Average Time Spent on a Do- It- Yourself Move
Written by Moveforfree on December 7, 2009 – 3:59 pm -So far we have established the moving is…
- Stressful
- Expensive
- Stressful
- Emotional
- Stressful
- Hard Work
- Stressful
- Physically challenging
- Did I mention stressful?
And of course…
it is very time consuming.
Things that you have to do to get ready for a move…
- Find a new place (with as much time as that take up it should take up the top 5 spots)
- Find a new place
- Find a new place
- Find a new place
- Find a new place
- Find/ get boxes
- Pack
- Pack
- Hire movers/ Rent Truck/ Borrow Truck
- and last but not least the actual move day
I asked our MoveforFREE.com Facebook fans what was the average time spent (the day of) for a DIY move.
The results were split directly down the middle between 5-6 hours and almost the whole day. It’s “interesting” though; no one said it took less than 5 hours.
If you use MoveforFREE.com that will eliminate steps 1-3. MoveforFREE.com can help you find a great apartment in much less time that you could have done on your own.
MoveforFREE.com doesn’t pack your belongings for you but they will carry, move, and transport everything from your old place to your new place…. FOR FREE!!!
If time is something you have very little of, then MoveforFREE.com can help alleviate some of that time related stress. Leave the heavy lifting to us!
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Average Money Spent Moving on Your Own
Written by Moveforfree on November 23, 2009 – 4:02 pm -Moving can be one of the most stressful things in a persons lifetime. Plus the stress level goes up depending on how far you are moving, how much stuff you have to move, and how much money you are able to spend on the move.
I asked our MoveforFREE Facebook fans how much they have spent in the past moving on their own.
20% said they have spent $50- $100
60% said they have spent $100- $300
20% said they have spent $300- $500
Considering everything that goes into moving… these results aren’t that surprising.
Take for example this typical average moving situation….
Say you and your spouse are moving into a new apartment waaaaaaaaaay across town. You moving from a two bedroom third story apartment into another two bedroom apartment on the third floor.
In this situation you have several different options.
You could do it completely on your own; by using your own truck or a friends and moving EVERYTHING on your own. ($50- $100)
Pros
- Saving some money
Cons
- Making countless trips across town
- Going up and down the apartment stairs at BOTH apartments
- Throwing your back out from carrying all the furniture and boxes
- Dealing with traffic from driving back and forth across town
- Filling up your gas tank several times from driving back and forth across town
You could do it partially on your own; by renting a moving truck and moving EVERYTHING on your own. ($100- $300)
Pros
- Can save the countless trips across town by just making one big one
Cons
- Depending on how much furniture and boxes you have the rental truck can still cost over $50 and that is just for the truck
- If you are renting a truck then you will also need to purchase insurance for the truck as well as all those extra fees
- And don’t forget that you need to make sure the gas tank is full before you return the truck. And considering you are moving way across town you will probably need to fill the tank mostly up. Which will cost you another $50 or so.
- You STILL need to carry EVERYTHING up and down the stairs and load it into your truck on your own. This could possibly still lead to throwing your back out.
OR you could hire movers to EVERYTHING for you
Pros
- You won’t have to rent a truck yourself
- You won’t have to lift or carry anything
- You won’t have to drive back and forth across town
Cons
- You WILL have to shell out over $300 for someone to move you
So what exactly is this typical average couple suppose to do. It seems like they will have to give somewhere.
Drum roll please
MoveforFREE.com is here to cure all that ails you!
Or you could use MoveforFREE.com!
Pros
- Find a great apartment online
- You don’t have to lift one finger. Even from your old third floor apartment to your new third floor apartment
- No renting a truck needed
- No need to pay for gas or truck insurance
- No need to drive back and forth across town
- You pay Nothing, nada, zilch, not a thing, nil, zero!
Cons
- Ummm…. well theres…. that one…. ahhh…. hmmm?
- If you can think of any cons to this scenario… please let me know
I think the right choice is pretty clear….
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