One of
main causes of friction between customer and remover is when van turns up for a small unvisited job to find it bears little resemblance to job quoted.There are several reasons why cost of your removal ends up being either higher than you expected, or higher than necessary. It's often problem you haven't, or maybe nobody could ever have thought of, that causes most grief. Removers are used to that- Like 3 seater sofa that had to come in through a sash window which was subsequently double glazed.
Here are ten things to think about to minimise risk of falling foul of small print.
Pitfalls when Preparing for your own move:-
1) Incorrect estimation of your volume:- People usually book a remover before they have packed. It is usual for them to underestimate volume of their possessions when boxed.
2) Failure to box up everything. Unboxed items not only are at risk of loss or damage, but cannot be tidily stacked on a van - increasing transport space needed.
3) Breakage caused by poor or minimal protection of fragile items:- If it was expensive to buy take trouble to wrap it properly.
4a) failure to disassemble furniture, which wont fit through door. 4b) Attempting to disassemble old flatpack/chipboard items, which will never 'make it'.
