Moving - Something to DIY or Hire the Experts? I had to move last week, and it made me wonder - is it really worth moving yourself? I rented a UHaul, which cost me about $170 in rental costs, mileage and gas. I also paid 2 guys to help me, $10 per hour each for 8 hours. My total cost was $330. I had gotten a quote from a mover of $600 to do the move for me.
I thought it might be worth the $270 in savings to do the move myself. I thought wrong. I found out it 
takes more time to think about the move, than to actually do the move! I often found myself stopping to figure out:
- How do I get that out of the house?
- How am I going to take it apart?
- How am I going to pick it up?
- How am I going to carry it so that I don't scuff the walls?
- How am I going to fit everything into the truck?
- How am I going to strap things in the truck?
- How am I going to get that into the house?
- How am I going to put it back together?
I know what my time is worth, and in the end, I don't think it was worth the headache to move myself. What do you think?
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