For
the past week I have been busy not only prepping for settlement day (which has
been pretty smooth thanks to those at the bank and our realtor) but also
preparing for moving day which has been a little move involved. Having received
quotes from about a half dozen companies in the area, it is amazing to see the
difference in how the prices are calculated. While not as expensive as I had
originally expected, it is still not a cheap proposition especially when you
ask them how much it would cost to have the company pack up your belongings as
well.
The range
of prices that I received was rather staggering starting at the low end at $700
all the way up to a ten times multiple of that initial figure. Surprisingly the
economic company that we used for our last transition, Two Men and a Truck, was
the most expensive (by a wide margin) because of the fact that we are moving
just outside of their ‘service area’. In the end, we didn’t go with the least
expensive but rather the company that seemed the most inclusive, had the
appointment available for tomorrow, and was reasonably priced (still on the much
lower end of the range).
However,
nothing ever goes as smoothly as it should and that was definitely proven about
a week and a half ago when I got a call in the early evening which changed our
plans. Who called? The realtor representing our current landlord… he wanted to
start showing the townhouse in a couple of days. Keep in mind that we gave
notice with our September rent check so he could have coordinated this whole
process months ago.
Having
not packed much of anything at that point I quickly rejected his proposal
pushing the earliest possible day to this past Sunday also adding the reminder
that we have a 9 month old and he will have to be flexible in scheduling
appointments. What realtor in their right mind calls a tenant and asks to begin
showing the apartment in a couple of days?
So,
since then I have been packing the house deep into the night and making friends
with the sales people at Staples, Home Depot, and Lowes. With an evening to go
there are only a few more boxes left that need to be packed, the bathrooms and
kitchen have been cleaned, and we are, for the most part, ready to move on down
the road in the morning. One more night with the preamble coming to an end and
the real story beginning tomorrow.
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