Island Movers was the company that did our pack out. They arrived with 2 large trucks and 4 workers. After the first hour I was convinced that we were 1/2 way done and they would be gone by noon, but that's not how it worked out. After the first hour they took a 30min smoke break and then worked for another hour before they took another 30 minute break. You guessed it - they are paid by the hour. When lunch time rolled around they didn't take another 30 min break or even an hour....try an hour and a half! Eesh!
I will say though, it seems like they did a great job. They were gentle with our stuff and seemed to wrap it all up really well. I was honestly impressed with the packing/wrapping job. 7 hours into the pack I was sure that we'd be done by 4pm and have 45 minutes to nap until the kids needed to be picked up at school at 5pm. 8 hours into it (4pm for those counting) we got excited because the house was empty. We just knew that our nap was coming. Um, no! We went out into the garage hoping to say goodbye to the movers, but instead we were greeted with all of our stuff packed into boxes and just sitting in our garage and on our driveway. We were not going to be getting our nap. A little over 10 1/2 hours later, the kids were home from school and standing with us in our driveway waving goodbye to our belongings. Yes, 8am-640pm....it's been a very long day.
The good news is that the packing is done. YAY! Now we just need to clean up the house, repaint 2 little walls and say goodbye to our home. Monday we have our inspection and we'll camp out with some friends for 2 nights before boarding our plane and saying ALOHA to beautiful Hawaii.
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| The movers drew pictures on some of the boxes to remind us of sunny Hawaii while unpacking in the frozen tundra |
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| Goodbye stuff, see ya in New York! |
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