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Do NOT use Citymove (www.citymove.com.au) - bad experience, not recommended.
When moving house, I've always used a truck and a willing friend - figured I'd try out a moving company - for $55/half hour including two men and a truck, and considering I was only moving stuff 5kms down the road, why not.
First of all - before they got to my house, the movers called me to let me know they'd be 15 minutes away. I thought that was a nice touch until I saw they charged me $2 for a 'courtesy call' on my invoice.
The company sent out two nice but barely skilled movers who took over 2 hours to pack my gear into the truck (and had issues working out how to carry some stuff down the stairs, and started scraping tables/washing machines/etc over the floors [no damage, fortunately]. I ended up helping), and then charged me for shit like "travel time to/from premises". Total time 4 hours.
My housemate moved stuff a bit further out than I did through a different company, who were apparently competent movers and cheaper - total of $180.
My total - $488.50.
I was going to use them to relocate gear out of storage and to the final house once I've got it, but bugger that.
My relocation from Adelaide to Melbourne 2 years ago cost me $400 total through a different company, and I had MORE gear then.
edit: I seem to only be using my LJ for bitch sessions. Need to stop doing this! :)
When moving house, I've always used a truck and a willing friend - figured I'd try out a moving company - for $55/half hour including two men and a truck, and considering I was only moving stuff 5kms down the road, why not.
First of all - before they got to my house, the movers called me to let me know they'd be 15 minutes away. I thought that was a nice touch until I saw they charged me $2 for a 'courtesy call' on my invoice.
The company sent out two nice but barely skilled movers who took over 2 hours to pack my gear into the truck (and had issues working out how to carry some stuff down the stairs, and started scraping tables/washing machines/etc over the floors [no damage, fortunately]. I ended up helping), and then charged me for shit like "travel time to/from premises". Total time 4 hours.
My housemate moved stuff a bit further out than I did through a different company, who were apparently competent movers and cheaper - total of $180.
My total - $488.50.
I was going to use them to relocate gear out of storage and to the final house once I've got it, but bugger that.
My relocation from Adelaide to Melbourne 2 years ago cost me $400 total through a different company, and I had MORE gear then.
edit: I seem to only be using my LJ for bitch sessions. Need to stop doing this! :)