My wife and I are moving to Australia. It has been a stressful time for both of us and we were not looking forward to the move. We really had no idea of the process of moving an entire household half way around the world. The guy Steve at Avery Moving gave us the answers we were looking for and so we decided to leave it into his hands.
A week before the shipping container arrived, three guys showed up and packed up the entire house. It took a good two days and I saw why... They used what seemed like very strong boxes and wrapped everything in paper and more paper. I tried shaking a boxes to see if I could rattle stuff. NO WAY. We even had a few really nice pieces of furniture that they custom built crates for. They were incredible.
We had to live around the boxes that week but then that weekend, the same three guys showed up and put everything in one of those shipping containers (I think he said it was 20 feet long)
They packed it all in just a few hours. I thought they were done and no. They proceeded to build this frame contraption to go at the back of the loaded stuff. Steve said it was to prevent anything from moving. From what I saw, no boxes, furniture, anything were going anywhere.
Steve also explained all the details to me about where the stuff goes and when, paper work, etc.. I won't bore you with the details here but it was all very clear to me. Now I am certainly no expert but from what I saw, I don't have a worry in the world about our stuff.
The workers were polite and respectful and my many questions were always answered. We got quotes from other companys and they were all in the same ball park so we were glad after we saw the work that we chose Avery Moving. Thanks everyone!