Review by Anthony L.

First off, I’m sure I’m not in the minority when I say I hate moving.  I hate every aspect of the process, especially the lugging of crap up and down stairs or through round about ways to get to an elevator.  I hate it, put me in Gitmo instead…

That said, I highly recommend NorthStar if you’re like me and the thought of calling up family and friends to invite them to help move makes me shudder and gives me hives.

I did my research and called around, I compared this and that and in the end, I feel I had made the absolute right choice.  I got quotes from FlatRate and it came out to $510 and they took of $50.  It was tempting as I wasn’t sure what the final outcome with NorthStar was going to be, and I definitely had a budget of $500 in mind.

My sales person was Samantha and she was great.  Part of the sales pitch or not, she was excited to help me move.  Which made me feel eased.  She wasn’t pushy and when I asked for a lower rate, she was more than willing and understanding.  You never know unless you ask.  I had my concerns at first, I assume sometimes when you ask for a lower rate, something is going to give somewhere.  I had the nightmare that the movers showing up late, dilly dallying and taking their time to make up the difference ect.

But no worst case senario happened.  The movers showed up a bit earlier, loaded up and packed things as needed, didn’t graze any walls and were very careful with everything.  No damage to my belongings, the apartment, the building and especially no damage to my back.  The move took them 1 hour to load, and about 2 hours to unload in the proper areas.  Let me tell you, the pathways from the apartment to the truck and then the truck to the new place were not easy treks.

So it roughly took them 3 hours to load and unload.  Quick considering the last two times, it took myself and 4 other members of my family 12 hours to do that…

I unfortunately don’t remember the three guys that moved me, but they were all awesome.  No effing around like my brothers and their friends. ha ha.

Oh yeah, the cost?  Flat Rate had me moving for $510 right?  NorthStar’s bill came out to under $390.  Which included materials and the 1 hour drive time.

So final words, you can spend $150 and rent a U-Haul, materials, get no waredrobe boxes, fill up the gas tank, call up friends and family, and unpack and rehang your clothes and get things close to done 10 hours later and then complain about your back.

or

Spend some a little bit more and get it all done and put the liability on someone else and get it done in under 4 hours.

I slept well that night, without a sore back and my girlfriend didn’t have to hear me whimper from pain in my sleep.

Samantha and NorthStar – FOR THE WIN!!!