Call Us: 800-307-1302 Call Us: (323) 897-8906 Call Us: (323) 558-1047 Call Us: (323) 936-7843 Call Us: (747) 256-7611In September Ivan and I were assigned to handle a residential move from a single-family home on Vanalden Avenue to a residential facility in Tarzana.
The client called us 2 weeks before the move and said that we could park at the curb on Vanalden Avenue and that she would reserve a parking space at the loading entrance of the facility. She asked us to pack her personal belongings, take apart a white desk chair and an antique bookcase and bring them down from the second floor.
We parked our 18-foot truck at the curb right next to the two-story single-family house. We had our disposable packing materials with us: stretch wrap, boxes, tape, packing paper, and bubble wrap. We bill these materials separately from our regular hourly rate. We laid down our floor runners along the carry path.
Upstairs my main task was to collect personal belongings such as books, a bedside clock, a jewelry box, photos and other items. I used bubble wrap to wrap them. Meanwhile Ivan disassembled the white desk chair and the antique bookcase. I also gathered clothes and hung them in our wardrobe cartons. Then I helped Ivan to wrap the disassembled furniture in moving blankets and stretch wrap to protect their surfaces during transport. Ivan carried down the boxes and wardrobe cartons that were ready and I packed the floor lamp into one of the boxes. We handled the six large boxes together, stacking them inside of the truck along the wall. Then Ivan and I went back upstairs and brought down pieces of the white desk chair. We also carried the antique bookcase pieces into the truck, as well as four plastic bins, the remaining wardrobe cartons and the packed floor lamp.
At the facility we stopped the truck at the reserved place at the loading entrance right near the doors. We laid down floor runners at the facility as well. Using our hand trucks, we wheeled the large and medium boxes into the designated room the client showed us. We kept the wardrobe cartons in the upright position while carrying them. Then Ivan and I brought in the white desk chair and Ivan reassembled it while I carried in the floor lamp. After that we went back to the truck and brought in the antique bookcase, which Ivan put back together. I carried the four plastic bins into the room. The client showed us where she wanted to place her belongings. I unpacked the large and medium-sized boxes and put books into the antique bookcase, along with other items in their places. Ivan unpacked the floor lamp and set it near the antique bookcase. Then I unpacked the wardrobe cartons and put the clothes into a closet that was in the room.
The antique bookcase was the piece the client cared about most. It was transported safely and came back together. Her books were on its shelves before we left the room.
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