How Much Do Moving Companies Charge for Domestic Relocation?

In particular, how much a house relocation costs primarily depends upon whether you move on your own or hire movers. In addition, what kind of move you need also impacts greatly on costing. Generally, three types of moving services are there – local moving, interstate moving and commercial moving. In this article, only local moving and interstate moving is covered. Both types of moving services have specific fees to be charged. Be sure to ask the charges of both of them in order to save yourself from headaches in future.

Cost of Local Moving

The charges of local moving depends upon your location and the rate of moving depends upon the distance between your current location and new location. For instance, Melbourne Cheap Removalists charge per-hour rate for which they will spent with you on packing and moving from destination A to destination B. As per the pickup location, travel fee also varies.  Some moving companies may charge for packing materials. So be sure to consider the packing charges also. For 2 men and one truck, the average cost starts from $90 to $120 for every hour. If you hire only labor without van, then they will charge you around $80 for every hour.

Cost on Interstate Moving

They are charged on your belongings at the rate of per cubic foot or by weight of your inventory. However, many home relocation companies charge fees for lighter and heavier items and their charges are based on weight. Hence, you should get in-house estimate in order to get binding quote from the company. List all the items with every smallest detail. Even by phone, you can get accurate quote by sales consultant. If you want full packing, then you may ask for some sort of discount on total cost. If you can wait for the loading of the items of other people who are moving to the same place, then you may expect for better deal from the company.

If you have a binding estimate, then actual cost of moving to a long distance won’t exceed your estimated cost. In particular, moving cost for long distance is charged on per lbs basis. For instance, they may charge you around $0.50 per lbs if you go around 200 miles away.

How to Estimate Moving Weight?

Take a look on this chart to know the average lbs of households as per the size of house or apartment –

1.      Studio apartments may have households of about 1800 lbs.

2.      1 BHK apartment = 2200 to 3200 lbs.

3.      2 BHK apartment = 5000 to 6000 lbs.

4.      3-bedroom house is equal to 9000 lbs.

5.      If you have 4-bedroom house or larger, then households may weigh up to 11000 lbs.

Contact Melbourne Cheap Removalists to move all of your belongings safely at your new house.