About six weeks ago, I made an appointment for a professional mover to come over to our friends' house to assess all the stuff we have stored in their basement and give us a quote to move it to our new place. The mover was recommended by the friend who is actually storing our stuff so we pretty much knew we would just accept the quote because we wanted our friends to be comfortable with the movers traipsing through their place.
Anyway, so we get over there before the mover and start visiting and enjoy a couple of glasses of wine. Probably should have waited until AFTER the quote but hey, shit happens.
So this guy comes over and we take him down to assess our mountain of stuff. Now, I should clarify that the mountain was created by the movers (also professional) that moved it there. It doesn't look pretty, but it works and is contained. Well Mr. Mover is unimpressed, apparently, because he frowns and starts muttering about too many "loose" items. Huh? The only loose items visible are some pictures (wrapped in newsprint individually) and some foam floor pads that we kept loose in case we needed to use for cushioning.
He then proceeds to tell me it's a "two truck" job.
Well that's funny....because it only took one truck to move it there and since the move we've taken some stuff out so there's less than when it was moved initially. When I blurted that info out he looked at me like I might be lying. Thankfully my friend confirmed it was indeed one truck. He then went on about how he cannot guarantee it will fit (blah, blah, blah). I shut him down by advising we would be bringing our trailer for overflow.
Sigh.
Nothing is easy.
So tomorrow is the big day. We need to get ourselves packed up and over to Whitby for 8:30am. My fingers crossed that nothing gets broken and that it all fits. Not that I'll gloat or anything.
I am thrilled that we will finally have all our stuff back in one place....though I know it will once again highlight our need for a massive purge.
At the end of the day....I just want it DONE!
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