What to Expect with Your International Residential Move International moves are all too often tiring. Make no mistake, we’ll expertly navigate the difficulties, given that we’ve gotten people to cities spanning the globe for ages now. Regardless of whether you’re traveling from Atlanta to London or Paris or Stuttgart or Rome or Bombay or Bangkok or Beijing or Brisbane – or from anywhere in the states to anywhere else – we’ll get your household where it’s got to go. We take full responsibility for your international move throughout … The Moving Process Take a look at the steps you can We perform every one of the following tasks relative to your move: FREE Ballpark Pricing With an international move, especially, you’ll surely feel you need to know right away what such a move will cost. Contact us. Talk with us. Advise us on where you’re going, when you want or need to go, and what type of a move you’d need us to perform for you. Referring to our long experience with global moving, we’ll produce a free ballpark estimate. This could actually end up being the final price – but it may not be, either. Further talks with you will help resolve that. But at least you’ll have a reasonable approximation of what to expect, budget-wise, prior to committing fully. The Home Survey To reach a final, accurate estimate of your move’s cost, we need to inventory the items you’ll be transporting. We give you two options for taking care of this: A A-1 Freeman Moving Group estimator meets with you at your home to go over the many details of your move, do a walk-through of your home, and take that survey of your possessions. With your mobile phone, you make contact with our estimator and do your own home walk-through, recording a video inventory of what you need shipped. The Written Estimate After consulting with you and examining your Home Survey results, we’re ready offer a more exact, written estimate of the financial outlay required for your international move. It takes into account everything relating to your move, including which moving services of ours you’ve indicated you want. The Customer Agreement This is your move contract, which documents locations, move dates and times, the moving services you’ve picked, safety and insurance provisions, what you’ll pay, and other considerations. Signing it signifies that you consent to our terms and pricing and authorizes us to arrange for your international move. The Move Plan To assure you of an international move that’s smooth, safe, and problem-free, we give you a Move Concierge – your very own, dedicated representative and counselor. He or she will assist you in planning your move from beginning to end. At your first talk, your Move Concierge will … establish your move dates, confirm the addresses involved stateside and out of country, establish which of our services you want, provide preliminary counsel in what to expect from you move, and provide answers to your questions. From now until we get you moved and settled in your new country, your Move Concierge is your A-1 Freeman Moving Group “one point of contact.” You can rely on him or her being extremely knowledgeable about the difficulties of international and alerting you appropriately – particularly on customs laws from one country to another. Along with providing crucial information on your particular destination country, he or she also can assist you with ... passports, visas, automobile titles, and all other necessary international paperwork. Then, throughout the move, your Move Concierge will keep you well informed of what’s happening with it. The Pre-Move Confirmation As your move date approaches, we’ll email or call you to make sure you’re still “good to go” with it, as prescribed by the plan. We’ll affirm dates, times, locations, and everything else relative to your setting up home in another land, another culture. Packing Our packing options were set up to better address your needs and budget. Opt to do the packing yourself; if you prefer, we’ll send you the packing materials. Elect to have our movers assist in the packing. Or Choose to initiate the packing yourself and permit us to help you by packing specialty items. However you want your packing handled, you have the assurance our past customers that we understand foreign customs laws and will assure that your shipments conform. That includes seeing to it that packed goods are loaded into the proper overseas shipping containers, as applicable. Loading When the truck and crew get to your stateside home, they’ll introduce themselves and perform a walk-through, getting familiar with your room layout and the things you’re freighting. Next, they’ll take measures to shield your home while the move-out is in progress. They’ll pad stair rails, sharp corners, doors and jambs. And they’ll lay carpet covers to keep floors from getting soiled and carpets from snagging, especially in high-traffic areas . In loading your household goods onto the truck, our crew will insure that moving boxes are marked and categorized by room to assist in their proper placement in your new home. Beds, entertainment centers, swing sets and anything else that has to be disassembled will be meticulously torn down by our crew at this time. Finally, our crew conducts quality checks and maintains contact with your Move Concierge all through the loading process. Delivery After we’ve gotten your belongings safely to your new home in your destination country, our crews unload it with great dexterity and caution. Among our destination-country delivery services are … the use of protection pads and carpet covers to ensure that your new home remains undefiled throughout the move-in, systematic unloading – getting your possessions into the rooms you direct us to put them in, putting back together those things that were broken down for the move, unpacking – simply say the word; we’ll get it done, and debris removal – where, if you want, we’ll take away all the empty moving boxes and supplies when the unpacking is completed. The Post-Move Follow-up At the conclusion of your international move, your Move Concierge will call you to ... review it with you, determine how conscientiously we performed the services you picked address any remaining concerns, and THANK YOU for hiring A-1 Freeman Moving Group! read what others have said about us Request a free quote