What to Expect with Your Houston Long-Distance Residential Move

The farther you must move from Houston, the greater you’ll treasure the services of A-1 Freeman Moving Group. Long-distance moving is one of our many capabilities. We’ve been helping customers do it for ages, after all. A lot of our assistance entails putting people at ease, certainly people who are novices in moving from state to state or across the country. Our meticulous attention to detail, our experienced professionalism, and our many adaptable, personalized moving services truly make a difference – a big one. You’ll perceive that immediately in how smoothly we take care of …

The Moving Process

Here are the steps you can depend on us taking:

FREE Ballpark Pricing

We’ll tell you generally speaking what you’ll pay for your move once you’ve talked with us for the first time and we’ve evaluated the kinds of moving services needed to get you into your new home, however far away it is. Obviously, this ballpark estimate might rise or fall, relative to the services you end up purchasing.

The Home Survey

Our goal – in every matter – is to take care of your needs and work within the context of your schedule. This is the reason we give you two estimating choices. Choose whichever one best suits you:

1. In-Home Consultation. One of our skilled estimators consults with you at your home to go over the details of your move and conduct a full-house accounting of the items you’ll need shipped.
2. Video Inventory. You’ll hook up with our estimator via your mobile phone and record a video of yourself performing a walk-through of your home as you show us what has to be moved. It’s the last word in technological convenience!

The Written Estimate

After first meeting with you, taking the move options you’ve selected into account, and analyzing the results of your Home Survey, we provide a written estimate that more exactly establishes the financial outlay required for your long-distance move.

The Customer Agreement

Signing this agreement – your move contract – says you’re in agreement with our terms and pricing. Established in the agreement are …

• the price you’ll pay for the move,
• safety and insurance details,
• the move locations,
• move dates and times, and
• descriptions of the moving services you’ve selected.

The Move Plan

Here’s where you’ll be introduced to your personal A-1 Freeman Moving Group Move Concierge. He or she will guide you in planning your move from beginning to end. The pre-move planning gets off to a start with an affirmation of the dates, addresses, and services you’ve chosen. Then you’ll be counseled in what to expect from your move. By all means, ask questions! That’s what your Move Concierge is trained for – to present you with answers, keep you fully apprised of what’s happening throughout the move process, and keep that effort going smoothly, expeditiously, and flawlessly.

The Pre-Move Confirmation

When your move date is close, we alert you by phone or email to confirm it, insuring that all dates, times, locations, and other essentials still apply. This also serves to reaffirm in your mind that we’ll be on time and right on the spot when required.

Packing

We provide three ways to help simplify the process of packing. choose the one that best suits your preferences and your finances:

1. Pack everything on your own; if you choose, we can provision you with the packing materials.
2. Authorize our movers to help you pack.
3. Option our customized plan: you begin the packing and we assist by packing specialty items.

Loading

Our loading process is unfussy, methodical, safe, and elegant:

• Truck and crew arrive.
• Crew introduce themselves.
• Crew does a walk-through of your home to get acclimated to it and the possessions of yours they’ll be moving out.
• Crew prepares home to safeguard it: stair railings, sharp corners, doors and doorjamb are padded; carpets are covered to keep high-traffic areas free of dirt and damage.
• Moving boxes are labeled and grouped by room, taking into consideration your needs on arrival at your new home.
• Things such as beds, entertainment centers, and swing sets are properly taken apart for transport.
• Quality checks are conducted all through the loading process.
• Communication also is maintained with your Move Concierge.

Delivery

At your new home we’re just as safety-conscious and organized in unloading and placing your possessions.

• We employ padding and carpet covers to protect you new home from any move-in damage.
• We methodically place your belongings in the rooms you want them in.
• We reassemble the equipment and furnishings we took apart for the move.
• If you need us to unpack items for you, just let us know and we’ll take care it.
• We can, if you like, also get rid of all the empty boxes and packing supplies when your move is completed.

The Post-Move Follow-up

Post-move, your Move Concierge will call you to make sure everything was done to your satisfaction. He or she also will talk with you about any concerns that might remain. Even more important, your Move Concierge will, on behalf of all of us at A-1 Freeman Moving Group, THANK YOU for choosing us as your long-distance mover!