What to Look For When Choosing Movers in Queens, NY

When a Queens resident needs to move to a new apartment or a new home, they will need help.  How to choose that help depends entirely on what the resident wants.

Friends

If the most important consideration is money, then most people will start out thinking they can just ask their friends for help when they move.

They will soon find out that most friends don’t want to help someone move.  It’s backbreaking work and there is no pay.  The person who is moving might end up with broken items, and there’s no recourse.  It can end a friendship when a friend breaks something irreplaceable and doesn’t even seem to care.

On the other hand, it costs nothing except maybe beer and pizza, and perhaps nothing will go wrong.

Freelancers

If money is a little less important to a resident, many times in big cities, college kids will help people move to earn a little extra money.  They might be great or they might be awful.  If a resident is looking for cheap Queens movers, freelancers like college students can be found.

Residents can post notices in college dorms or laundromats.  Residents can ask those friends who didn’t want to help if they know anybody who does want work.  Maybe they know somebody’s uncle or a friend of their mom who is moving on the side.

Sometimes a freelancer may be starting their own business.  You may be able to find these small companies on their websites.  It is essential when using small businesses or freelancers to get references.  They might load up all your belongings and then drive away, never to be seen again.  Police in big cities have more important things to do than chase after the contents of a small one-bedroom apartment.

Commercial Movers

The most safe way to find Queens movers is to hire a commercial mover.  This way is safest, but it is also the most expensive.  There is a reason why residents have to pay more for a commercial mover.

Commercial movers will have all the equipment.  They will have big thick, moving blankets. They will have tie-downs to keep your stuff from sliding around in the truck and getting damaged. They will have technicians who know how to load a truck properly.  They will have trucks that don’t break down two blocks away from your old apartment.

Commercial movers have technicians who are insured.  If something happens to the old apartment or the new home, the commercial moving company is liable and has to pay for the repairs.  If the technician slips and then falls on the new house’s steps, commercial movers have worker’s compensation insurance, so the technician doesn’t sue the resident for his medical bills.

Most importantly, a commercial moving company will put your mind at rest.  Their technicians will have proper ID so the resident knows it’s not thieves loading up their stuff.  The commercial moving company will have a signed contract with the resident so that the resident has recourse if anything goes wrong.