Long distance moving costs are up, dramatically

by | 8 September 2022 | News

The fuel price hikes are predominantly to blame, but also the rising costs of insurance as trucks are attacked, burned, etc. In fact, everything has gone up, labour costs, electricity, packing materials, toll fees, everything… So what does one do? Save costs by moving...

Moving and Covid 19

by | 12 April 2022 | News

Worried about moving with the spread of Covid-19? The alternatives are daunting – where to find labour, buy boxes, get a trailer or hire a truck, safely? We have been moving those most vulnerable to contracting the disease for over 50 years. We call our service...

FALSE PERCEPTIONS – SIZE MATTERS:

by | 24 March 2022 | Moving

Size matters plenty, but bigger isn’t always better… FALSE PERCEPTION # 1: Have truck, can move, right? Spatial orientation is a rare, rare skill, it’s the difference between one and two or more trips, or a half-full and unbalanced load (damage-alert). It can save you...

FALSE PERCEPTIONS: IT’S CHEAPER TO MOVE MYSELF

by | 24 March 2022 | Moving

NO, it’s not, and this is why: Many people who are moving hire a trailer and ‘casual’ labour on the side of the road, maybe a couple of gardeners and a painter, at a rock-bottom price. Sure, because they’re only supposed to carry the heavy stuff, what could go wrong…?...

FALSE PERCEPTIONS – ANYONE CAN PACK MY STUFF

by | 24 March 2022 | Moving

NO, they can’t, and this is why: Very seldom do you have the time and energy to unpack everything after a long day spent moving house, just to find your child’s chronic medicine or a pair of scissors to cut the cable-ties securing a suitcase. Breakages can cost you...