<p>Any experience with these? Good, bad, or otherwise? Or just any information about reliability, safety, cost?</p>
<p>thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Not first hand info but across the street info.
Our longtime neighbors were selling/not selling/selling their house for almost 2years.</p>
<p>They had a huge POD in their driveway that stored excess furniture they wanted out of the staged home. It became part of our environment and blended in.
Not sure what prospective buyers thought.</p>
<p>We did this for D1 to move her bedroom furniture, bike, and some other stuff from our house in the midwest to her apartment in DC. We did not use the “PODS” company, they were too expensive. I think the one she used is now called U-Pack. </p>
<p>It worked great. They brought the pod to our house and put it where we told them to (in driveway). We packed it up and padlocked it (we had sent extra keys to D earlier). They came back when we told them to, and were able to arrange delivery on the day that worked for D. She had friends over that evening to help unpack, and the pod (‘cube’) was picked up the next day. She did not have to be there for them to pick it up, either. </p>
<p>You can also to pay them to store the cubes for a while if you want to. We also bought some moving materials for packing/strapping ahead of time (Uhaul sells stuff pretty cheaply on their website). We used quite a bit of the stretch plastic wrap and a few furniture pads. And cargo rope, some bungy cords, and a couple of those rachet straps (had a couple of big pieces of furniture).</p>
<p>I had to make a couple of phone calls to them to understand all the logistics. But it worked great, I thought.</p>
<p>We used a POD to move across town. It was great. They parked it in our drive. Spent a week or so filling it up and then the company delivered it across town and we hired a couple guys to help unload and move stuff in.</p>
<p>We used a small pod from ABF to move our D from Colorado to the Atlanta area last summer. ABF was wonderful! Everything went according to plan. We had the pod for several days to pack. They picked up and delivered just like they said they would. These small pods fit into a parking space, making moving in very easy when there’s limited parking. The cost was reasonable, and, best of all, we didn’t have to drive a moving truck cross-country in 90+ degree weather.</p>
<p>We used PODS when we moved from the west coast to NJ 6 years ago. First spent a while with the POD on our driveway as we filled it up, decluttering our house for showing. Then off it went to a local storage facility (where I actually was able to add additional things a couple of times), then a couple of months later delivered to out new home. Worked like a charm for us.</p>
<p>thanks, good to hear the positive experiences. We are doing something similar to intparent’s D for my S, with just “beginner” furniture, so we are trying to be cost-effective. </p>
<p>Do you all recall the price comparison vs a u-Haul/Budget small truck rental for one-way (which I could not believe, price-wise; it would be cheaper to buy all new stuff).</p>
<p>The cost for one U-Pack Relocube from the Twin Cities to a DC apartment was $1,624. Plus the cost of some moving supplies. We did not store it during the move (costs more). This was also through ABF (someone mentioned them above), but their website is actually [U-Pack</a> | The Low-Cost Alternative to Traditional Moving Compaines](<a href=“http://www.upack.com%5DU-Pack”>http://www.upack.com). I think you can plug in your info and get an online estimate there. My D’s company actually payed for it in the end (reimbursed), they had offered $3K in moving expenses for her when she got her job.</p>
<p>Also, I had been kind of worried about where the cube would go on the apartment end. D is in an apartment building, and she talked to the building management. They had a space near the loading docks for cubes and seemed used to this, and were okay with the cube staying overnight while they unloaded it. I had visions of her having to stand in a parking spot for the cube or something, since she is in the city. But that worked out. But before you finalize for sure, make sure your son has checked on where the cube can go and how long it can stay, and figures out how to make sure that slot is actually available on the day his cube comes. Also… I think it would cost xtra for weekend delivery, D took an afternoon off from work during the week for the delivery.</p>
<p>Almost a year ago, we were doing this research to move some very basic furniture stuff, etc. for D1, from Chicago to LA. I think I got quotes from three different companies. ABF beat the Pod price by quite a bit, so that’s who we used. Everything went very smoothly. </p>
<p>Only advice I can give is to reserve it as far ahead as possible. They only have a limited availability in each city, so they don’t have a bunch sitting around not used. It’s also harder to get one for the end of the month.</p>
<p>Yes, I think we changed our days around a bit to get a cheaper rate. It didn’t matter to D if she had a wait another week for her stuff.</p>