How Long Does it Take to Move a 3-Bedroom House?
How Long Does it Take to Move a 3-Bedroom House?
- February 7, 2023
- Posted By Rodrigo Ornelas
Moving a 3 bedroom home: How much time will it take
Moving a three-bedroom house can be an overwhelming and daunting task. As a professional mover, this is usually 1 of 3 questions we are asked most often — How long will it take, and how much? It’s hard to estimate the time it will take to complete a move without a visual inspection. Depending on the number of items, how heavy they are, and the level of protection needed to ensure that nothing is broken during the move. Let’s discuss what factors can make the packing and moving process faster and slower.
Pricing & Time Depends on 3 Factors
Moving a three-bedroom house may seem like an intimidating task but with proper planning and with professional movers, this can usually be done within 1 day and can vary on hours needed and pricing by these 3 factors.
How prepared are you – Many customers believe they are all packed. With 9 out of 10 times we hear this, when we arrive in the morning of the move, majority of items are unboxed and not wrapped. This can cause the loading time to increase if we also assist with packing.
Delicate Items – We give customer the opportunity to let us know whats important to them so we take extra care of fragile items. While this process take a little longer to prepare the items for moving, it is well worth it.
Challenging Locations – Sometimes customers homes are located in challenging locations like hillsides, steep driveways, or limited street access. With transporting items to and from the truck can take more time if the space is limited and needs to be carried farther.
Preparing for the Move
In order to make your move as efficient as possible, you should begin preparing for your move at least one month in advance. This includes packing up all your belongings so that they are organized and ready to be loaded onto a truck or cargo container. You should also research professional moving companies in your area and get quotes to see what services are offered.
Once you have chosen a company, you should book them right away since many companies are often booked several weeks in advance. Ornelas Packing and Moving offer all levels of services from wrapping, packing, and moving every single item in your home to 1 or 2 extra hands to unload or load your boxes and furniture. Check out Moving Labor and Full Service Move.
Packing Your Belongings
When packing up your belongings, it is important to take your time and pack each item carefully with plenty of padding or bubble wrap around fragile items such as glassware or electronics.
If you have enough time before your move, you can even label each box with its contents so that unpacking goes much smoother. Labeling also helps the movers know where the boxes should be unloaded at in your new home. Doing this will help save time when it comes to unloading everything from the truck since each box will already be labeled with its destination room. Furthermore, if you plan on doing most of the packing yourself, investing in quality boxes is key since they can withstand more wear and tear than standard cardboard boxes purchased from packing stores or other retail locations. They also repurpose well in storage, attics, and above the garage areas.
Unloading Your Belongings
The unloading process usually takes less time than loading everything up onto a truck since it usually involves just lifting each box off of the vehicle and carrying them into their respective rooms inside your new home. Depending on how much furniture needs to be moved into place, this process could take longer if there are staircases involved or other obstacles that will make moving in more difficult. Having all of your belongings already packed in boxes makes this much easier since there is no need for disassembling furniture before loading it up onto the truck.
Keep in mind, most moving companies in Santa Rosa will typically charge extra or a premium for stairs. This is usually due to the extra time and strain on the workers carrying the load.
Plan and Reserve your moving date
With careful packing strategies such as labeling boxes by content and room destination as well as investing in quality moving boxes instead of standard cardboard ones from stores, these small steps can make all the difference when it comes down to how long it takes to move a 3-bedroom house! So don’t let moving stress you out; do some research beforehand and make sure everyone involved knows exactly what needs to be done!