Asking Friends To Help You Move vs. Hiring Professionals
There comes a moment in everyone’s life when they have to move. Whether it be out of the family house, or with their family in a bigger home there’s the same amount of questions that arise. How do I handle this move? Will it cost me a fortune? Who should I ask for help? Having years of experience in the area, we at Paul’s Removals Melbourne have found the answers to these questions and have mastered a system that will make your move easier and stress-free. Having said that, here is what we have found during the years about moving and, particularly about asking friends to help you move. Asking Friends to Help You Move: Advantages: – There will always be people who would want to join in and help you. Moving is a strenuous task, as we will explore further, but there are people who might be insulted if you don’t ask them for help. Make sure you thank them enough! If there are way too many volunteers to help you can organise them in crews. A crew to pack the old place in the morning and a fresh new group of people to help you with the heavy lifting. Family and friends who want to help, but are not fit to lift heavy items can help with packing. – You save money. It is unlikely that your friends will charge you. This is the main benefit when it comes to asking friends for help during a house relocation; – You can ask them for spare supplies. If they have carton boxes, tape or bags and suitcases they don’t need, you can get these without spending a dime. Make sure you have them on the day of the move, or a few days in advance when you will be packing. This will save you time and headaches. – You can make a day out of it and share your relocation with your closest friends and family members. Moving homes is exciting and handling it with friends adds up on the memories. Spending the last few moments in that house together, while opening a can of beer and drinking to your new beginning is something you will all cherish in the years to come. Disadvantages: – You have to take into an account their availability. Unlike professional removalists who work full-time and are able to tackle a move during odd hours and workdays, friends have jobs and families. This means you have to organise your group of friends and fit your move into their busy schedules. – Sometimes there is pressure that accumulates during a move. You, your family and your friends might have a different vision of how the move should be handled and this can create unwanted tension between people. Avoid the escalating of this at any cost. You really don’t want to fight people on the day of your move. – Your friends don’t have insurance policies covering them against damage of your property, or possible accidents that can occur, mainly due to the heavy lifting. It is tempting to ask a friend to help you move, but it is rare that we stop and think ‘what if’. What if this person accidentally strains and hurts his back, drops my super expensive 42” Smart TV in the middle of the patio, or worse trips over and breaks an arm or a leg? Shall you go with that option you might want to make the experience even more enjoyable. For the purpose: – supply lunch and refreshments. – don’t push your friends to hard and avoid bossing...
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