Factors That affect your Shifting Cost
We have talked about saving your money while shifting household goods. Now, let's look at different factors that can increase your shifting cost.
Quantity and Weight of Luggage
If you live in a 3BHK apartment, you might have a lot of household goods. The more quantity of goods you will have, the more space it will require and the bigger truck will be needed. Even the overall weight of luggage can increase the cost because it will exhaust more fuel. The increase in transportation size can increase the shifting cost because transportation accounts for more than 50% of the total shifting cost.
Distance between Current Location & Destination
Your destination or house location is a significant factor for high shifting costs. Different places will have various cost factors. Let'sLet's understand it by an example. If you are moving 3BHK goods from Delhi to Lucknow, the cost will be around Rs 9000. but the same 3BHk moving from Delhi to Manali cost Rs.7500.
Even though the distance is the same, the demand for moving to Lucknow is less than in Manali. It is called an Outward destination. It will reduce the cost if you are moving to a favourable destination.
Shared or Separate Vehicle
The shared and separate vehicles have their own advantages. In terms of pricing, a Shared vehicle saves around 25% of shifting cost as compared to an individual vehicle. A separate vehicle is only advisable if you are living in a bigger house or 3BHK apartment. For 1BHK or 2BHK owners, you should get a shared vehicle with 2 other household goods to save your cost. A shared vehicle can only cost you more if the vendor doesn't properly arrange your goods in trucks, which might get stolen or cracked.
Additional Services
Apart from Packing material, transportation, and labour charges, Some additional services can increase your cost. For long-distance shifting, Insurance is advisable for everyone to save on future losses. But insurance costs around 3% of total household goods. You will need assembly/disassembly service for AC that can cost around Rs.300-500. If you want the staff to take the household goods inside the house, they will ask for additional money or tip. In case you don't have a working elevator, the need for a rope or pulley may burn your wallet.
Labour Charges in Your Area
The manpower is executing all the house shifting work such as packing, loading, transportation, unloading, and unpacking. Without them, work is impossible. Their high pricing can affect your shifting costs. Labour charges in Tier-1 cities are higher than in Tier-2&3 cities. These charges are increased or decreased according to the demand and years of experience. An experienced delhi labour asks for 1.5 times more money than Gurugram labour. The labour will ask for more money if you live in a posh area (even in a rental house).
What are the risks you face while self-shifting in Delhi?
Some people tend to save even more money. They decide to shift their household goods by themselves. At the same time, self-shifting is not bad but may come with many risks. Self-shifting in Delhi can be a scary experience for you. Let'sLet's look at possible dangers without being ignorant.
Self-shifting can take more time to shift
House shifting is professional work. The more efficient packers and movers are very punctual and time-efficient ones. The delay in self-shifting can cost you more than the packer and movers shifting. If you are working individually, searching for quality packing material, transportation, and labour at affordable rates will be hard. Also, you have to indulge in the process to ensure safety and timely work. This can cost you salary cuts at your job.
Can increase your budget
While doing all the work yourself, you will not find affordable transportation. Most transporters will not decrease their pricing because you are a one-time borrower. You are more likely to get charged more for transportation. They even tend to commit fraud by not sending good vehicles during self-shifting. Labour will use this opportunity to capture more rates. Overall, self-shifting will cost around 2.2 times more than packers and movers.
Can damage your household goods
Proper packing of your goods is a tedious process. You should arrange it accordingly so that it doesn't break or scratch. Inexperience in packing can lead to more damage to your household goods than saving money from packers and movers. Also, placing goods is important while delivering your goods to the desired destination.
You can face personal injuries
After examining all the factors affecting your shifting cost, personal injuries are the most significant factor. It will directly affect your body. Your hand might get cut by a paper cutter. You wouldn't be able to lift your household goods. The truck journey might become a nightmare for you. Many things are at stake while doing self-shifting.
Shifting Process of Packers and Movers in Delhi-NCR
You should know "How packers and makers actually do moving procedures." We have curated a detailed process to help you understand the basic moving structure.
Pre-Moving survey of your luggage
First, you have to finalize the deal with The Packers Movers Delhi. After that, we will send our supervisor and survey team to examine and inspect your household goods properly. We create a list of goods to remember the details. The quality check of goods is necessary to inform you about any vulnerability. Our team will give precautions if it's needed.
Estimate Price Quotation
After a thorough survey, we will tell you about the Estimate price quotation. The raw price quotation will give the price estimation. The price quotations have different charges based on the quantity of goods, their estimated weight, vehicle required for household goods, use of Quality packing materials, the requirement of manpower, and Insurance (if needed).
Packing your Luggage Carefully
If you agree with the quotation, we can now pack the household goods. Now, different things need different types of packing material. For LED, Washing machines, or any electronic item, we will use a rectangle carton box with thermocol in it. For sofa and furniture, carton boxes with inner cushions will protect them from damage, shock, or scratch.
Loading of your household goods
After proper and neat packing of household goods, we will load the household goods on the truck. Now arrangement of goods is necessary to ensure safety till the destination. The large and heavy goods will be placed in the middle to restrict heavy movement, and the sensitive things will be kept above the heavy goods. All these things will be arranged to avoid significant damage in case of heavy truck movements.
Delivering your household goods to your destination
After careful packing and loading arrangements, You have to clear your shifting payment. After that, we are ready to shift your good to desired destination. Our live tracking system will keep you updated about delivery status. In case of any queries, contact our shifting manager.
Unpacking your luggage
You have reached your destination and are welcome to your new house. It's time to unload your household goods. The labour will do that work for you. Inform them in advance if you live in an upper-floor apartment or need pulley or labour help to take your household goods. It will cost additional money. After reaching the house, you can unpack your goods and place them in the house.