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• Moving On Services LLC

  5.0

  Everything went like clockwork! Nancy and her team are truly professional. All discarding and donating of items were handled with sincere compassion to help my sister "let go" of stuff that she really did not need in her new environment. They placed & arranged items/pictures on the wall and even made up beds. All items moved were put in their places. My sister just had to help with suggestions of placement--even to placing dishes and flatware in kitchen! They cleaned the new apartment and took away all trash/boxes. Top quality service from such a caring and professional team. Nancy Alberts also provides professional and knowledgeable advice about any life transition. We were blessed to have her services along with her caring team membersshow more

  Judy L.
• Madison Jewelers

  5.0

  It was a professional appraisal. He let me know when he was going to have it done and stuck to it. It was a very professional package that came with it for the insurance companies.

  Robert C.
• Moving On Services LLC

  5.0

  My 80yo father-in-law had been living in his house by himself for over a year after the death of his wife and he finally decided that he was ready to move out. He is in Virginia Beach and my wife and I are in NoVA so the entire move process was going to be a challenge as we needed for things to be done quickly and with not living in the area, we were going to have to rely on Angie's List or the yellow pages for all the service providers we were going to need. The director of the assisted living facility gave us the name of Nancy Alberts of MOVING ON! Services and that is the best thing that could have ever happened. Nancy was an absolute angel. There are so many benefits that we got from hiring her that I don't know if I will be able to fit it all in the 10000 characters that I have. Nancy's first trip to the house was to meet us and my father-in-law and discuss how she could help. Even on the first visit, before we had hired her, she offered valuable information about what items in the house were auctionable or would sell on eBay. Shortly after that we decided to hire her and we are so glad that we did. Nancy spent time at the house with my father-in-law and found out what items had sentimental value and that needed to move with him. The day before the move, she and an assistant were there and packed all the personal items in Rubbermaid tubs and tagged the furniture that was going. On the day of the move, she was there before the moving company arrived and supervised the movers. My wife took her father to appointments and lunch at Nancy's suggestion so that he wouldn't see the moving process. We then headed over to the apartment and succeeded in creating a much smaller version of his old house. Nancy's attention to detail about where he kept things in the house and trying to mimic that in the apartment was amazing. After the move-in was complete (she even hung all the family pictures and decorations that came from the house), my wife brought her father to his new apartment and he was amazed at how familiar that everything looked. It really did look like a condensed version of his old house. If that weren't enough of a success, the next phase we relied on Nancy even more. How do you empty out an 1800 sq ft house in just over a week? Nancy had already arranged for a shredding truck to come to the house and shred decades of old bills, bank statements, etc. We also realized during the first weekend that we were going to need the dumpster that Nancy had recommended. We emailed her on a Sunday night and she had the dumpster delivered on Monday morning. Talk about fast!! She even paid for the dumpster and just put it on her invoice so there was one less thing that we had to worry about. With shredding and junk out of the house, that left donations and auction. Nancy coordinated a charity to pickup all of the donated items and then at the beginning of the next week the auction company came for their pickup. Nancy did a detailed inventory and was there the entire time that the auction company was there packing up. We had to leave from there to go to settlement on the house and Nancy stayed to make sure that everything was out of the house and to lock up when she left. The whole process went off without a hitch. I don't even want to think about what the experience would have been like for my wife, my father-in-law and myself if we hadn't had Nancy's help. This isn't the kind of thing that ordinary people do every day and there are so many different services that we needed. It would have been much harder and more stressful if we had tried to do this all on our own. Having Nancy and her network of contacts was absolutely worth her fee!! The best testimonial that I can give is that my mother and father live in Chesapeake and when it is time to relocate them, I'm calling Nancyshow more

  Roger S.
• Moving On Services LLC

  5.0

  Nancy Alberts is the owner. She doesn't charge you anything for the first visit. She was punctual. She is very professional and very knowledgeable. She basically just walked in the house and gave me an idea what to expect from some of the belonging we did have and didn't know any value on. She gave a written estimate about what it would cost for her to take care of the property as far as getting rid of everything. We actually are in a process right now of deciding whether we are going to use her try to sell things based on her recommendation. It was a very positive experience. I felt very comfortable dealing with hershow more

  Leonard L.
• Madison Jewelers

  5.0

  Phil then suggested that we have a new, very similar setting created and use the diamonds from the original ring. I was, of course, heartbroken to lose the original, but the new one is better in every way! It's sturdier, it's even more gorgeous and it makes me smile every time I look at it!!!!! THANK YOU FOR TERRIFIC WORK! Remember, that the cost of service listed is for the cost of the NEW SETTING using EXISTING DIAMONDS! They were also thoughtful enough to call me and ask if I wanted the ring appraised as their appraiser was coming in the day before we were to pick it up. Although we haven't received the appraisal yet, I'm sure it's due to the Holiday Mail situationshow more

  Barri S.
• Moving On Services LLC

  5.0

  A major obstacle was that all of the immediate family live far outside the Norfolk area; involved family members live in Seattle, Indianapolis, and western Massachusetts. Thus, everything had to be arranged and conducted via phone and email. In addition, since the person being relocated is elderly, Ms. Alberts and her crew had to deal with a cluttered apartment. Nancy kept in constant contact with the family every step of the way and coordinated everything beautifully. She and her crew carefully packed all apartment contents, worked logistically with a local storage company, moved everything efficiently and safely, and transferred selected heirlooms to family members in multiple locations. In addition, she served as active liaison with several antique dealers and auction houses to appraise, sell, and financially track a number of items that needed to be kept out of storage. All of the work was done in timely fashion and well, especially given the less-than-optimal conditions. Ongoing family communication was a high priority for the company; this included inventorying sale items via pictures sent to multiple family members so heirloom items could be retained as desired. As company owner, Nancy is extremely responsive (answering all questions quickly, and being very caring and sensitive to family needs / dynamics); friendly and courteous; highly knowledgeable RE: logistics, item values, and local expert resources; and highly capable. Especially impressive is that for everything the company did for us, the final cost was a good bit less than we had anticipatedshow more

  Peyton T.
• Hauser's Jewelers

  5.0

  Hauser's were expert, kind, quick service, and the ring is gorgeous! There was no pressure to buy more than we could afford, and the jeweler who did the work was there to speak to us! Totally happy with the experience.

  Susan W.
• Moving On Services LLC

  5.0

  My husband and I took our kids on an RV trip cross country. We were gone for 3 weeks and my mom and a friend watched the house and took care of our cat. By the time we got back, we found that the kitty door into the laundry room where her litter box is kept had been locked for most of the time we were gone. So instead of pee on the floor, she decided she was going to go on my read antique couch. It has a funky cat pee smell now. I needed someone to tell me whether it would be worth getting fixed or if we should just throw it out. She called me back pretty soon after my message. She had me send a picture via mobile phone and she gave me a ball park figure. Overall, she was very considerate, fair, and genuinely concerned about my situation. I would definitely just this company for other servicesshow more

  Dana M.
• Long Jewelers

  5.0

  Although there were a thousand way this experience could go wrong, the results were by far most outstanding and I believe it couldn't have turned out better. The salesperson was not only friendly but patient and on pure luck and gamble on my part (due to my lack of knowledge and indecisiveness) I decided to trust in her decisions with an extremely important piece of my wife's keepsake. The piece was a simple gold chain with one existing diamond (my wife's original wedding band diamond). We purchased another diamond from another jeweler on vacation to replace the existing wedding band diamond and wanted to add the replaced diamond to the necklace. I wanted to have 4 diamonds that represent each of the five years that we've been married (three on the necklace and one on the wedding band) so I was one diamond short. The salesperson assisted me in looking for a pendent and after some "well it's ok, but..." she decided that what I was looking for wasn't in the showcase but described it to me and explained it fit the description I was looking for. On a leap of faith I decided to go along. It was also a very reasonable price. The additional diamond was also left up to the salesperson to pick out and she did a fabulous job with good thought behind it. The result was matching the quality of the other diamonds and the size was matched as well to create a snow man shaped set. When picking out the pendant salesperson made two other decisions (on her own after unsuccessful attempts to contact me) that made a huge decision in the end result. One was choosing a silver color over yellow gold. This in my opinion was the pivotal choice in a "Ok" result and a "Oh WOW" result. The necklace is yellow gold and the original pendent was yellow gold but she felt the silver pendent would bring out the shine of the diamonds especially using the choice of pendant and she was sooooo right. Had I been given the chance, I would have (and wrongly) chosen yellow gold. The other was after some examination, the salesperson suspected that the supplying diamonds were worth a considerable and decided to have it appraised. She was right yet again and the appraisal came back much much higher than either my wife and I expected. The final result was amazing (and this from a guy). They gift wrapped it for me in a nice box and wrapped it in nice wrapping paper with bow. I was so excited that I took it immediately over to my wife's work and surprised her with all her friends and co-workers. She no doubt loved it and I can't thank Long Jewelers enoughshow more

  Edward B.
• Moving On Services LLC

  5.0

  We initiated contact by phone and scheduled a visit which was free, We then decided together what she could offer that would best fit our needs. She guided us through an experience that was intimidating for us.

  CARTER H.