What to Expect with Your International Residential Move International moves can prove problematic. Don’t fret. We know how to dispense with the difficulties, having taken people across oceans and continents from the time of our founding. Regardless of whether you’re going from Tulsa 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 make sure your household gets where it’s got to go. We accept complete responsibility for your international move throughout … The Moving Process Here are the steps you can count on us taking: FREE Ballpark Pricing With an international move, especially, you’ll want as fast and accurate a number as possible regarding what you’ll have to shell out for such a move. Ring us up. Speak with us. Tell us where you’re going, when you would prefer to or must go, and what sort of a move you’d need us to execute for you. Based on our vast experience with global moving, we’ll deliver a free ballpark estimate. This might or might not be the final price. Additional meetings with you will help determine that. But at least you’ll have a reasonable awareness of what to expect, finance-wise, in advance of signing a contract. The Home Survey To produce a final, accurate estimate of your move’s cost, we have to conduct a survey of the items you’ll be transporting. We give you two options for taking care of this: A A-1 Freeman Moving Group estimator visits your home to discuss various elements of your move, do a walk-through of your home, and take that inventory of your possessions. With your mobile phone, you link to our estimator and perform your own home walk-through, recording a video inventory of what you need shipped. The Written Estimate After we’ve initially spoken with you and examined your Home Survey results, we can provide you with a more precise, written estimate of what you’ll be billed for your international move. It addresses everything associated with your move, including which moving services of ours you’ve selected. The Customer Agreement This is your move contract, which describes locations, move dates and times, the moving services you’ve selected, safety and insurance provisions, the price, and other details. Signing it attests that you agree to our terms and pricing and authorizes us to set up your relocation. The Move Plan To promote an international move that’s smooth, safe, and headache-free, we give you a Move Concierge – your very own, exclusive representative and counselor. He or she will guide you in planning your move from start to finish. At your initial consultation, your Move Concierge will … establish your move dates, confirm the addresses involved stateside and in the country to which you’re relocating, affirm which of our services you prefer, provide precursory counsel in what you can anticipate happening in your move, and provide answers to 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 count on him or her being extremely knowledgeable about the complications that can arise in an international move and instructing you well – particularly on customs laws from one country to another. As well as divulging vital information on your particular destination country, he or she also can provide you assistance with ... passports, visas, automobile titles, and all other essential international paperwork. Then, throughout the move, your Move Concierge will keep you up to speed on the latest developments. 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, according to plan. We’ll confirm dates, times, locations, and every other detail relative to your establising a new home in another country. Packing Our packing options are made available to more properly accommodate your needs and budget. Elect to do the packing yourself; if you like, we’ll send you the packing materials. Opt to have our movers assist in the packing. Or Choose to start packing yourself and let us help you by packing specialty items. By whatever method you choose to have your packing done, you can be confident we have a solid understanding of foreign customs laws and will insure that your shipments comply. That includes seeing that packed belongings are loaded into the right overseas shipping containers, as specified. Loading When the truck and crew arrive at your stateside home, they’ll introduce themselves and perform a walk-through, familiarizing themselves with your floor plan and the furnishings and personal effects you’re shipping. Next, they’ll perform certain actions to shield your home while the move-out is underway. They’ll pad stair rails, tight corners, doors and jambs. And they’ll place carpet covers to keep floors from getting soiled and carpets from snagging, especially in high-traffic areas . In loading your possessions onto the truck, our crew will ensure that moving boxes are marked and classified by room to assist in their proper placement in your new home. Beds, entertainment centers, swing sets and whatever else requires disassembly will be carefully broken down by our crew at this time. Finally, our crew conducts quality checks and stays in close communication with your Move Concierge throughout the loading process. Delivery Once we get your shipment safely to your new home in your destination country, our crews take great pains to get it unloaded safely. Among our destination-country delivery services are … the use of protection pads and carpet covers to make sure your new home stays spotless while we’re moving you in, systematic unloading – placing your possessions into the rooms you want them in, at your direction, putting back together the equipment and furnishings taken apart for the move, unpacking – all you have to do is tell us; we’ll handle it, and debris removal – where, if you request, we’ll take away all the empty moving boxes and materials when the unpacking is done. The Post-Move Follow-up Upon completion of your international move, your Move Concierge will get in touch with you to ... review it with you, determine how faithfully we provided the services you selected talk with you about any remaining concerns, and THANK YOU for choosing A-1 Freeman Moving Group! read what others have said about us Request a free quote