Relocation Horror Story

Good Luck. There is enough stress with moving. You certainly don't need the moving company adding to it. I won't tell you my horrible time with movers but in short I had two movers show up to unload 16,000 pounds of stuff. Just the two of them. They came at 12 and left at 3-4 am. half the boxes were in the garage. I had to call the company to come out and move me out of the garage. This was a national company too.
Make sure everything is put together correctly. I did not tip those guys but usually I buy them lunch snacks and drinks(plus a six pack at the end) and give the three/four movers 100 total.
Hope this helps.
Hang in there and report everything!
 
.....and you chose to move from Texas to Southern California for what reason? You chose to endure this torture for no reason other than you thought you would like to live in Southern California?

I am sorry. I was ROTFLMBO when you told us about the night stand that you do not own and it was full of condoms.
 
Ummm, don't be so provincial...it's kinda nice in Southern California.
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Your first mistake was to plan such a tight schedule. Based purely on the extra nightstand you received it sounds like they were moving a few households in the same truck. This is pretty common and often results in missed timelines. Were you aware that they'd be moving someone else's stuff with yours?
 
I'm just wondering why you picked now to move. Obviously, money isn't a huge deal as you mentioned you could live there comfortably, but it seems like waiting 3 to 6 months could make a huge difference in that market.

We left SoCal 4 years ago, so i'm familiar w/ the area. I spoke to friends last week who had all seen about $100K devaluations on their homes (Santa Barbara County, Northern LA County, Ventura County). These are $800K to $1.1M homes a year ago.

Everyone is assuming the market is really going to tank once the ARMs adjust in May/June. I know a lot of people out there that were financing their lifestyle by refi-ing every 18 to 24 months and pulling out $80-$100K in equity. Those days are over, lots of people are or will be upside down on their houses and they won't have the cash to pay their mortgages.

I'm hearing the IE is really showing its roots, lots of vacant houses and backyard mosquito swamps. Lots of people bought houses in Riverside county and San Bernardino county in those new developments and they just shouldn't have.

Anyway, just surprised you didn't wait it out a few months to a year and buy way more house for the same money or the same house for way less money than you did. It would also give you the flexibility to move quickly without losing money on a house. As it is now, if the market continues, you could lose money for the next year before the market starts back up. If you're in for 10 years, you'll be great.

Hope all is better and you're move works out. Do you plan on flying out of John Wayne? I hope you don't have to drive to LAX often.
 
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That is why we chose to move out here now and rent while the market continues to tank. We can evaluate the entire area to decide where exactly we would like to be long-term and then pounce on a place in due time. We sold our home in Clear Lake in a week, but we got lucky. I didn't want to be stuck there because of devaluation. It is definitely a buyer's market out here and will become moreso during the next 2 years when we decide to buy a place.
 
I don't know why I doubted you.

That is def the best course of action.

Good luck with the move and you'll def be sitting pretty out there when you have cash to buy and the houses are being sold for pennies on the dollar compared to last year's prices.
 
I suggest using all of the rubbers and sticking them in an envelope marked "MOVER TIP." I'm sure that you can figure out what to do from there.
 
welcome CAD, you are an a BEAUTIFUL spot.

My guess is that you end up moving south down San Diego way rather than north, up the coast deeper into OC when you eventually buy. Maybe I am just channelling myself, having recently moved from Oceanside/Carlsbad to the Newport Beach area.

But for now, San Clemente CA definately does not suck.

Quickly, get the family over to Dana Point and catch a whale watching boat...there have been several pods of Orcas sighted recently.

I know, I know, it's not exactly fishing for bass, but it's the best we californians can do for "outdoors" activities
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I've been around the moving industry by chance for the last 10 years, straight from the financial industry. I have 2 degrees from UT but living in Austin is a terrible place to find a job if you are 1)not in IT 2) commercial Real Estate and well...let's say i'm not a majority but I will work 3 jobs if it feeds my family, and I've had to if I want to live in Austin with my family.

I've learned the moving industry inside an out. I was the investor for the GM now at a nat'l company. This man was making just under a mil off of 5 trucks and he was claiming less than 50K/year.

My opinion from your posts is that you went with a smaller moving company, and do not have over 8-9k lbs if they are backing into your driveway (small truck) unless you live on a farm/ranch. Professional movers don't drive onto your driveway simply b/c they have to pay for cracked drives that cost tons.

2nd, do not make waves. Get your items of value back, then start making waves. Bitching with smaller companies can really mess you around. They are much cheaper for a reason, and that reason, ISN'T FOR PAYING FOR MISTAKES OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
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CAD...if you dont mind me asking, did you build the cabana yourself or did you hire someone?

I want to do something like that in the near future, but have no idea where to start.
 
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