Il nShould you hire a mover? Things to consider first If you're gettîng ready to move, its tîme ho -c step hack and take a careful look ah the t situation hefore you make any decisions ahout 0 hose you're gonng to move or whos goîng to t move yo. Faîlune to do su conuld resultin ai Z veix unhappy adveniure and cosi you more . money than you'd helieve. 0 If you're just movtng around the block or :E < doîng it yourhelf. You may thînk that ail tUs v gonng ho cosi you 1h the trmck rentai and a case Z of heer for your froends who help, hut statostis show that 86 per cent of people who have moved themseives would neyer do oh agann and that often îhey spent more than îhey would have had îhey had the job donc professoonally. Whats ofne' : frrg'rtten hy those who thonk self inoves ane iioexpensive are the unexpected costs associated wiih vehocie rentai overtime, extra insurance, breakage and damage. The fîrsi thing you shouid really do, regardiess of how far you're movnng, Oh to take a look ai your options. Moves can be a simple exercose in cost-conscious management, or they can he a logosticai budget-husting nnghtmare, and the one making the decosoons (yoct) ns mosi olten the decîdnng factor. To&, many peoplc make moving decîstons tort quicly especoally ihose who are henng îransferred. They get notice they have to move and the whoie househoid is on an immecliaie uproar. Rareiy do they take the tîme to thnnk ahout the situation, or to write down an actual plan of what îhey1re goong to do. Accordnng to experts, the biggesn mostake home owners make when they're geîuing ready for a move os in the seleciion of whoq going to move them. Too often the decoston ns made on pnice alonte. The Yeiiow Pages are art excellent resource in which ho, fond who the movers are on a particular area, but îhey should certainiy not be your oniy resource. An advertisement, whether ifs on a phone book or a biliboard, simply seon't give you the knnd of information you need on order to make a sensible decision about who should move you. You've got to do a lot of homework if you don't wanî ho set yourself up for an expensîve fali. When looking ah movers, theres a fess îhings you should niake score to check oui. For example, hose long have they heen on husiness? fuse much expenience do ihey have? Have ihey handled your type otf muse before? Do îhey have regular, fuill tome, professionaiiy trained staff? Are îhey associaîed wiîh, or agents of, any of the national or onternation moving companies? Money, in ierns; of the cosi of your move, is someîhong else you should look ah nighî from the stant You don't seani any surpnises. Is thecopn wiliing ho give you a imqut that they'll love with? Do they carry the kind of insurance you need to fully protect your valuables? Have they had a proihlem with lusses or pilferage? 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