How to deal with movers to avoid a bad house survey

Are you thinking of booking Packers and Movers Hyderabad for your move? We recommend you to contact the most reputed ones that mandatorily make a home visit for the survey to provide accurate quotes. Moving homes is not that you do on a regular basis, maybe once in 2 years or max once in a year and it can be a daunting experience, particularly when it comes to hiring the right moving company.

Engaging professional moving companies can be a costly affair and can cost you anywhere between rupees 4 thousand to 2 lacs depending on the volume and distance you are moving and what type of packing service you are choosing as you have options to choose from regular packing to premium packing for your belongings. However, to avoid any kind of surprises, your chosen movers must visit your house for a survey to provide you with accurate quotes.

Forewarned is forearmed. If you know there can be a distortion of quote submission over a mere phone call, you need to make it mandatory from your side for the movers to visit your home to get an accurate idea of your belongings to submit an accurate quote. It can help you decide your budget and highlight if it is worth hiring professional movers or doing a DIY move.

Types of moving quotes

You will come across various terms and conditions presented to you with the quote. You need to be accustomed to such terms to be able to decipher the quotes before you hire the movers.

1. Local moving quotes: Moving within the city is considered to be a local move. It can cover a diameter of 50 kilometers. You should ideally contact movers that specialize in local moves and have ready solutions for your specific needs. They are mostly located in your neighborhood and could come over for a house survey at a short notice. They quote is generally verbal and may consist of packing material according to your belongings. They also quote for a basic move with just loading, transporting and unloading services should you find it necessary to remain within the budget.

2. Intra-state quote: If you are moving within the state, for example within Telangana, you should ideally hire movers that have optimum network in that particular state, Telangana in our example. Such moves are typically between 75 kilometers to 200 kilometers and are mostly fulfilled by pickup trucks unless otherwise the volumes are over 600 cubic feet. The quotes are generally provided with packing service for all the belongings. The insurance component is optional and is payable @ 1% on the declared value.

3. Inter-state quote: A move that is outside your residing state is generally considered a long distance move which is also complicated in nature since different laws are attracted for transportation into the destination state. Green tax is applicable if you are entering Delhi, UP and Haryana. The quotes presented are generally inclusive of all taxes. You need to ensure that taxes are mentioned clearly in the bottom – GST, Green tax and other charges to ensure you don’t remain in the dark for hidden charges.

4. Full service moving quote: Such quotes include allied moving services apart from packing and transportation. The movers also offer you with handyman services for cleaning your home, electrical appliance uninstallation and installation and plumbing services. Such quotes have a separate enclosure for other services that you may seek from your chosen mover.

5. Specialized moving quote: Reputed movers also have services to move pets, large piano, Jacuzzis, antiques and other specialized household things that regular movers cannot execute. Such moves are trained and the quotes are obviously on a higher side which are provided to you with details on the movement of such expensive and specialized articles.

The chosen Packers and Movers Bangalore should be able to guide you through the entire process, from house survey to the quote explanation in detail. You can always ask for a revision of quote after another site survey if you are not happy with the first submitted quote. You can also reconsider your decision to hire another mover if the incumbent mover does not want to undertake a 2^nd visit. When you are spending thousands of rupees, you might as well protect your move by hiring the best movers that not only give good service, but also provide accurate quotes.