It has been a long while since I have written, but the move is still in progress. The move with U-Haul went off without a hitch. The truck was, at first, a little unwieldy, but I quickly got used to driving it. We took three days to make the drive in order not to get too tired. We loaded and unloaded using the moving help folks previously mentioned. The unloaders in Summerville were quite good. The guys spent 3 hours unloading a 26 foot truck and loaded it all into a 10 x 30 storage shed. What is lost on most people is that the storage unit is not as tall as a truck, so there was some serious Tetris going on to make use of every space in the storage. That group was called the "Masters of Moving" in the U-Haul App. We'll use them again to move into the house.
We flew home and immediately started working on Phase 2 of the move through UNITS Storage. More packing and prep work until the final day. We hired another moving company from U-Haul to help us load the first container. They did an admirable job. More later. We ended up ordering a second container because we still had a lot of stuff to move. UNITS had another container out to us the same day! We were in a bit of a time crunch and they came through in a pinch. I have a great video of the container load/unload process which I'll try to load here. The second container was really all floor load and I had a couple of friends come and help get that loaded. We closed the container and off it went on Monday.
One thing I did notice that is that some of the loaders start getting tired and become a little less worried about filling the vehicle/container. I saw this twice. Both companies started working really well and very cognizant of filling every nook and cranny, but they start wearing down and leave more open space. I have to say that we probably would have needed the second container anyway, but still, it was a little annoying. I'm purposefully not mentioning these companies here. They did okay, but not worthy of as much honor as "Masters of Moving."
Okay, now we are out of the house and while we were preparing to move, we also had the house carpeted and painted. We had the flooring done by Robert's Carpet and they did a great job. The painter was Kenneth Williams (email). He also pressure washed the house. Lovely man and hard worker. Great experience from both.
We moved into the Candlewood Suites on 2920 in Tomball for 35 days. The folks here became family. The staff and the residents were all great. We enjoyed the evening social hours and getting to know people. There are lots of people in extended stay hotels that have issues with homes or are looking for homes.
Finally, moving day was upon us after my wife finished teaching in the Mother's Day Out program from our church. Our plan worked out to drive both vehicles up to Indianapolis for a small vacation at the Indy 500. No details here, but great time!
Then on to South Carolina where we are today. We are staying with our Son, Daughter-In-Law and three grandkids. We move into an AirBnB on Friday. We've been by the house 3 times since we've been here and it is looking great! Mungo homes really knows how to build a quality home!!! We love this home already. More to come as we get to the finish line...
