The Future of Moving Is Here; The Latest Trend for Moving and Storage Comes in PODS

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Whether you have decided to sell your home, downsize to a condo, move to another location – or buy the home of your dreams, one thing is certain. After all is said and done there is a major move involved and most people find it a taxing experience.

Between sorting, purging, packing, moving, lifting and everything in between – moving can be a harrowing experience for most people. But it doesn’t have to be. In fact, with today’s convenience minded world there are a lot of great tools out there to help make the moving process as smooth as possible.

Just spend a few minutes on the Internet and you’ll find a plethora of useful online resources ranging from tips, tricks, checklists, moving guides with estimators,calculators and more. But my personal favorite is the relatively new concept of Pods.

Pods are these great little stationary yet mobile “boxes” to store your items. All you do is call and they deliver the empty storage unit that looks somewhat like an empty boxcar. This storage unit sits on your driveway (or anywhere else on your property that you like) and you then have the freedom and flexibility to fill it and organize within it as much as you like.

The beauty of this arrangement is that when you are ready, you can then request that it be moved to a climate controlled storage facility or directly to your new home. The reason pods are a good idea is because they allow you to take as much time as you need to organize and sort and then pack and move your stuff, unlike traditional moving vans and trucks that are rented out for a very short period of time.

The price will depend on the number of trips back and forth, size of your pod and also how far you will need to travel with it.

From the perspective of a real estate agent, however, I strongly urge you to consider discussing moving times in advance. The issue of occupancy at closing can come up since in some states things have changed recently where they used to have a period of time after closing where the seller could stay on and move out of the home. But now, the majority of states employ the standard practice of occupancy at closing. That does not mean that you cannot negotiate extra time but it just means that you would need to build that into your contract at the time you are negotiating your transaction.
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As always, we look forward to helping you with this and other aspects of your real estate endeavors. Whether you are buying, selling or investing in a property – we will help make your real estate goals become a reality!