Burly men lifting refrigerators and pianos and carrying them down three flights of stairs are the most common stereotype of furniture movers. They’re frequently accused of being careless with your prized possessions, crashing into walls while blissfully unaware of the scratches and dents accumulating on Grandma’s curio cabinet or that eighteenth-century rocking chair. A reputable furniture mover, on the other hand, will treat your prized possessions as if they were his own.
Although the furniture mover does move furniture, this is only one aspect of his job. The majority of furniture movers work for moving and storage companies, and as a result, they are dealing with an entire home’s worth of furniture, appliances, and boxes. While a furniture mover may visit your home to relocate individual items, such as a billiard table from the second floor to the basement, the majority of his work involves packing, inventorying, loading, transporting, and unloading your worldly possessions. It is neither an easy nor a simple task.
Before lifting a single table, a furniture mover will go through your house and number each and every packed box, appliance, and piece of furniture. These items will be recorded on a list of inventory. One copy will be kept by the movers, while the other will be given to the customer. The moving process begins after the customer reviews the list and signs it. If the customer has paid for the additional service, the movers may have packed the boxes themselves, padding all items carefully to avoid breakage.
The furniture mover then wraps thick blankets around any items that might be scratched or scraped, and the moving process begins. All of the items are loaded onto a truck and securely tied and strapped so they don’t move around during transportation. Most of the time, the furniture mover is also a truck driver, transporting your belongings across the street, across town, or across the country. The movers will unload the truck and carry your belongings into your new quarters once they arrive at their destination.
At this point, the moving process goes backwards. As each numbered item is removed from the truck, both the customer and the movers mark it off their inventory sheets. Everything from silverware to double-door freezers will arrive on time and undamaged if everything goes according to plan, which it usually does.