San Diego Housing Bubble News and Analysis

A roommate of mine found another option on one of the freight truck lines. I think it was yellow truck, but I don't remember. You have to load it up, and they charge by the amount of space you use by the linear foot. They do all the driving and then meet you at the new place to unload later. She said it saved quite a bit of money. I believe she said it was $800 from San Diego to Alabama, but my memory is pretty foggy.

Have you considered just getting rid of your stuff?

I suppose it all depends on how much you are moving. Every move I have made (4) in the past 4 years I have been able to throw everything I own into my truck and take off. Strangly it seems to get harder each time, as I seem to have more and more crap each time. :)

I'm selling an enormous amount, appliances, most of the furniture,
most of the books.

But i want to keep my antique dining room set, I got from my mother,
and, my clothes and kitchen stuff.

Upack - used it twice. Once from San Diego to DC, once from SD to san diego.

U pack up your home, hire professional movers to move your packed things into the truck, then when it arrives hire another set of movers to unload it into your home. A trailer is dropped off, you have a 24 hours to load it and you put a barrier in (lockable) the trailer. The freight company fills the rest of the truck with freight going to the major city near your destination (keeping cost down).

I didnt have any problems in two trips with the exception of one wood piece getting scratched. That was the movers/ packers fault as they are supposed to know how to pack a truck. Therefore, scrub reviews of movers that specialize in weight management packing.

I recommend them and using emovers to find recommended help.

Upack ran me about 3K each trip (so yours should be substantially cheaper).

WHy don't you rent a uhaul, hire some folks to load it, then drive the uhaul out and hire some folks to unload it.