Update from the move... the last few days have been a lot!
This move did NOT go the way we expected. This is quite long soooo... The short version? It was a mess. The movers didnโt pack the U-Haul correctly at all. There was a ton of open space (about 8' long) left in the center of the truck. They laid mattresses and tall stuff flat instead of standing them against the side. Which meant they didn't stack things to the ceiling height of the truck. A lot of stuff didn't fit on the truck because of it. And at first we didnโt even realize how much stuff got left. We ended up making multiple trips back to the old house in the car trying to grab everything that didnโt fit, and eventually had to rent a second, smaller U-Haul just to get the rest of it moved. We were still at the old house clearing and cleaning the last of the stuff right up to and even after the buyers did the final walk-through. Then on the unloading sideโฆ The guy who originally loaded the truck (and was supposed to be here) didnโt show up. Instead, he sent โhis guys.โ And that turned into: stuff getting tossed around things being dropped fragile items not being treated like they were fragile and at one point, one of the guys had his 5-year-old kid helping carry breakable items and eventually.... momma bear calling up the guy who was supposed to be here and letting him know he'd better show up... let's just say lots of words were spoken. ๐คฃ So yeahโฆ thereโs definitely some damage weโre dealing with now. It was one of those situations where things just kept stacking โ and youโre trying to keep everything moving while also realizing itโs not being handled the way it should be. Not gonna lieโฆ it was frustrating. 3 days of loading, unloading, driving back and forth There's boxes and furniture scattered everywhere Broken things to deal with Oh, and when my son was first setting up the U-Haul rental, something went wrong on their end and they cancelled the first rental. And when they re-added it into their system? They cancelled the safe-move insurance. So there's literally thousands of dollars of damage done by the movers, and at this point we're not sure if anything is covered.