Moving? Free In-Home QUOTES, not just PHONE ESTIMATES!
Lake Norman Moving Services, LLC
“Charlotte’s Only Earth-Friendly Moving Company!”
NCUC License # 2466
871 Williamson Road
Mooresville, NC 28078
704-947-MOVE (6683)
http://LakeNormanMoving.com
To reduce toxic emissions we’ve converted our moving vans to run on 100% pure vegetable oil!
Channel 14 News and Video Link:
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• Free In-home QUOTES available, not just PHONE ESTIMATES
• LICENSED and INSURED
• LOCAL and LONG DISTANCE
• Competitive Hourly Rates
• Expedited Transport (Before you rent a truck, call us!)
• Packing Services via Moving Details, Inc: 704-643-2221
• Master Antique Handlers
• No Additional Charges for Sundays or After-hours work
• Full Replacement Valuation Available
• BBB Accredited (A- Rating): (704) 927-8611
No matter which North Carolina moving company you choose to call, the following is designed to provide valuable, money-saving insights and, later, introduce you to the finest moving company operating in the Charlotte market: Lake Norman Moving Services, LLC.
We hope you find it useful.
FREE, NO-OBLIGATION, IN-HOME CONSULTATIONS:
We encourage you to require a free, no-obligation, in-home consultation from at least three BBB-accredited moving companies who are licensed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
This consultation changes all the rules moving companies must follow—and at the very least protects you with the 110% Rule as set forth by the North Carolina Utilities Commission to prevent predatory sales practices (described further below).
If the moving company you call balks and attempts to justify why an in-home consultation is unnecessary—like, they have this nifty computer software— hang up and call another company, because they’re attempting to side-step the 110% Rule with their interests in mind.
During your consultation representatives from each company will provide you with dozens of tips and suggestions that will help reduce your moving expense, if applied, and together help determine how you want your final charges assessed.
Every LEGITIMATE, LICENSED and INSURED Moving Company must, by law, provide you three options:
1.) Non-Binding Estimates (Phone, internet, fax or in-home consultation)
2.) Binding and Guaranteed Quotes (In-home consultation only)
3.) Guaranteed Not-to-Exceed Quotes (In-home consultation only)
WARNING:
If it sounds too good to be true, it’s probably a Non-binding Estimate.
If a moving company under-estimates, it’s your problem!
If a moving company under-quotes, it’s our problem!
WHAT'S THE 110% RULE?
The 110% Rule was designed by the North Carolina Utilities Commission Rates and Transportation Division to prevent predatory sales practices concerning Non-binding Estimates.
It means, basically, that if you require a moving company to dispatch a representative to your home five days or more prior to your moving day, and you are moving directly from Point A to Point B, with no stops in-between, the Company via the Representative can not Estimate that your move will cost, say, $100, and then, once everything you own is loaded on their truck, hand you a bill for $200 before relinquishing possession of your property--because, quite likely, that Non-binding Estimate was deliberately "low-balled" by the sales representative.
At that point, you have every legal right to pay 110%--or, in this case, $110--of the Non-binding Estimate you received IN WRITING, and demand the Company relinquish possession of your property and provide you with an additional 30 days to pay the remaining balance in full, at which time the Company now has a right to file suit.
Will a legitimate, licensed and insured moving company file suit for, say, $500 or even $1000? It's highly unlikely. If you feel you’ve been deliberately misled, deceived, etc, and decide not to pay the balance, they'll write it off as a loss and, quite likely, fire the sales representative.
The 110% Rule does NOT apply to phone estimates or computer-generated estimates.
QUALITY OF SERVICE:
While almost any legitimate, licensed and insured moving company can match our hourly rate, what few if any can match are our Guaranteed Not-to-Exceed Quotes and the quality of service they include.
The quality of service each moving company provides varies immensely depending on labor-management practices the Company employs.
While Lake Norman Moving Services, LLC strives to provide competitive hourly rates (below) for local and long distance moves, we shall not cut the corners necessary to provide the cheapest rates in the Charlotte-market.
To protect our clients, we don’t hire our full-time moving specialists based on a willingness to work cheap. We hire only the most experienced moving veterans and pay them a respectable American wage.
Those who have hired movers in the past realize why this is the most important factor to consider when choosing a moving company.
Whether you’re moving local or long distance, we guarantee our full-time, American Moving Specialists shall take every possible precaution to prevent damage to your possessions and home. Here’s how:
OUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL SETS US APART:
Upon arrival and prior to removing articles from your home, our clients demand we:
1.) Utilize door-jam protection, banister protection and rug-runners.
2.) Stretch-wrap standard mattresses for cleanliness
3.) Pad and stretch-wrap all furniture rather than cutting corners (merely draping pads over select furniture in the truck is asking for trouble).
4.) Leather furniture shall be padded first and then stretch-wrapped so that leather can “breath” and prevent discoloration.
5.) Fabric furniture, such as sofas and chairs, shall be stretch-wrapped
6.) Appliances shall be padded while aboard the truck
7.) Furniture shall be strapped while aboard the truck to prevent damage caused by load-shift while in transit.
8.) Each dining room chair shall be padded individually
9.) To minimize load and off-load time and help ensure safety, each of our trucks is equipped with two Magliner hand-trucks with non-collapsible wheels for safe, efficient collection and re-distribution of boxes, furniture and appliances, mattress dollies and heavy duty-lift straps.
While all of this prep-work may sound time-consuming and unnecessarily expensive, bear in mind that 95% of all damages occur while handling, loading and offloading your valuables—NOT while in transit—and therefore the distance between your point of origin and point of destination is almost irrelevant, because the hourly rates we offer are always more cost-effective than repairing your furniture.
No matter who you ultimately choose to hire, there is nothing more expensive and dangerous than ill-equipped movers—so take the time to look in the back of their truck BEFORE your movers start working.
If they haven't invested in the proper equipment to protect your home and your valuables, tell them to sit tight while you step inside to call another moving company fast!
SIZE MATTERS:
$75 per hour for two men and a truck sounds like a bargain until you realize they’re not licensed or insured, their truck is undersized, they’ll need to make multiple trips—and guess who’s expected to pay for the additional time: You.
All trucks include inherent dimension and payload restrictions—that’s a given. However, an ethical sales representative with moving experience knows it’s always cost-effective for the Shipper to have too much truck space available rather than just enough—or, worse yet, too little.
Fighting for every inch is time-consuming and therefore unnecessarily expensive for the shipper, not to mention the increased likelihood of damage.
RATES FOR PRE-PACKED, LOCAL MOVES (winter):
33' Moving Vans:
13,000 lbs max payload capacity
Faster load- and offload-time, minimal risk of a second trip!
Suitable for most four bedroom homes
• 2 American Movers and 1 33' Moving Van: $95 p/h
• 3 American Movers and 1 33' Moving Van: $115 p/h
• 10% discount for Cash on Delivery OR $0.00 Travel Fee after 8 hours!
26' Moving Vans:
9,000 lbs max payload capacity
Perfect for apartments and small households!
• 2 American Movers and 1 26' Moving Van: $90 p/h
• 4 American Movers and 2 26' Moving Vans: $160 p/h
• 10% discount for Cash on Delivery OR $0.00 Travel Fee after 8 Hours
Please call to schedule your Free, In-Home Consultation today!
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