We’ve written several times about the advantages of hiring the services of local movers. A local mover will be able to provide you with a superior service, having the flexibility to handle various situations, knowledge of the area you reside in and experience working with building managements, parking restriction and other specific conditions that have to do with your surroundings.
It is important that you, as the customer, verify that you are actually dealing with a local company. This Alpha Moving and Storage blog provides a few tips that will help you verify the physical location and the experience of your relocation company.
Double Checking the Moving Company’s Address
A lot of moving companies use a sort of ‘trick’ in order to appear local. They simply buy a P.O box and then provide it as the local address of their business. This is especially being used by services such brokers who do not have actual facilities.
Another famous trick is providing a self-storage address. When you receive an address, double check that it doesn’t house a self storage facility in which the company has simply bought some storage space and not an actual facility.
Paying your Moving Company a Visit
Of course, the possible way to go about verifying your mover’s location is paying it an actual visit. A genuine mover shouldn’t have any problem allowing its customers to visit their offices and sign the contract on location. Ask to see the trucks and equipment that the mover uses to make sure everything is on the up and up. If you are going into storage, ask to see the moving company’s storage facility and the location where your goods will be stored.
If the company is avoiding you or gives you various excuses regarding its location, it’s probably a good sign you should move on and seek another service provider.
Alpha Moving & Storage
234 16th Street 2nd floor, Jersey City
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Bird, Sarge, Nemo did a great job moving us into our new place! Amazing attitudes from beginning to end. Very efficient and careful while moving all our … More things especially careful with our fragile items! Definitely would recommend them for future work. They’re the BEST!!! -
We had an exceptional moving experience with Alpha Moving when they handled the relocation of our 5 bedroom house to another state. From start to finish … More the service was outstanding. The team was punctual, professional, and incredibly efficient. They took great care in transporting our belongings, ensuring everything arrived intact.
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My husband and I have used Alpha for two moves—once from Manhattan to Jersey City and more recently from Jersey City to the Jersey Shore.
The first move … More was during Covid, but Alpha was super diligent and professional. The second move was on an incredibly hot and humid day, and our movers still worked so hard and fast.
For our second move, we also had to put our items in storage for a few weeks. Alpha made this super easy and had a thorough system for taking inventory of all our furniture and boxes.
I can't say enough about how great Alpha is. We would use them again and recommend them to anyone. Their office employees are very responsive and helpful, and the movers are extremely skilled and professional.
I've also found their prices to be much more reasonable than other companies in the area.
