Very busy day ahead. It's the first day about 40 with sunshine in my area so I'm excited about hounding and a few other things. DH found out his work will be transferring him to North Carolina in May/June 2011 is the tentative date. I'm so excited for the warmer climate...I'm sick of the winter blues. We sat down and had a great egg, biscuit, and sausage breakfast and talked about the impact this morning. They will pay for movers up to $7,000 anything beyond that we are responsible for. We will get 2-3 trips to house hunt or if we cannot find anything we'll get a $4,000 check for an apartment there while we search. Since we will be first time home buyers we've decided best bet would be to take the $4K until we at least know where I will be working so we can buy in a good neighborhood, good school area near both places of work. Upside since we don't have kids and I coupon like crazy we now live cheaper than many college kids so we can survive comfortably off 1 salary while I job hunt. We will most likely get a very small/cheap 1 bedroom apartment temporarily and rent a storage unit for our stuff while we search for a house or build.
Now I think I should probably alter our hounding mindset so that I can limit the excess we have to move. I have no idea if the $7K allowance will move everything we have from OH to NC. I also remember as a kid there were rules about what chemicals could be moved. Anyone who recently moved know-do they move things like bathroom cleaning, laundry detergent? (Precious...you moved recently what did you do about your stockpile just eat through it and use it up first.)
Anyone know what stores do they have in North Carolina.
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We moved from the Los Angeles area to Indiana this summer. We had a 2 bedroom town home and one VERY packed garage. It cost us about $3500 to move, but we packed everything ourselves. If you are only 2 people with no kids I would imagine that you would have a hard time exceeding the $7000 limit. Unless you inherited all the possessions of a pack rat relative-then maybe you would ;)
ReplyDeleteWhen you call around for estimates on moving they will tell you what it cost per pound to move. I would call around now just to get that number in mind, then when you are paring down you can decide if an item is worth that much to you. Especially when decided what to do with the stockpile. If it will cost more to move than what you paid for it then maybe you should considering eating through it.
Also make sure to bring some of the stockpile with you when you physically move, because it can take up to 3 weeks to get your stuff.
Make sure you sign the contract before your stuff is on the truck because if you don't the company might hold your stuff hostage until you agree to pay whatever amount they want.
Also, definitely research the different moving companies because some of them are definitely frauds.
Hope some of this helps!
Jac
Jac-Thanks for the info and feedback. I will definitely take that into consideration. Did they let you move cleaning supplies?
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs. G,
ReplyDeleteYou saw on my blog what it cost me to move...over $14,000. from Phoenix, AZ to Buffalo,NY but that was about 2900 miles. We used Atlas because we had the great experience of no damage on our prior cross country move. But that amount also included 3 months of storage and most things to storage but a bunch to the apartment also. Now we will be paying 2 months more because of the delay on our home. I am not a packrat but we did move from a 2045 sq. ft. house, so lots of rooms to move and all of our outside patio furniture also. If you are moving from a smaller home, it will cost you less. We did get rid of anything we didn't feel was worth moving and over 100 books that would have weighed a fortune. They charge by weight. We also took the full replacement value insurance on our things and that costs extra,. They only normally insure a small amount per lb.
We also ate most of our food stockpile. We moved in the freezing winter temperatures and we were told NO LIQUIDS. Definitely no chemicals. So I gave away all of my shampoo, mouthwash, toiletries that were liquid, liquid cleaners, detergents, etc. I also had to give away anything we had that would be no good after freezing. I am pretty much going to be starting from scratch in the house. The storage is climate controlled but you still couldn't take chemicals or any liquids that would freeze. They freeze and overflow and could ruin your furniture.
I wish you the best of luck. Moving is not easy and is very time consuming. Moving twice for us - first to the apt. and then to our home is a bit of a pain but worth it to be near our children and grandchildren. You thought, though of moving to an apartment first, is a good one to learn the area first and then see where you want to locate.
This will be an exciting time for you. Enjoy! If I can answer any questions along the way, I will be happy to.
Sorry it has taken me awhile to get back to you!
ReplyDeleteOur movers never mentioned anything about chemicals or liquids but then again (looking back) the company we hired wasn't the most scrupulous.
If your husband works for a large company they probably have someone in HR who deals with relocating. I would contact them and ask if they have a contract with a particular company or any suggestions.
And just a side note-if the company is paying for the relocation then it will count as capital gains-just so you aren't surprised come tax time ;)