What to Expect with Your International Residential Move International moves are all too often fatiguing. Make no mistake, we have ways to tackle the difficulties, seeing as how we’ve relocated people to all sorts of countries for ages now. It really doesn’t matter if you’re traveling from Little Rock to London or Paris or Stuttgart or Rome or Bombay or Bangkok or Beijing or Brisbane – or from anywhere in the United States to anywhere else – we’ll make sure your household gets where it’s got to go. We accept total responsibility for your international move throughout … The Moving Process Here are the steps you can We perform every one of the following tasks attendant to your move: FREE Ballpark Pricing With an international move, in particular, you’ll surely feel you need to know right away what such a move will cost you. Get on the phone with us. Talk with us. Tell us where you’ve got to go, when you’d like or have to go, and what sort of a move you’d want us to perform for you. Referring to our considerable experience with global moving, we’ll deliver a free ballpark estimate. This may or may not be the final price. Further talks with you will help resolve that. But at least you’ll have some approximation of what to expect, budget-wise, prior to committing fully. The Home Survey To produce a final, accurate estimate of your move’s cost, we’re obligated to conduct a survey of the possessions you’ll be moving. We have two options for taking care of this: A A-1 Freeman Moving Group estimator meets with you at your home to consult with you on numerous elements of your move, conduct a walk-through of your home, and take that survey of your possessions. Using your mobile phone, you link directly with our estimator and conduct your own home walk-through, recording a video inventory of what you need moved. The Written Estimate Once we’ve consulted with you and assessed your Home Survey results, we’re able to offer a more specific, written estimate of the financial outlay required for your international move. It addresses everything relating to your move, including which moving services of ours you’ve picked. The Customer Agreement This is your move contract, which sets locations, move dates and times, the moving services you’ve picked, safety and insurance provisions, the cost, and other details. Signing it signifies that you agree to our terms and pricing and permits us to arrange for your international move. The Move Plan To make sure you have an international move that’s smooth, safe, and problem-free, we assign you a Move Concierge – your very own, personal representative and counselor. He or she will assist you in planning the various details of your move. In your introductory discussion, your Move Concierge will … affirm your move dates, establish the addresses involved here in the states and out of country, establish which of our services you want, provide introductory guidance in what your move will likely entail, and address your questions. From here on, your Move Concierge is your A-1 Freeman Moving Group “one point of contact.” You can rely on him or her being fully conversant with the complexities of international moving and alerting you well – particularly on customs laws from one country to another. Besides providing you with important information on your particular destination country, he or she also can assist you with ... passports, visas, automobile titles, and all other required international paperwork. Then, as the move commences, your Move Concierge will keep you fully up to date on the latest developments. The Pre-Move Confirmation As your move date approaches, we’ll email or call you to see that you’re still “good to go” with it, as set forth in the plan. We’ll make sure of dates, times, locations, and everything else regarding your settling in a new country. Packing Our packing options are made available to better address your needs and budget. Elect to do your own packing; if you want, we’ll send you the packing materials. Elect to let our movers help you pack. Or Choose to start out packing yourself and permit us to help you by packing specialty items. Regardless of how you’d like your packing done, our past clients will attest that we’re well up to speed on foreign customs laws and will assure that your shipments conform. That includes assuring packed goods are loaded into the appropriate overseas shipping containers, as necessary. Loading When the truck and crew pull up at your stateside home, they’ll introduce themselves and do a walk-through, getting familiar with your floor plan and the things you’re freighting. Next, they’ll take measures to protect your home as they move things out. They’ll pad stair rails, sharp corners, doors and jambs. And they’ll lay carpet covers to keep floors clean and undamaged . In loading your possessions onto the truck, our crew will make sure moving boxes are marked and classified by room to aid in their placement in your new home. Beds, entertainment centers, swing sets and anything else that requires disassembly will be taken apart by our crew at this time. Finally, our crew conducts quality checks and maintains contact with your Move Concierge during the loading process. Delivery After we’ve gotten your possessions safely to your new home in your destination country, our crews get it unloaded with extreme care. Among our destination-country delivery services are … using protection pads and carpet covers to ensure that your new home remains undefiled during the move-in process, systematic unloading – unloading your possessions into the rooms you tell us to put them in, putting back together items broken down for the move, unpacking – just let us know; we’ll handle it, and debris removal – where, if you prefer, we’ll dispose of all the empty moving boxes and debris when the unpacking is done. The Post-Move Follow-up At the completion of your international move, your Move Concierge will get in touch with you to ... go over it with you, examine how well we executed the services you picked talk with you about any remaining situations, and THANK YOU for choosing A-1 Freeman Moving Group! read what others have said about us Request a free quote