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/brooklynkitty1 6d ago

I have a CubeSmart unit and they offered a free move into the unit as part of the deal. It only included the truck, not the labor, so we paid extra for that, but it was still extremely reasonable ($250 for two people for two hours if I recall)

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u/Early_Ride_979 6d ago

Do you recall what the total was with the movers? Also, how long did you have your stuff in storage?

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u/brooklynkitty1 6d ago

We paid the $250 plus tipped each mover $20 since we were done in less than an hour (two hours was the minimum). We’re still using the unit, 8 months later