I
woke up on Friday morning a little earlier than I usually do during the week despite
not falling asleep until well after 2am that morning. It wasn’t because I had a
meeting, call, or had to get something done for the office but because I had
movers which were scheduled to arrive sometime between 8 and 9. Unfortunately,
there was still a lot that I had to get done before they arrived so I rolled
out of bed, sore and half asleep, picked up a box and continued packing until I
heard a truck pull into the parking lot.
After
negotiating with a resident to move their car out of the way (they have a bad
habit of shuffling their cars in the morning so that they perpetually occupy a
space in front of our apartment), I blocked off the spot just as the truck was
turning the corner. Shortly after 8 a truck pulled in, parked along the side of
the entrance across from the apartment, opened the doors, and walked through the
apartment to see what needed to be moved into the truck and off to the
townhouse.
Within
a few minutes of their arrival, the three movers from Two Men And A Truck, were
already grabbing boxes and stacking them neatly into the truck. They wasted
little time and had me scrambling to finish up the few things that I needed to
get done and ready for the move. A little over two hours later and they had
wrapped, packed, and cleared out the space which we had occupied for a little
over three years (including the last minute boxes that I had thrown together).
So
off we went to the new place about 45 minutes away. While I waited for the
truck to pull in, I started unpacking the contents of my car (I cleaned it out
at the office the day before to make more room). About halfway through the
truck backed into the parking spot in front of the townhouse. After walking
through and letting them know where everything goes, they didn’t wait a second
before beginning the offload.
About
an hour and a half later and everything was moved in! 4.5 hours after they arrived
at the apartment, the move was done and we went over the bill in which they
only charged us for 4 hours rather than the 5-6 that they originally estimated over the phone the week prior (they also deducted a 30 minute break during their
travel). This was, by far, the fastest and easiest move that I have ever experienced
and it was about the same price as U-Haul. I am glad that my boss recommended
this moving company and that everything (well, almost everything) is now done.
My
wife was able to leave for work from the apartment and drive the 50 minutes to
work and come home to the townhouse about 5 minutes away. Now all we have to do
is unpack everything. What a fun experience that is going to be!
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