Shamrock helped me move on two days notice and they did a fantastic job. Well worth it and I would use them again without hesitation. This may be an important consideration -- they moved a console sized piano a total of 20 or so steps without extra cost. Price is by the hour.
I priced out a UHaul rental and the downsides were many. Commute time to pickup and dropoff the truck; additional price of insurance; extra price for furniture pads, dollies, cling wrap, etc. While it would have been cheaper, Shamrock was much more efficient.
Shamrock loaded all the furniture and large, awkward stuff from my girlfriend's studio apartment in an hour's time. Then they drove to my place to grab the few items of furniture I have. At our new place, it took an hour to unload everything. With drive time, the move was three hours. It would have taken the two of us at least twice as long. Not to mention the arguments between the two of us as we inevitably would have banged our furniture and scrapped our new walls and door frames while laboring and sweating for hours.
Jessica arranged everything on the phone and told me all the insider info to consider (like arranging a parking permit for the truck). Ian and Chris were the load crew. They were extremely considerate to our no-doubt flustered attempts to help and unphased by our harried state. They were efficient, perfectly careful with our belongings and affable, fun guys.
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