What to Expect with Your International Residential Move International moves can prove complicated. Make no mistake, we’ll expertly take care of the difficulties, having moved people across oceans and continents in the time we’ve been in business. Regardless of whether you’re going from Wichita Falls to London or Paris or Stuttgart or Rome or Bombay or Bangkok or Beijing or Brisbane – or from anywhere stateside to anywhere else – we’ll get your household where it’s got to go. We accept complete responsibility for your international move at every stage of … The Moving Process Take a look at the steps you can We expertly handle every one of these tasks associated with your move: FREE Ballpark Pricing With an international move, in particular, you’ll want to be advised quickly on what you’ll be charged for such a move. Contact us. Speak with us. Let us know where you’re going, when you want or need to go, and what sort of a move you’d want us to manage for you. Based on our long experience with global moving, we’ll come up with a free ballpark estimate. This could actually end up being the final price – but it may not be, either. Further consultation with you will help determine that. But at least you’ll have some idea of what to expect, budget-wise, before committing fully. The Home Survey To come up with a final, accurate estimate of your move’s cost, we’re required to inventory the belongings you’ll be moving. We have two options for doing this: A A-1 Freeman Moving Group estimator gives you a visit to discuss various features of your move, conduct a walk-through of your home, and take that survey of your possessions. Using your mobile phone, you link to our estimator and perform your own home walk-through, recording a video inventory of what you need freighted. The Written Estimate After first meeting with you and assessing your Home Survey results, we’re ready offer a more detailed, written estimate of the financial outlay required for your international move. It takes into account everything associated with your move, including which moving services of ours you’ve opted. The Customer Agreement This is your move contract, which documents locations, move dates and times, the moving services you’ve picked, safety and insurance provisions, the price, and other details. Signing it signifies that you consent to our terms and pricing and permits us to book your move. The Move Plan To deliver an international move that’s smooth, safe, and hassle-free, we give you a Move Concierge – your very own, exclusive representative and counselor. He or she will assist you in planning every aspect of your move. At your initial get-together, your Move Concierge will … establish your move dates, confirm the addresses involved stateside and in the country to which you’re relocating, establish which of our services you prefer, provide precursory guidance in what’s likely in store for you during your move, and field your questions. From now until the end of your move, your Move Concierge is your A-1 Freeman Moving Group “one point of contact.” You can rely on him or her being extremely knowledgeable about the difficulties of international and advising you properly – particularly on customs laws from one country to another. Along with providing useful information on your specific destination country, he or she also can help you with ... passports, visas, automobile titles, and all other necessary international paperwork. Then, during the course of the move, your Move Concierge will keep you updated on where things stand. The Pre-Move Confirmation As your move date comes up, we’ll email or call you to see that you’re still “good to go” with it, in accordance with the plan. We’ll affirm dates, times, locations, and other important elements relating to your setting up home in another country. Packing Our packing options are made available to more fittingly address your needs and budget. Choose to do your own packing; if you want, we’ll send you the packing materials. Opt to turn the packing over to our crew. Or Choose to start out packing yourself and allow us help you by packing specialty items. Regardless of how you choose to have your packing taken care of, you have the assurance our past customers that we know foreign customs laws and will make sure that your shipments comply. That includes ensuring packed belongings are loaded into the appropriate overseas shipping containers, as specified. Loading When the truck and crew pull up at your stateside home, they’ll introduce themselves and perform a walk-through, acclimating themselves to your room layout and the furnishings and personal effects you’re transporting. Next, they’ll take steps to protect your home while the move-out is in progress. They’ll pad stair rails, cramped corners, doors and jambs. And they’ll place 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 categorized by room to help with their placement in your new home. Beds, entertainment centers, swing sets and anything else that needs disassembling will be taken apart by our crew at this time. Finally, our crew performs quality checks and stays in close communication with your Move Concierge during the loading process. Delivery Once we get your shipment safely to your new home in your destination country, our crews are exceptionally careful in unloading it. Among our destination-country delivery services are … employing protection pads and carpet covers to make sure your new home stays unsoiled and undamaged throughout the move-in, systematic unloading – setting your household goods and personal effects into the rooms you tell us to put them in, rebuilding the equipment and furnishings taken apart for the move, unpacking – just say so; we’ll handle it, and debris removal – where, if you request, we’ll cart off all the empty moving boxes and debris when the unpacking is completed. The Post-Move Follow-up Once we’ve finished your international move, your Move Concierge will contact you to ... talk about it with you, assess how skillfully we provided the services you opted for look into any unresolved issues, and THANK YOU for allowing us at A-1 Freeman Moving Group to be your mover! read what others have said about us Request a free quote