I had a 5 bedroom home in the PG County area of MD and I was moving to a 4 bedroom but larger home in North Carolina due to my retiring, the need to be by family, get more for my money and relax at this point in time of my life. A friend who used B.E. gave me their number and website (202-882-4414/BEmovingandstorage.com). He used them to move to Louisiana from DC and then back to DC again. Anyway, I had moved in the past from apartments to apartments and from my last apt to my home in MD so I'm familiar with Movers.
The manager, Sal, told me the company had years of experience and that they have other business and sometimes people confuse them all, apparently Moving and Storage is just one of their Businesses. They told me that once they give me a quote, that is the price, period, no changes, no surprise endings. As long as what I tell them was truthful. As I began to describe all that I had. They said they needed to come by and view it in person. They came to my home and took inventory of everything and suggested ways for me to pack in order to keep the cost down. ie: Boxes not Bags. and suggested wrapping etc. and they can get these materials, if needed, at very reasonable prices. As I thought about all the work I would have to do, I asked them if they do packing as well and they said YES. So I had them do it and move it. They sent some people to pack days earlier and it took them two days to pack. I think it would have taken me two weeks. Fortunately I had a month from the date I originally called them. Nevertheless, we planned everything step by step in order to time the packing and to be able to move me next day. It all went smoothly.
My favorite part was how they wrapped my furniture. My dining hutch, fragile wood armoire and my white couch was wrapped in blankets and super sized plastic wrap along with some other valuable items. I have never seen that done before. I flew into Fayetteville NC and met them at my new place. They unloaded everything where I told them to, unwrapped the furniture and cleaned up the plastic and paper and left. That was so stress free, I was so pleased.
Other Note: I paid for the materials and the packing services separately, Of which they gave me a quote for, also well before hand. That gave me time to check out places like Public Storage/ Post Office / Lowes and other packing places and they were indeed very affordable on the materials. I was told the cost upfront and I had no changes or surprises upon delivery. (No extra cost for the plastic and blanket wrapping- that was standard and included in their move cost/quote).
