Dispelling Common Moving Myths

We’ve all heard stories about people who had good experiences with professional movers in St. Louis and others who haven’t. These stories build up over time and morph into urban legend. They become the stories that always begin with, “well, a friend of my cousin moved one time and…” It’s hard to tell fact from fiction, and that’s why our team at Goodfellas Moving Company is creating this blog post. We present it to dispel myths you might have heard about moving companies.

Let’s start with the big one. It’s basically that you can expect items to get lost or damaged. It’s a fact that things possibly will get damaged when moving them, but the risks are vastly reduced when using professional movers. Movers take care when loading, transporting, and unloading your property. They have the proper equipment such as sliders, padding, and retention straps and take care to ensure your belongings arrive unharmed.

It’s cheaper to move yourself. This is another myth we encounter a lot. You may pay more to do it yourself when you factor in the time, the extra materials and equipment you will have to buy or rent, and the overall hassle of finding friends to help you. Relying on people who do this for a living means it will get done much more quickly and efficiently than if you try to tackle it on your own.

Finally, many people believe that it’s best to move on the weekend. That is the problem though, as everybody seems to think it and all the movers may be booked. Booking at an off-peak time will ensure you get professional movers and may even get a discount on the price.

Creating a Realistic Timeline for Your Move

Packing, loading, transporting, unloading, and unpacking. Sounds like a lot of work, doesn’t it? It is. These tasks are at the heart of a move, and it’s a project that requires a lot of planning to accomplish without problems causing delays and other setbacks. 

As a local moving company in St. Louis, our team at Goodfellas Moving Company knows all about the value of having a good plan. This blog post will help you understand the best way to create a realistic timeline for your relocation.

Most people know about their moves well in advance, which gives them plenty of time to plan for the event. We suggest it’s best to put a timeline in place which covers a couple of months so that you’re not faced with last-minute madness.

The first month should be used for cleaning and organizing. Have a yard sale to get rid of the things you don’t want to take, and also use this time to start gathering boxes. Use those boxes to pack items you won’t be using anytime soon, so that’s already done and one thing you can check off your list. This is also the time you should book a local moving company for when the big day comes.

Over the next couple of weeks, you should pack everything but your essential items and develop plans to handle property that will not be going in the moving truck.

You should pack everything but your travel bags for the final two weeks of your timeline. Disassemble furniture that can be taken apart and handle things like canceling local accounts and forwarding mail. The last week involves cleaning your house, transferring utilities, loading the truck, and traveling safely to your destination.