But I think
did you do that?
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Did you do postcards?
Speaker 5 (12:20):
I did?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Did you do it through something like a shutterfly or
I did.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
I have a ther Vista print or one of those
I kind of whoever had the best deal?
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Yeah, yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
I was. I was very much shopping by price at
that point, but yeah, I did. We took a picture, well,
we actually took a picture of the front of the house,
kind of tried to make sure. I'm trying to remember
do we had doesn't matter, had a picture of the
front of the house, and then we took one of
the two of us, you know, kind of out in
the backyard, and then one of the just one shot
from the inside, kind of had three photos on the
front oh yeah, and then you know, did a kind
(12:51):
of we've moved and gave the new address and and
all of that, and yeah, sent that out just to
because it was right after the holidays, and I was
afraid if I I wasn't sure that I would.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Be the first to send out Christmas cards.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Sure, yeah, right, And I mean while they technically should
have still be forwarded, I didn't want to risk it
so late in the year and so close to when
we moved. So I say, I'll send out a change
of address now so everybody knows.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
And you know what I like about that too, then,
is actually like it's something handy that people actually get
versus just verbally saying it or maybe even texting it.
You know, they actually have the cards and when it
does come time to mail something Christmas cards or whatever,
oh what's their new address?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
You know I've got it here.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
So well, I mean, and I think absolutely.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
I mean, so now there's something if you have like
an address book or something, you put that stuff in,
you know you've got it. And the other one for
me is I've got some relatives that live out of state.
I don't see you know very often. I mean sometimes
it's been decades since I've seen some customs, and so
it's a nice way to kind of keep that in
touch because not everybody's on social sure, you know, I mean,
because you can do some of that way, but I'm
not putting out my physical address on a social class.
(13:54):
I can say I view, but I am not doing that.
So I mean, it was a good way to take.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Care to take care of that, yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Yep, already.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Well, it's interesting how something as simple as a change
of address can actually take a little time and effort.
But the good news is a lot of this can
be done online. A lot of it is relatively simple.
But you really do want to be sure you know
that you're you know, getting all all parties.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
You know, notified.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
All right, So let's switch gears a little bit and
let's talk about getting prepared for packing. A few weeks
at least before your move and before the packing begins,
it can be a good time to take inventory of
your possessions. This is going to help you consider what
items are coming to the new home. Maybe doing a
quick video recap of any major items can come in
handy to show the shape that they.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Were in before the move.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Shoot, you need to file acclaim after them after the move,
just saying.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
Which I guess you're going to need a confirm or
deny or deny that.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Yes, and you know, and actually.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
You likely you have done a few rounds of decluttering
and downsizing before you to put your home on the market,
you know, before you put your home on the market. However,
before you begin packing, consider doing one more round so
you don't bring things that you don't want into your
new home. You know, you might consider doing a moving
croad sale, or do another round of donations to a
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local charity.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
And I kind of like this one.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
As you clean out your kitchen, you can also donate
non partial food items to the food bank, So maybe
you don't want to lug all that extra can nonperishable
items from your pantry with you on your move.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Well, I mean, and it's something that people don't think.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I think, Yeah, we think furniture, you know, when you
think donating to charity, I think that's what typically comes
top of my clothing and furniture, right, Yes, food doesn't
necessarily get thought of in the same realm. And yeah,
you're right, I mean, maybe you really have a full
pantry if you're downsizing maybe the kitchen's not as big,
the food doesn't have to go to waste, so yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Great, yeah, great, great, great thing to do with that.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Yeah, well, and decluttering one more time, because again, if
you're in the process of moving, you've probably already started
this and you've done at least one round of decluttering hopefully,
but doing another one before moving, you know, again to
PAMs point, makes go smoother, but it can also potentially
lower your moving costs if you're transporting many items in
your paying professional movers, whether it's time or by weight
or you know whatever, kind of reducing the load might
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reduce your.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Costold und it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Yeah, well, that leads us to the next checklist item,
and that's shopping for a moving company, because the right
mover certainly can make a big difference.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
Yeah, right, exactly. So we do recommend that you get
three quotes so you can truly compare and contrast what
each company will do for you at what price, and
also what is their availability. You also want to check
out reviews for each of them and listen to your
gut which company you felt the most comfortable with. So
I think kind of almost like when you're purchasing anything
big or using any big service.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
It's the same thing you know with your movers too.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
And then you also might want to see if moving
on a weekday offers a lower cost to you rather
than moving on weekends, which are more popular and could
be more more expensive to do it.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
That way, it might be booked you know, it might
be booked up a little in advance too.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Sure the time of the year moving.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Yeah, yeah, exactly, And when the when the movers come
to review what you were having for them having them
move for you, don't forget to mention any items that
might be not be top of mind or readily visible
in your home. We're thinking things like patio furniture, grills, likes, kayaks,
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tough that those type of things which might be like
outside of the house.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, but it's not in view, and in view I
mean the in the reason. I mean, I think that's
a great point. And I and I would say when
we were moving, it was well we were had the
movers come out and look at it stuff in January, right,
I mean, so obviously everything in the house you were
thinking about I wasn't really in the outside frame.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Of mine, right, good point.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
And then all of a sudden they thats like, ah,
there's a grill in some patio furniture. I mean, we
can move it if we have to, But paddio furniture
is a little bit bigger than my vehicle would hold
the girl. We could have done if we wanted to,
but I'm not a fan of moving pro paint tanks.
That just breaks me out, so I'd rather have somebody
else do it. Sure, and we had to call them
and say, hey, forgot, you know, I forgot. It was me,
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I forgot to mention these things.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Okay, good good points.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And there are really so many options when it comes
to moving. From you can get that, you know, the
full service company, to the pods that can be delivered
to your driveway that you pack and fill and then
gets moved to the new home for you. Of course,
each option is going to have pros and cons depending
on your budget, your timeline, your ability to you know,
maybe carry some items out to a pod, you know,
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so realistically, you know. But again to your point, if
you've decided maybe or maybe you're looking at your options,
you can hire, you know, interview three different companies representing
three different types of moves. You know, full service pods
and kind of the you know, a couple of men
in a truck type of a thing. Sure, or if
you know what you want to do again, interview a
few I think is smart, and I would say is
The other thing to consider is when you're talking to
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movers and when they came out to do just again
speaking from personal experience, when they came out to take
a look at what we were going to have them move,
because they weren't moving the entire house. They would just
moved the heavy stuff basically. And you know, we had
given them the address of the house we were going to,
and I didn't specifically, you know, point out have you
been there? Have you looked at how you know it's
a one lane road? Okay in front of our home.
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And I mean I figure, I assumed, and that was
again my mistake. I haven't moved in a while. I figured,
you know, they came to the house to see what
they were going to do. I assume somebody's going to
go and take a look at where they were delivering
to get a lay of the land.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Yeah, oh, nay, nay.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
Did not do that in the day of the moving.
And we even said something in the morning of when
they came to the old house to pick up stuff,
my husband had asked, have you been to the new place?
Have you checked it out?
Speaker 5 (19:37):
No?
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Oh interesting, We're like, well, you know, just so you know,
it's it's one lane, it's kind of tight. You've got
you know, wells and sewers in everybody's yards. I mean,
so you can't really drive across grass in this neighborhood.
I mean, not that you should anyway, but I mean
you really can't in this neighborhood. And it was one
thing that you know, to anybody moving, talk to them
about the new house if there's anything that they need
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to know about.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Where they're going to be delivering too.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Yeah, and I made some assumptions that they would do
the homework on it, and they didn't. You know, so
if you know where you're moving to and you know
that it has maybe something that they should be aware of,
voice it, say it, get it out there.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Right right right?
Speaker 5 (20:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
I know.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
That's great advice, I think, and that's kind of a
live and learn type of thing. But hopefully sharing this now,
you know, that's another thing to ask.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
When you're having those interviews with your movers.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Well, because at the end at the end of the day.
I mean it cost I mean realistic. I mean it's funny.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Now, it.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Was funny that I mean it was.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
It was I say it in the front door, washing
them drive back and forth and back and forth from
different directions, trying to figure out how they were going
to back this big truck cause they had like a
twenty four foot truck. I mean, we didn't have that
many things, but they had a bigger truck and they
literally couldn't get it in.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
The driveway, oh my goodness.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
And then there were snow on the ground, I mean,
you know, and other stuff like that. And finally they
decided that they were just going to have to park
it at the end of the driveway, you know, and
bring things up.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
But I mean it took them.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
I think they were trying every possible way to avoid
that being the way they were going to do the.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Right, right because I guess with that then it was
more more physical, a little bit.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
More physical, yeah, yeah for them, and happy to take
the little dolly thingies to roll it up the driveway.
I get.
Speaker 5 (21:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah, so that was a lesson learned, but just sharing, yeah, exactly.
So going hand in hand of course, with choosing a
moving company is the fact that you actually need to
start packing.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Yeah, yeah, first you got to gather your boxes and
then begin by packing those infrequently used items or those
odysseys season items first because those are the things that
you don't need right away.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Right.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
Last items to get packed ten to be your bathroom
and some kitchen items. Some experts recommend buying boxes in bulk,
so you get several small, medium, and large boxes that
all are the same shape within their size category, and
that makes it easier to stack and transport.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Well, and I was going to say, when we moved,
we were really lucky to take advantage of I mean
we had we had, you know, started to kind of
grab some here and there. You know, Trader Joe's, I'm
going to give a plug out because they always have
boxes stacked along the windows and you know, like some
good wine boxes and you know, sturdy your boxes, and
they will let you take some. But when we moved,
we were actually lucky. We got some boxes from a
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friend they had put on Facebook. They had just moved
and they were going to be heading to the recycling center.
And they basically said, hey, you know, we're headed the
recycling center on whatever day unless you need moving boxes,
and we're like, whoah, yeah right here, yeah, yeah, we'll
take some. And they were from a moving company, so
to your point, they were a small was a small box,
and they.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Were all the same size. The medium was a medium.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
They were all the same shape and size, same with
their large boxes. Yeah, and it did make it easier
to pack and do stuff. And then we did the
same thing when we were done, you know, we put
out does anybody need boxes, you know, so that way
you're kind of paying it forward.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
Sure, yeah, you're paying it forward.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
And I love that too, because I'm thinking that inside
the truck even stack it's easier for them to stack
it inside the truck. And then also as you're packing,
make sure every box is closed and sealed shut. And
you also want to use the creck sized boxes so
that they aren't overpacked or have empty spaces to ensure
that they arrive at their destination undamaged. So I could
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see where if they're especially if they're underpacked, I would
think that could cause it problem.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah, things kind of shift, as they say, So if
you pillows, towels, you know, t shirts, they can all
make great packing filler.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
If you don't want to necessarily.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Go buy like the bubble the bubble wrap, you know,
or the packing paper you know, or things of that nature,
you can use some everyday items, you know, I mean,
And okay, granted now the pillows aren't necessarily the bedroom
I mean, but if you have extras to some of
this stuff, you really can use it to you know,
pack some of the fragile you know, stuff like that
without you know, paying.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Extra sure sure and that kind of that. Also, I
see the pros and cons of that. Like you said,
if it really is your all, your really good bathroom towels,
maybe you don't want to shove them in with that,
but car wash towels, that type of thing, you know,
perfect because otherwise you're going to have to pack them anyway.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
So right, I mean that couple of game like you know,
like the big bath towels that are really like extra
for when guests come over. Yeah those I was wrapping
vases in, you know, and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Yeah, there you go, there you go. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
So, as you continue to declutter impact, you may find
that you have a lot more trash than you thought.
So if needed, consider getting a dumpster or contacting your
local trash holler or just hiring someone to dispose of
unneeded items.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Yeah, I mean we had to do this.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
I didn't think we were going to have to mean,
that wasn't when we started this whole process. Really didn't
see that being something we were going to have to do.
In our case, our agent had you know, people that
you know, it's kind of on her, not her real
estate team, but just kind of her go to people.
She has people that she kind of has for everything,
and she had people that we know could We had
a pile kind of built up in the garage and
just never time started to run short. We didn't have
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the time to do this ourselves, and you know, paid
to have them take care of everything.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
One day we came home all gone.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Oh perfect. Yeah, yeah, didn't even have to worry about it.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Yeah, exactly, very very very nice.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
Yes, And if you live in an apartment complex or
a place where a larger moving van will take up
a lot of space, sure the moving company knows of
any space limitations and get any needed approvals if you
need to get any permission for the truck to be
on site. So kind of what you're saying, but this
is more I think specific too, if you do live
in an apartment maybe or condo complex, that type of thing.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
I mean, some of them can have I think it's
been a while since I've lived in you know, anything
like that, but I think that you know, some of
them can have a little bit stickier. Yeah, you know,
parameters around what they allow. Just be sure you know, yeah,
and you all, I mean, and if you don't, let's say,
I mean, whether no matter where you live, condo, apartment,
a subdivision, you want to be a considerate neighbor and
you know, potentially let those around you know, you know,
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when you're going to be moving, if it is going
to be a large truck that's going to be taking
up a lot of space, you know, so neighbors can
be aware, especially if you know neighbors typically park cars
in the street, you know, or have something like that
going on, and you know the day that this is
going to happen. It can be nice to let people
know so they're not kind of inconvenient.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Sure, yeah, that's a great idea.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
So well, now let's say it's the week of the move,
because we've done some stuff in advance, like over you know,
the month or more, you know, it is it's getting closer.
You're trying to do all these things, but everything's coming
to a head now. One important item to remember kids
and pets.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
Yeah, you have to think about your kids and pets
on the moving day, right, So when you're thinking about
your pets, just make sure they have a safe place
to stay on that moving day. And that might mean
leaving your pets with your local cannel or trusted friend,
you know, that type of thing, because this is going
to help reduce stress on the pets, and because you
don't you don't want them to be stressed out, you know,
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with all the people coming and going, and then you know,
helps them with the you know, if they are anxious.
And then you also don't want them getting in the
way of the movers, like you know, want little doggies
or cats getting underneath the mover's feet. So so it's
important to take care of that, it really is. Yeah,
And then the same thing goes for younger kids too.
So if you have those small children, you know, maybe
have them stay with the grandparents or friends you know
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during the moving day just to keep them out of
the way, you know, of the workers. If you have
some older kids that might be helping, you know, let's
give them some instructions, because they typically do better with
a little bit of guidance, so they're not.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Getting in the way of the movers.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
I think probably the biggest thing, right, the common goal,
But are you doing you know.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
Yes, loading the truck mob.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
And then if you have older kids who are actually
going to be going to school and sticking with their
normal routine, you know, maybe make arrangements with someone if
they need to be picked up from school or taken
to sports, that type of thing, so that you're not
actually having to deal with that on moving day.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
I mean, because your best lead plans as they say, right,
I mean you could okay, well I'll pick you up
at you know, two or three whatever school gets out,
and then the movers are running late, you know what
I mean, And now you know, now here comes stress
and worry. So I think better sometimes just to have
everything kind of handled, let other people help you. Look,
you're not asking them to move heavy boxes. All you're
asking to do is move your kids from one place
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to another.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
That's an easy at that's an easy ask. Oh yeah,
I'm happy to do that, no problem. No boxes are
on your person right exactly, well, the week of your
move is also a signal to confirm everything. This is
one of the most important steps in the moving checklists
and probably the one that not everybody does, because no
matter how many times maybe you've confirmed and there's emails,
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you know, with your moving company or the people that
are taking care of your kids or you know, the
pet or what's you know, doing one more confirmation isn't
going to hurt. You just want to make sure that
everybody's on the same page. And if you happen to
have somebody that's covering for you, you know from work. I mean,
depending on what your work situation is, you know, is
the out of office going to be on Are you
directing people to another coworker? You definitely want to make
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sure all of that is covered and even confirming like
little details they like within your family, like who you
know are you dividing and conquering? Is somebody going to
be at the old house? Degree with the movers when
they're there, Is somebody going to be at the new house.
If it's a local move, you know that's going to
be responsible for you know, going there, is there somebody
else that you know, depending if lunch is kind of
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in the middle of the move day, is somebody on
you know, is somebody getting take out, you know, to
you know, to bring in just kind of having all
of this planned out versus the day of.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Well, I thought you were gonna know, and we didn't
talk about this. What about that?
Speaker 2 (29:03):
It removes a lot of that if you really think this, yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
What about when you moved, did you have like did
your husband go to the new house or did you
guys dividing conquer that way?
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Well a little bit, and I'm trying to remember, I mean,
neither of us really took the whole day off because
we were we were literally were working that morning. We
were both in his office kind of copyholding there on
a car table with two computers working while they were
taking a lot of you know, stuff out of the house.
But Dan stayed back at the old house. Initially I
headed out to the new house, so, I mean things
as they were wrapping up at the old I jumped
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in the car and headed to the new so I
could open it, get the garage door open, you know,
all of that type of stuff and be there for me.
And I forget. I think Dan had to go do
something for work. Because he didn't get there for like
a two or three hours later, so I forget now.
But yeah, so I was kind of point person for
the new for the new house, okay, And we didn't
have to worry about launch because you know, you know
me it was a granola bar.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
You had it, you had it handy with that.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
That was no, that was no big deal.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
But we did.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
Yeah, we did kind of talk it through, like he
met him at the door at the old place and
you know, kind of reconfirmed everything that was going to
be moved.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
So a little bit of divide.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
And then at the new place, you know, I was
the one directing where everything was going, yes, and then
you know, responsible you know for kind of watching what
they were doing.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, because it's it's a big responsibility,
I feel like on both sides, you know, at the
old house and at the new house.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
You know. So, I mean it is and and again
most people don't do this all the time. I mean,
and while you're you know, excited, you know, and you're
still you knew how it is nowadays with work, you're
still half working, yeah, you know, while this is going on.
And then like in our case, we had and we
have a queen sized bed, so it's not some.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Abnormal sized bed.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
But they were having a hard time with the frame
I think it is, and they tried twice to get
it down the stairs and then they basically said, well,
you know, we're not moving this, oh my goodness, and
we're like oh. And that's when I mean again, Dan
really kind of said and says, well, we've got to
figure something out, you know, figure something out. And one
of the movers, you know, did you know, was a
little more empathetic. Yeah, and you know, helped to kind
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of figure it out after a few tries. But I
mean literally one guy for two tries, I was ready
to throw his hands in the air and say we're done.
Speaker 4 (31:09):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
Yeah, And that is one of the reasons why you
pay movers. They're supposed to be the experts that way, yes,
you know, that should have more knowledge on how to
do that than the average person.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
The average person.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
Yeah, I mean, and it was I mean, that's when
they're because I'm like, what are we going to do
if they just if they leave and they leave this year.
Speaker 2 (31:25):
We can't get this out by ourselves.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Right right? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Yeah, yeah, that is exactly why we were paying somebody.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's interesting. And this this next tip,
I really like this. One of the last things to
pack before the movers is your essentials box. And this
is probably something people don't really think.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
About either that much.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
So so you could because you're not going to be
able to unpack every box the day of the move,
So you want to pack an essentials box that lan
has your power cords, maybe some snacks, change of clothes, toothbrush,
you know, clean sheet, shampoo, those type of things.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
You can label it first and box.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
But that way, when you're in your new house, you've
got everything you need for that first night, right, you know,
handy in that box.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I mean kind of And if you if you're a
long time listener of our podcast, you know Pam and
I have done some moving checklists previously and this was
a little different that.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Wanted to change it up.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
But you know, we've kind of talked about, you know,
how to pay, how to label, and you kind of
put things from the same room in the same box,
and this kind of goes against it. But this does
make sense because you need a variety of different things
at your you know, at your disposal right where you
know where they are. Yeah, and like you said, chargers
is a huge one. Yeah, it chargers her cell phone
and stuff like that, you know, and then you know,
tooth props and I mean all of that type of stuff.
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So it's kind of a weird conglomeration of things, but
it's all stuff that you need, that.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
You need right away. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
So, so not let's say we've arrived at the moving
day because you've done your packing, you kind of confirmed everything,
You've got the pet, sand or the kids kind of
taken care of. We've now arrived at moving day.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
The movers have just pulled up.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yeah, the movers have just pulled up. So you do
want to meet the moving team. They should have packing
details that match what you received from the sales rep,
so you want to review with them what items they
are taking and ask questions if anything is unclear or
maybe was not agreed to previously. You may also want
to have a family member supervised the load in and
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watch the moving crew as they stack your belonging belongings
inside the truck. Be sure to keep an eye out
for damage and point it out and take pictures or
videos for backup. So I think that's kind of just
making sure if anything gets broken or damage, the right
people are.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
Well and you're and you're watching it as it happens,
because I mean, you don't necessarily want to get into
they said. You said, yeah, no, I mean if I mean,
in chance, you may not catch everything as it's moving,
you know, out the door, but you want to be
cognizant of what they're doing. Now. Something that you don't
want the packers moving are your valuables. I mean necessarily,
I would say you want to keep valuables with you,
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things like your laptop, your jewelry, pastor prescriptions. You know,
maybe there's actually even a couple of pieces of you know,
some urd or you know something I mean buy and large.
You have to decide what you're comfortable somebody else moving.
But there's obviously, you know, some things that are very
personal to you that you just probably are going to
feel better if you keep them with you at all times.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Yeah, yeah, move them personally.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yeah, definitely. H Yeah, I agree with that.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
And another thing that you might want to think about
keeping behind is your vacuum cleaner and some other cleaning
items because the last thing that you want to do
is have these items moved on the truck with your
movers and then have to load them back in your
car to go back to your former house for that
last cleaning. I mean, you certainly could hire a professional
you know, cleaning service to do that for you. But
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if you're the one that's going to be doing that
last vacuuming and sweeping of the floors after the movers
to leave your to leave your your existing home in
that broom swept condition, which is called for most purchase agreements.
So you're you, you know, typically you go back and
clean that. So make sure that you just uh just
leave it at the.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
House then bring to avoid the double dude.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
We were trying to have you touch things twice, right,
we try not to have things get moved only few
to get there and go oh and then realize you
have to take something back. So yeah, good tip to
just leave a few things behind.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
You leave a few things including and you know, don't
forget like some trash bags too with that.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Yeah, and good roll paper towels would probably be too.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Oh and here's another one, toilet paper because if you're
if you're still if you're still in the old hall,
I mean, you wouldn't want to steal it all for
the new people anyway.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I know we made sure there was a role in
every bathroom.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Yeah, I mean, but then again, people take strange things
when they move, so you just want to think that through.
So after the movers have finished, you want to take
a final walk through of the current home. You want
to look for any damage that may have been done
to walls, to floors, you cabinets, anything. Maybe they tell
you and again we've said this before, if there's been
damage that's done, take photos or videos for proof, because
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you probably are going to want to file some type
of acclaim, you know, with the moving company if there
was some damage done, unless not, you know, if you're
selling your home, you know you're also the new buyers
are going to be doing a walk through before they close.
So I mean, if you're moving out before you know
the closing or after closing, they're going to come through
and do you know a walk through to look at it.
Any damage that was done by your movers is now
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going to become a point of contention, right so you
I mean, you do want to be on top of
if there was damage done. Most moving companies, you know,
recognize stuff can happen during a move and they'll come
out and fix it, but you've got to be on
it to get that to happen, so you want to
be you know, you want to make sure that you're
videoing and making those claims just as quick as possible.
Another thing to do is check and make sure all
windows and doors are closed and locked up, just because
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you've had people in and out of your house during
the day. Not that anybody was leaving it open for
nefarious reasons, but you just want to make sure that
everything is buttoned up. And you also want to make
sure if you're going to be away, if this is
the last time, like you've moved, you've done the final
kind of you know, vacuuming and cleaning and you're literally
walking out the door. Something else to consider. You may
just want to adjust that thermostat to you know, a
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little bit lower, you know, kind of the nod at
home setting, so it's not running you know constantly.
Speaker 3 (37:03):
Sure. Sure.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
And just while we're talking about you know, damage and
stuff like that, is we had a little bit of
carpet damage on old dirtiness. It wasn't damage, it wasn't ripped.
You on both ends of the move and it was
worse at the old house than it was the new house.
And the old house it was, in my opinion, significant,
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and I did videotape it and I did show it,
you know, to the company. The challenge was is we
were on a very tight turnaround. They weren't going to
get there to deal with it before the house was
going to be held open.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
I couldn't wait for them to fix this, And so
they did give me money, often essence, pay for the
cleaning that we had another company do.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
Okay, and they didn't they didn't fight me, you know,
on it.
Speaker 1 (37:46):
You I mean, they they did it, and they you know,
they basically paid for the you know, the cleaning to
be done. And again our agent was able to bring
somebody in and have the carpet cleaned, you know, really really,
you know quickly. The damage at the new house was
minimal by comparison, and they did send somebody out to
take care of that, and I want to say they
did that within probably.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Less than a week.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Okay, I mean, so I wasn't thrilled that it happened
at either place, but I will say they were responsive
when it was brought to their attention.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (38:14):
Well, Okay, so that is a good example. I do remember,
and again this is years ago. But and this is
interesting because you don't know what you don't know type
of thing, but it must have been the the the
people that we bought the house from. When they moved
out there movers attracted quite a bit of dirt, like
going up the stairs. The carpeting is light, right, so
shoot prints going up and down the stairs, a little
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bit in the living room and stuff, and it's and
you know, so going back to like leaving the house,
broom swept right right for the new owners, Well, when
we went in, we were horrified because there was it
wasn't It wasn't Bruce opinion, right, I mean big dark
boot footprints, you know, all and down the stairs and everything.
Speaker 3 (38:54):
So so they probably could.
Speaker 4 (38:56):
Have gone back to their movers and had that taking
care off if they truly cared to do that. My
guess is they probably just wanted to be out and
be done with everything.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
But which is a shame because I mean different, I
mean truly different people. I mean, if you've been in
the industry long enough, different people's variations. What they think
broom swapt the clean is is very different from you know,
somebody else's, but that's I mean, I literally almost cried
when I went back in and saw because it was
the same thing. We had lighter carpet and it was
like three guys and I swear they all must have
just dragged their feet. Yeah, did you walk through the landscaping,
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because the day that we moved, we meanwhile there was
snow on the grass from previous nose. It was a
dry day. It was like the perfect day as far
as I mean. It wasn't warm, but it wasn't raining,
it wasn't slushy, it wasn't any of that stuff. So
I'm like, oh my goodness, this is perfect because there's
not even salt residue.
Speaker 2 (39:41):
I mean there should be, you know, this should be easy.
Speaker 1 (39:43):
They had laid paper down, you know, or the what
do you call it, like the plastic, you know, and
stuff like that, and so I had, like we'd said,
I had gone to the new house, I come back
to kind of do a final cleaning at the old
I walked in and I'm just like, to your point,
there's boot marks everywhere in the dining.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Room in the family Oh my goodness.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah, yeah, And.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
I'm just like, are you kidding me.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
You know, we had painstakingly, you know, got this sauce
ready to sell right right, you know, I mean, you're
doing all of this stuff, and I'm just like, oh
my goodness. You know, I felt like, you know, everything
was undermind and then it was like, okay, take a
deep breath.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
In the end, it all worked out right, you know
what I mean.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
But it was you know, I was contented, like I
contented him that afternoon and had already sent the video
to the rep that I had worked with by four
o'clock that afternoon.
Speaker 4 (40:26):
Oh perfect, yeah yeah yeah, so yeah, so following our tips,
then you did do the video.
Speaker 2 (40:31):
Oh yeah, I did a video.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
I still have it on my phone. Did the video
and got it in right away, and did the same
thing at the new house. You know, got a video,
did it, did it right? You know, right away?
Speaker 4 (40:40):
Yeah exactly. And I think, you know, I think that
to some extent too. Then it's interesting, like you've experienced that.
I experienced it again, that was years ago. But I
think that it makes you kind of think about like movers,
versus different vendors that come in your house. Like you figure,
like someone comes in like a cable right cable people
stuff they alway put tho little booties. They worry about that.
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But I think on moving days movers their job they
don't care. Their job is to get that furniture out.
Speaker 2 (41:06):
Right or quickly as possible.
Speaker 3 (41:08):
Yeah, and they're hustling and everything.
Speaker 4 (41:10):
So that's just not something that's kind of that falls
into their into their business if you will, you know,
so I think something to keep in mind, you know.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
Or something to ask about.
Speaker 1 (41:20):
I mean, if you're talking to companies, if you're looking
at somebody coming in, you know, you know, ask them,
you know, what's your policy on how do you deal? Because,
like I said, they put some plastic down. I was
shocked when I came out, like what did you do?
Speaker 2 (41:29):
Rip it up? And then walk over there? I was,
I was.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Very confused, how did this happen? But I ask them
about what their policy is. I mean, that would be
a good a good question. And you know, one of
the other things I was going to say is, you know,
don't rush the review of your moved items because you know,
once you're in the new house. And again I'm doing
this from a local move right across to kind of
(41:52):
a cross toown move. So they had the issue of
trying they couldn't get the truck in the driveways, which
eight and a half hour of time, and then they
were bringing everything up the driveway. So you know, I
was kind of watching things as they brought it in,
and they'd you know, they kind of unshrink wrapped it,
you know, if it was stuff that was shrink crapped.
I wasn't, you know, moving around and looking at it.
But I had three guys coming and going and it
was only one of me, you know, I mean, so
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you know.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
They can move, they can hustle.
Speaker 1 (42:15):
I mean, they're they're bringing stuff in, and I keep
running around trying to you know, check everything. And so
then they're kind of waiting by the door, you know,
almost like that you will tap in your foot, you know,
looking at the watch, like you know, hey lady, it's
Friday at whatever, we're done, you know, as soon as
you say we're done, we're done for the day. And
I'm running around the house, you know, trying to look
at everything.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
Now.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
The funny thing was is I caught on the piano
that they had installed where the music goes backward. But
no big deal, I can fix that. It's not damaged.
But what I what I missed and I didn't. I
didn't notice it, honestly until probably a good week later.
Was the big you know kind of the the dresser
with the mirror, you know, like for the bedroom. It
would be the side that now faces the you know,
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the wall, not when I come in the room, but
like the far wall right so I don't walk pasted it,
you know, to get into you know. Yeah, two significant chunks,
really okay, And I don't know, I to this day,
I don't know how I didn't see that. Yeah, yeah,
moving day because whether it was bumped up against something
or they strapped it weird, I don't know what happened
right right, but I didn't catch that. I looked at
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the couches, I looked back in sideways and cushions to
make sure nothing was ripped. I mean, for some reason,
I had run upstairs. I was looking at everything, you know,
kind of up there, and that's on me. I missed it,
So I didn't, you know, I mean, that was on me.
They asked, I didn't see that one, But I in hindsight,
I'm like I felt like I was rushing. I felt
like I was you know, they were waiting for me,
you know, I'm rushing. If I were to do this again,
(43:39):
you know, I would probably say, well, it's gonna take
me ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (43:41):
Can I offer you some water? You know?
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (43:44):
You just in some girdola bars, you hang tight, let
me really go through the house room by yeah.
Speaker 3 (43:48):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (43:49):
Yeah. My guess is with that you were feeling rushed,
you know, so yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
But I mean I tried to catch I mean, like
I said, it could have been a lot worse or
could have been a lot more damage. One thing that
really nobody sees isn't the end of the world. But
nonetheless it's still your furniture.
Speaker 3 (44:03):
Yeah, yeah, and it still is your furniture. Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1 (44:07):
Alrighty well, thanks to Pam Blante our special guests for
joining us today.
Speaker 2 (44:12):
So teff on doing the moving tips with us.
Speaker 3 (44:14):
I love it. Yeah, super fun.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
Well, and we hope that if you're in the process
of moving or you will be in the near future,
we hope that these tips were helpful to you. Like
I said, it's a little bit different way of us
doing these, kind of taking it from what you can
do from a month or more out, kind of backing
you into you know, kind of the moving day and
some things to be aware of. So for our listeners,
thanks for joining us today. We certainly look forward to
(44:37):
chatting with you again soon. And a little bit of
a teaser as we head into August. One of the
topics it all goes to plan. We will be talking
about homeowners insurance, why the prices are going up, because
that's starting to get some national attention. Michigan has been
kind of hinted at one of the states seeing the
biggest increase, So we're going to talk about why that's
(44:57):
happening and some different overall changes coming to maybe what's
going to be covered on how much in your policy,
So stay tuned for that. We anticipate that being a
topic coming up in August. Take care, talk to you soon.
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