Most moving companies – A-1 Freeman Moving Group is definitely one of them – give their clients a number of short-term and long-term storage options. The industry expression for this is “vanline” storage. Its cost is up to the company and will take into account the options you pick, of course.
But a number of Little Rock home- or apartment-dwellers want to come up with their own storage solutions, rather than those of their moving company. It’s smart to compare|contrast|juxtapose|correlate]59] what vanline storage offers with what self storage provides. The chart below should help you do that.
| VANLINE STORAGE |
| SELF STORAGE |
| · The van line assumes full control of your move from first to last. · You have the convenience of one-stop shopping for [[each of your moving and storage needs. · You deal with only a single point of contact. · You rest assured that everything is being taken care of for you professionally by one company. |
| · The burden of researching a moving company, plus a separate mini-storage provision, plus a outfit to move your household goods out of storage falls right in your lap and [[your lap alone|no one’s but yours|nobody else’s]81. · You must hand your household goods over to staffers from multiple companies – a new company with new people at each stage of the transit-storage-delivery out process. |
| · “Delivery out” is provisioned for in the van line’s storage fee. |
| · You’ll have to arrange with a local mover to move your possessions out of mini storage or do it yourself. |
| · All your belongings – especially your more treasured furniture pieces and equipment – remain pad-wrapped and shielded while they’re in vanline storage. |
| · Once a driver delivers your belongings to the separate storage unit you’ve chosen, he needs to remove all furniture pads because they belong to him or his company; you can’t hang onto them. You’ll have to^ must}112} look for something else to drape over your stuff if you want it protectively covered in storage. |
| · Your personal items are kept safe, secure, and bug free inside the vanline’s commercial warehouse. |
| · Though they can be safe and secure, many mini-storage units are too easily is in no way liable for their condition while stored or after they’re taken out of^’re removed from}145} storage. |
| · Vanline storage does have one potential drawback: While your possessions are in storage, you have very prohibited access to them. They can be gotten to, but that necessitates vanline labor and will cost you extra. |
| · Mini storage, on the other hand, lets you have total control of your belongings and access to them 24/7. |
| · All vanline warehouses are built for tractor-trailer units and can accommodate a moving van. |
| · Too many a tractor-trailer. That means the driver must offload your possessions onto a smaller truck to haul them into storage. So? Your belongings have to be handled one more time than would otherwise be expedient – which increases the potential for damage and could add to your costs. |
Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of vanline storage versus self storage, one must surely give the advantage to vanline storage. Your particulars, though, may lead you to a different conclusion. But the choice is yours. And it’s well worth considering up front in your move planning. Need some assistance deciding? Look to us at A-1 Freeman Moving Group. We suspect you’ll like the storage choices we have for you.
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