Check it out! We received a Super Service Award from Angie’s List. We are members in the Denver Metro area so all of the reviews are from people we have moved right here in Denver. These are not easy to come by. At Angie’s list you have to have consistently positive ratings to receive the award. Thanks everyone for letting others know we are doing a good job!
As you know, we are dedicated to customer service. We guarantee your satisfaction with the way our crew works. When you pay by the hour, you want to see the crew working as efficiently as possible. Brian does ongoing training to make sure this happens every day on every move. Brian and Annette both ask key questions before giving an estimate and will even come out and do an “in person estimate” for free. This type of estimate is especially necessary for a 3 or more bedroom house. It is really difficult to estimate a 3 or 4 bedroom house you haven’t seen. TIP: If you have a 3 or more bedroom house and are planning to move require the people you are getting estimates from to do an in person estimate. It should save you a lot of stress later on.
Angie’s List Super Service Award
Packing Tips for a Faster Move
Whether we move people from Castle Rock to Golden or Arvada to Lakewood, the best way to make a move go smoothly is to pack EVERYTHING. Believe it or not, having everything that can go in a box, ..in a box, can cut down on the cost of your move. Yes, even the light bulbs and lampshades need to be in a box.
Why? When you think about a large moving truck, there is a lot of space front to back on the floor. There is also space from the floor of the truck to the ceiling. In order to utilize all of that space boxes need to be somewhat uniform, closed flat on top and taped shut. This type of preparation allows the crew to stack things as high as possible, utilizing all the space available.
When you are packing to move think about the number of trips it takes to get things to your car. For example, say you go to the grocery store and you end up with twenty bags of groceries. If you have a box in your trunk you can put 10 bags in at a time, then it only takes two trips to get all the groceries into the house. It is the same thing with moving. If you have 20 small shoe boxes consolidated into one larger box, then instead of several trips to the moving truck, it only takes one.
Not only that but if everything is in a box closed and taped shut it is less likely to spill while the truck is driving to your new location. So how do you pack boxes? Check back next week or give us a call…
Some tips on best using PODS, ABF/Upack and PackRat for your move
From my 20 years in the household moving business I have seen a lot of changes in the industry. One of the major changes has been the entry of services like Upack, PODS and PackRat. 
PODS, PackRat and ABF-Upack are services that can drastically reduce your moving costs. But there are some considerations.
If a customer is willing to put the foot work into the scheduling and much of the packing and unpacking this can be a great money savings option. The main down-side to all PODS, PackRat and ABF/Upack are the lack of tie down points inside the container and how best to load/unload big heavy items. But that can be worked around with some experience, thought and care. With Your Personal Mover we load and unload both PODS, Upack and other alternatives quickly and within the best of our capabilities. And you can still save a lot of money compared to conventional movers.
Many customers will still need help loading and unloading the POD or ABF trailer. Particularly for big, heavy items. Your Personal Mover can supply the man power and knowledge to load or unload the containers in the Denver metro area. Because you can use our help for just some of your difficult to move items you will save money and help assure that everything will be in the best possible condition. (And your back muscles and neighbors will appreciate it.) Our company can also give you some great tips on hiring a reputable mover at the other end for the needed assistance loading or unloading.
Most of our customers who shop PackRat, Upack and PODS for prices report that Upack is less expensive. But this can change depending upon your location and the season. Another economical choice is to rent a Uhaul, Budget, or Penske truck. These trucks are more designed for household moving. They have tie down slats from the floor to ceiling and from front to back of the container.
Like almost anything it can pay to shop and ask for prices ahead of time. And use experienced experts for unique assistance as needed. Once again we can provide the labor and any special supplies to load or unload and tips on hiring help at the final destination.
Give us a call and we can help you through the entire process.
Brian Nelson
Your Personal Mover, Inc
303-277-1221
Your Personal Mover celebrates 8 years of business moving Golden, Denver, Littleton, Arvada, Lakewood,…
Your Personal Mover is proud to be entering our 9th year of providing moving services in the Golden, Arvada, Lakewood and entire Denver metro Colorado area.
From our level of success and history one would think the next logical step would be to grow the size of our business, even open in new states, but we feel that would cause us to lose the personal touch that has made us successful for Colorado moves. Instead, we have purposefully chosen to stay small and be able provide that extra level of service from the initial phone consultation, to the crew of professional movers we send out, all the way to the follow-up phone call to make sure our customers are happy with services received.
We pride ourselves knowing that we have covered all the bases in providing an economical, efficient, and detail oriented move in Colorado. From our customer feedback one of the main concerns is what happens if something goes wrong. We have addressed this by having our crew call in at the end of each day to let us know how the move went and anything we need to know about. It is important to us so we can personally provide the contact to the customer as owners, rather than having the customer initial contact or having us use agents or franchises.
What this means is that for 99.9% of our moves there are never issues. Which goes back to our philosophy of personally doing things right from the beginning. And why we choose to stay a small Colorado based owner managed moving business.
If you have any questions or we might help with an upcoming move, please give me a call at 303.277.1221.
We will help you keep your Colorado moving costs as low as possible.
Your Personal Mover has a different approach than most other moving companies out there in Denver and Colorado. From the initial phone call, all the way through your move, to when the truck is leaving your new home, we will ask as many targeted questions and make as many suggestions as we can which may help you keep moving costs down.
From my 20 years in the moving business it has been my experience that once a company has the job they bleed every possible penny without the customer ever knowing. We don’t! My philosophy is to work with my customers to reduce their expense and make the move as low-cost and easy as possible. Some good examples are as follows.
- We coach customers on having the best parking secured for our moving truck. If we have to park any distance away from what is the closest spot it takes longer because of the longer walk.
- We coach customers to be as ready, prepped, packed, and consolidated as possible. If this is not the case it takes longer due to more trips in and out.
- We coach customers on anything they can do prior to our arrival to make the move go quicker. There are a wide array of things:
- moving small odd-shaped items in their car (pictures, plants, lamps…),
- having things disassembled such as beds, cribs, mirrors off of dressers, washer and dryer disconnected, water line on fridge disconnected,
- any doors of the home taken off that need to be removed for access reasons,
- banisters off of walls if needed,
- having all electronics disconnected (take a picture of the back of the component with a camera phone for easy connection at new home),
- shelves and shelf pins out of bookcases, having drawers that will spill be emptied and packed, we recommend to have any wood filing cabinets be emptied, metal filing cabinets can be moved with contents (keep overall weight in mind), please note: it is ok to leave clothes in dresser drawers,
- all antiques should be completely emptied,
- another detail that gets over looked a lot is multiple access points at new home. A good description of this would be having a detached garage. We will load a portion of the truck that goes to the garage and then load the rest of the house. This way we can move the truck between locations rather than carry items further than needed.
We work to be fair, honest and share our experience. We will give you as many suggestions as we can to help keep your costs down. Look at it as anything the customer can do before our arrival helps make the move go quicker, but please remember these are purely suggestions and we are ready to provide any level of moving service wanted and needed.
If you have any questions or we might help with an upcoming move, please give me a call at 303.277.1221.
