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Answers (3)
- Adam Sweet, "2brothersmoving"
- Contributions:4
We're a mover but don't service your area. The best thing to do if you're searching for professional movers is:
1) Start with asking friends, this can be the most powerful recommendation. Personally I prefer facebook, it gets the word out quickly and easily.
2) Try out review sites to search for a mover, my favorite is yelp.com because of the dedication of it's user base but you can also use citysearch, insiderpages, superpages, angieslist, or google local.
3) Generally you'll want to call about 2-3 movers. If you're doing a local move the non-vanlines movers will have better rates. Anything with "Mayflower", "Allied", "Grabel", etc with tend to have higher rates. Go with someone local who doesn't have to pay a franchise for every penny they make.
You should expect to pay by the hour for a local move. Most professional movers will get your job done in a timely manner so focus more on if they are professional than the total amount they tell you they "think" it will be. You can ask to get a written estimate but depending on the size of your move the mover may not have the ability to do that.
If you tell me a little about your move, bedrooms, sq. ft. your moving, layout of the two locations, and the distance I can give you my best guesstimate on how many hours it will take.
Good luck
Adam Sweet
"One of the Brothers"
2 Brothers Moving & Delivery
1) Start with asking friends, this can be the most powerful recommendation. Personally I prefer facebook, it gets the word out quickly and easily.
2) Try out review sites to search for a mover, my favorite is yelp.com because of the dedication of it's user base but you can also use citysearch, insiderpages, superpages, angieslist, or google local.
3) Generally you'll want to call about 2-3 movers. If you're doing a local move the non-vanlines movers will have better rates. Anything with "Mayflower", "Allied", "Grabel", etc with tend to have higher rates. Go with someone local who doesn't have to pay a franchise for every penny they make.
You should expect to pay by the hour for a local move. Most professional movers will get your job done in a timely manner so focus more on if they are professional than the total amount they tell you they "think" it will be. You can ask to get a written estimate but depending on the size of your move the mover may not have the ability to do that.
If you tell me a little about your move, bedrooms, sq. ft. your moving, layout of the two locations, and the distance I can give you my best guesstimate on how many hours it will take.
Good luck
Adam Sweet
"One of the Brothers"
2 Brothers Moving & Delivery
- Steve Wagner, "Hinsdale Realtor"
- Contributions:134
- knumber8
- Contributions:5
Anyone know good/cheap movers?
I'm moving from Lisle to Woodridge, which is not very far, but I want to hire movers to move my furn
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