Sloane Moving & Storage
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Sloane Moving & Storage is well known in the Philadelphia area for its dependable service and satisfied customers. Our company has the experience, knowledge, and work force to make your pack and move less stressful. We treat your belongings as if they were our own, and pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence.
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I should mention that my wife and I packed our own boxes. The last time we used movers (a different company) my employer was paying for it and we had the movers do the packing. That was kind of a bad experience, but now I believe that if you really care about something, you should pack it yourself.
He was right. With my children focused on schoolwork, projects and grades, my wife focused on her first semester of graduate school after 30 years away from math and college graduation, and me trying to run my roofing business after a super storm, there was not enough hours to be ready. I was determined to have Christmas in my new home and to do what I had to do.
On moving day, two crews with a total of 5 men arrived and introduced themselves. My daughter was rushing to finish packing her room before a 10 AM work start, and everyone else was in school for the day. I did not know there were only 5 men until 11:45 AM when everything that was going on day 1 was in the truck and the doors were closed. The energy that each man showed throughout the morning was amazing. They were aware I was trying to control costs and get the maximum moved and were moving everything large or boxes that could be stacked. They did so much more. They moved full dressers and emptied dishes from cabinets that were being moved. They set up a line and moved everything that was ready from the basement which was probably close to 100 boxes, with a lot of them full of books. They worked as individuals always aware of what each of the others was moving and someone was always there to grab the other side when needed. My daughter finally left after texting her mother how cute the guys were and she would rather stay and move all day. She could not believe there were only 5 of them either.
After a seperation of maybe 25 minutes while they got lunch, the unpacking started on the other end. My wife's stair master was destined for the basement where it will get back to full use. The turn was impossible, but Jeff heard the importance of getting it to a usable place, when my wife works out, she is happy. When my wife is happy, I'm happy. There was no way it was going down, even with the sidebars removed, and I said , "Let's just put it in the garage for now. Jeff said, "let me try one more thing" and finally had to literally half disassemble the unit and reconstruct it after moving down the stairs. I could tell that taking this apart and putting it back together was not fun for him, but he just took it on as something that needed to get done.
At some point, I think each of the 5 men asked me if there was something else I needed moved, asked me to look through the rooms and we shuffled family room to living room, etc.. In the end, they totalled up the hours times the men and a couple of wardrobes, and the bill was less than expected and easy to pay with a little for the men. I feel comfortable boxing up the rest and just calling them for a 2 men half-day finish.
There were no slackers on this five man crew and I feel I got more than my moneys worth.
The price quoted was exactly in the range of what it ended up to be. The only surprise was the gas surcharge of $50- but since we weren't in the immediate area, I can understand.
The guys were extremely professional and responsive- which was important since my husband was at work all day and I was handling the whole move basically by myself.
The guys loaded up two trucks from our storage unit very quickly, helping us find the issues from the previous moving company that moved us across country. Paying by the hour you always worry, but I didn't have to with these guys.
We were moving into a new home so we asked the guys to be extra careful not to ding anything and cover the hardwood floors and again they were very responsive.
They made it a less stressful day than I've experienced in a while. Thank you!
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