To pack or not to pack, the question for people moving house in Philadelphia
There are two major choices for the person planning to move house. The first decision is which of the many moving companies competing for business in a large urban area like Philadelphia is the most suitable for your needs. To make this decision, you do need to look at prices and find a company that can operate within your budget. It is a good idea to get a quote from several companies, who may want to send around a representative to look at your home contents in order to make an accurate quote. You can take advantage of that visit to ask any questions you may have about the move. For example, you may have valuable and delicate items and want to know what precautions the company will take both to protect them and to insure them in case the worst happens. As a result you will have information both about the price and about the professionalism and general ethos of the companies you are considering.
It is a good idea to get a quote for both of the main levels of service: full service, where the movers do everything for you, including all the packing, and self-service, where you pack up your belongings yourself. That is the other major decision that you need to make. Cost will probably be the main deciding factor here, since most people would prefer to allow the company to shoulder the time-consuming business of packing up every single item they own. But you may also need to consider other factors, such as whether you have actually got far too many possessions.
If there is a lot of material which needs to be sorted through with a view to eliminating the excess, then you may want to consider the cheaper level of service. The task of going through your home contents and sorting out what items should be discarded, can be combined with packing up the things you are keeping. That way you can make sure that every item travelling with you deserves its place in the moving van, and you can also save money.


February 29, 2012 