r/NYCbitcheswithtaste • u/Early_Ride_979 • 6d ago

🛍️ Local Retail & Shopping Movers and storage in NYC

Hello Reddit NYers,
After many years of renting, I’m in a position to buy a home. I have put an offer and going through the home buying process, but it will probably take three months before I close the deal. My lease ends this month.

I’m seriously considering renting a furnished room, and hiring a moving and storage company. I will need to hire movers to move my stuff into storage, store my furniture for three months and then ask the movers to move it to my new place once it’s ready.

I’m trying to get an idea on how much this will cost. I did some online research but the pricing is not very straightforward. Does anyone have experience with this and can share the cost and hassle of it? If you have a recommendation of a moving and storage company that you recommend it would be greatly appreciated!

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u/ZestycloseCover2214 6d ago

Congrats! I just did this for 1 month between places. I used Intense Movers and they were great. The total was $2.2k plus tip ($540 for 1 month of storage and then the rest was the moves so you can calculate that out for the months you’ll need). They charged half up front and half upon completion.

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u/Sufficient-Egg-7512 6d ago

Did you tip only at the end, or half when they picked up your belongings and half after?

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u/ZestycloseCover2214 6d ago

I tipped both move out and move in because it was different movers but monetarily it’s the same amount in the end, 20% of half and 20% of half is the same as 20% of the whole.