Moving Plans

I booked the local moving company for a definite date in November, about a week after our scheduled closing. They will move the heavy items and we will do the lighter in our cars.

We close on a Tuesday morning. I've scheduled the window blind company to do their installation that afternoon. The treatment of the garage floor will also start the afternoon of closing, so there is plenty of time for the epoxy to cure before moving day.

The "post close" cabinet install is scheduled to start the day after closing.

Tomorrow I'll schedule the alarm system install.

Relocation Company

I made the tentative arrangements with a local moving company today. For a local move, I was quoted $80 daily charge for the van, plus $100 / hour for a three man crew. It will be roughly $1000 for a days work. Since the medical cost for me ruining my back trying to lift heavy items myself is likely much more than $1000, we'll hire it done.

Garage / Driveway / Patio Coating

We met with the company that provides decorative driveway and lanai / patio coating for Pringle. We want to have the garage floor treated with an epoxy coating before we move anything in to the garage.

We got prices and lead times. We'll likely do the garage immediately after move in, but may not spend the money for the driveway, walk, or porch/lanai.

Blinds Ordered

We met with a fourth blind company today, M&J Verticals from Leesburg. They were highly recommended by several customers, including our friends who used them this year for their new home in Legacy of Leesburg.

It was a good meeting with lots of information. The information provided, description of what they would do, and pricing were the best of all the companies, so we made the commitment and paid the deposit to have the blinds ordered. They should be available for installation by 11/06, which should be good timing for us.