moving and storage near atlanta, ga
Tips for Moving and Storage
Local Georgia moving and storage advice
Make an inventory of all your belongings including valuables and documents. Start sorting things at least four weeks before your move. Plan a garage sale and get rid of the stuff that you haven’t used in a while and things that you are keeping for years for their emotional value. Take pictures of such things for memories and let someone else use them. This will not only save money as movers will charge less for less weight but will also save a lot of effort and energy.
Best moving services for Avondale Estates
Full service storage
Every reliable, established local moving company will provide storage services, generally in a safer and more secure environment than 24 hour self storage. The national van lines and their local franchises also all do household goods storage. Every one. But there is a big difference for household goods storage in a full service format.
Moving companies do not allow 24 hour access to everybody’s storage lockers. Your valuable household is stored in a secure warehouse and access is by appointment only. Further, there is always a cost to visiting your end tables, access is accompanied by a relocation representative, usually at least fifty dollars for the first half hour. But these employees can often also help with loading and unloading to make the visit more productive.
If however, you need to visit your furniture frequently, and can tolerate the risks of bedbugs from a neighbor’s mattress, a risk that will be much higher in self storage units, self storage may be your only economical option. If that is not your concern, you will generally find that full service household goods storage is actually more economical, or at least no more expensive than comparable self storage. Additionally, with self storage you are always stuck with a unit larger than needed, and risk longer term leases and termination fees that are never a part of storage contracts with established and reputable moving companies. Don’t use illegal or unknown movers!