Its not just you. Things happen to other people…

It is often the case that people, especially people that have lived somewhere for many years, forget about the treasures they have accumulated and put away.  As time goes on, there can be layers of “treasure” hiding others from view and creating surprises for all when it comes time to move.

In packing the children’s bedroom of one of our customers, we were told that the bunk bed would be left behind, but that there were things stored underneath (ie. treasures) that would be coming and needed to be packed.   Nothing unusual in that.  Underneath beds are great spots to bury treasures.   Our mover found out the hard (pointy) way, that among the treasures was a porcupine pelt.  Boy scout camp?

Fortunately he’d reached in carefully.  No injury, no hard feelings… well, you know what we mean.

It isn’t unusual to get a call from a harried citizen needing something done on very short notice. Often this is what happens when too many things are planned for too little time, and time is running out.

We ran into this situation when a Gramarcy Park homeowner called and desperately asked us to come right away.  She needed a dresser to be delivered to an auction house, and the mover she had regularly used failed to show.  The auction was imminent, and so was her departure time on a long awaited cruise. Our fees were not an issue but most important was that we had to be able to get there quickly. Read more »

Moving Rituals

Some time ago, we got a call from a wealthy, established businessman who needed to move. He was living in a very nice residential hotel in the middle of New York City. The issue wasn’t that he had a lot of possessions to move. It was that as part of his spiritual practice, he needed to take special precautions when having his stuff moved for him. Read more »

The Missing House (It Furthers To Have Somewhere To Go)

Mrs. Jones was an elderly woman who called us in the very early days of the company. Her plan was to leave New York City and live out the rest of her years with her husband in Western PA.

I met with her to see her building and all that would need to be moved.  Because Mrs. Jones planned to stay in New York for a couple of days before moving out, our movers were to meet others at her house who would tell them where to put all of her belongings. She sketched out a detailed map of exactly where the house was located so that the team could easily find it. Read more »