Well, we’ve moved out completely and closed on the selling of our house.
The trailer was packed to 23’9″, or 9″ over the 23 linear feet estimate. In the process of having our trailer dropped off and picked up, we discovered that the subcontractor for U-Pack (an ABF subsidiary) for our move was Old Dominion Household Services, which offers consumers moves direct to consumers themselves. I ran the estimates on OD Household Services and discovered that the move would have been 40% cheaper by going directly to OD. While I shopped around, I didn’t go deep enough into my search.
We’re currently living out of suitcases and bins with family, and preparing to fly out of the country for a few weeks. Our dogs are staying with other family in town and have settled in to a mostly lazy routine themselves after a rough couple of hours and lots of nervousness about the old house being emptied.
There’s nothing much left to do with moving but go to our new location and find a rental house. Our stuff is already on its way, and we’ll catch up with it in less than a month.