Questions about moving to Newfoundland
Question:
I was wondering if anyone has any experiences to share with moving from Ontario to Newfoundland?Any idea on where I can find more information about these self pack and pick up solutions? I am looking for information on things like renting a uhaul, cost of movers, whether we should use professional movers, the times we should give ourselves, etc.. We don't have a lot of large items. Just some furniture and no appliances.
Answer:
nice to see people comming from ON to NL instead of vice versa. a few
people here probably wouldn't believe you though.
-If you have an address to send to, the headache of moving yourself is
well worth the investment in one of the semi regular trucks that come from
here to there. I think Akita movers did my moving and storage, but I
remember pricing the uninsured and unprofessional move of a truck with
U-haul and finding it expensive compared to self pack and pick-up by these
people. They were timely and competively priced for the service provided.
I think they even stored the stuff free while I wandered about the mainland
for awhile. Drive at night to start out when leaving Ontario and going
through Quebec ... it's safer, faster and generally less stressfull for the
19-20 hours somebody will be behind the wheel. There's also a short-cut
secondary road through NB that I forget the route# to, but should be evident
on any map as it goes straight across the province rather than down the loop
into the major towns. Have a nice trip.
There are some NL specific ads in the Toronto phone books. Like I said I
used Akita Moving when I priced it out for about $700 for some forty large
and heavy boxes. I also lightened my load by sending smaller unnecessary
things through Canada Post's slow train to cheap shipping. Why pack clothes
and light stuff for immediate use when a few days wait is much cheaper to
ship in these bulk ways. My move included two home theater systems,
barbeques, electronic and electrical equipment, household sundries, but no
real furniture. If you have half decent furniture, try to ship it if you
can! People down here have a scavenge mentality that makes make do used
things unrealistic in price on the used market. This value makes it cheaper
to ship than replace even modest stuff.
I moved from BC back to NL 2 years ago. Used a moving company out there for
a quote, signed the deal and flew home. My stuff arrived no problems but it
was shipped from BC by Island Pride Moving ( a local NL company). I was not
aware that the BC company contracted out the cross country moving. Luckily
everything arrived and only a coat rack was broke($20). Not bad for an
overall moving bill of $8000. I would recommend Island Pride for your move.
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