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So moving on from my first post about my first moving experience, I wanted to tell you guys about my first REAL house experience.  After living in my condo for a couple of years, my girlfriend and I decided to purchase a house in a nice suburb close to the city.  We were both sick and tired of the city life - it wasn't terrible or bad in any way but as we were getting older and diving head first into our respective careers, we wanted a more peaceful and calm scenario when we came home.  Our condo was filled with students and young professionals which made coming home seem like we were walking into a party every night.  There was always something happening every night for us.  Either it was an event or someone's birthday or a dinner that we had committed to the week before.  Because we lived in the city, we didn't have a good reason to decline anything.  Hence, the reason we decided to take the next leap in our lives and buy our first house.

houseIt was actually a lot of fun browsing homes, and we picked one out very quickly.  It was a townhouse maybe 20 minutes outside the city.  It was on the subway line so my girlfriend could get downtown easily in a half hour.  I drive to work so that wasn't any issue for me.  The house was older, around 25 years old, but it was in great condition - or so we thought.  The owners had renovated the interior of the house 2 years back, so all the appliances looked great.  It had granite countertops and hard wood flooring which was a must for us.  When we had the inspection done, everything looked fine.  However, 3 months after we moved in, we started having some issues.  Because we moved in during the spring, the inspection mainly focused on making sure the furnace and heating was working fine.  When it got to summertime, we realized that the air conditioning wasn't in great condition.  We would be sweltering in the heat, and the air conditioning would only be blasting at minimum.  We quickly had to find a local HVAC company to come fix this.  Visit www.HoggMechanical.com for best air conditioning tune-up because they were great.  They were efficient and the price was just right for us.  Being new home owners, you've got to be careful of these things.  When you get an inspection done, make sure that they check for both winter and summer appliances.  You want to be comfortable all year round.  Thank goodness we found an awesome local company to fix our air conditioner for a great price because we would not be able to afford an expensive cost.  If you need more info, check out your local air conditioning company

We realized our mistake the hard way with many nights unable to sleep due to the high heat.  However, when it comes to our next house, we will make sure that the inspection is complete and accurate.  We definitely don't want to spend more funds on broken appliances!

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Let me tell you a little on why I started my own moving company.  It started with my first moving experience as an adult.  I was 21, just finished college, and had enough money saved up to buy myself a nice apartment condominium.  It was my greatest accomplishment to date being a recent graduate and all.  No one else my age had saved enough to purchase their own home yet.  At the same time, I moved into my condo at the very end of April which was when all of my friends had their final college exams.  I quickly realized that I would need a moving company (I had a load of furniture stored at my parent's house).

Looking on the web and finding basically the cheapest company to help me move, the day came quickly.  I had gathered and packed up all my things and spent probably about two weeks organizing this move.  When the day came, I was super excited, anxious, and tired because I had barely slept the night before.  However, my nerves kept me alert and I was barely containing my excitement.

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It was now where things started to go downhill.  The movers were late.  Not just a half hour or hour late, but three hours late.  Finally, the showed up and told me they somehow mixed up my moving time with someone else's.  So I had been waiting three hours with barely an explanation and by this time, I was getting really anxious.  They started gathering all my large pieces of furniture like my bed frame, mattress, dining set, and couches.  My parents and I obviously helped with smaller boxes and things like lamps and all the other stuff.  The more furniture they moved, I noticed that they were just taking their time.  Now, I know the fee was hourly-based, but I couldn't believe how slow these guys were taking.  Finally, they finished loading up the truck and we began our journey.  My apartment was about an hour and a half away from my parent's house.  We had decided that the truck would follow me, but they also assured me they had a GPS so if they lost me, they would be fine.  I got to my condo in the normal amount of time, but when I got there, the truck was nowhere in sight.  I waited half an hour... then one hour... then two hours.  What was going on!?  They finally showed up after about two and a half hours and told me they got lost.  I was about to tell them to "get lost".  Anyway, we started moving all my things up to my condo and by this time, it was past dinner time.  We were all tired, hungry, and all I wanted was to get my apartment sorted out.  Again, they took their time.  When they finally left.  I was pretty content with the place.  Everything was in its rightful spot and looked to be okay.

As I started inspecting my larger pieces of furniture, I noticed that both my dining table and bed frame had chipped wood on it.  I hurriedly called the moving company to complain, and they told me that they couldn't do anything about it.  No apologies or anything.  I was in complete shock.  I paid for so many more hours than they deserved and they ruined my furniture.

So this brings me to the reason why I started my own moving company.  I wanted other people to feel assured and confident that their things were being handled with care.  I never wanted anyone else to go through what I had to for their first move.  I really hope this company isn't moving anyone else's things and that nobody has to go through this horrible moving experience.