Tips for Moving and Storing Valuables

Relocating Your Art Boutique? Your Moving Company Should Offer These Features

10 April 2018

Candice Vasquez

Moving your art boutique to a new location may come with a variety of benefits to take advantage of, but the task can be challenging when it comes to avoiding any damage done during transport. Here are a few features the moving company you hire should offer that will help ensure the safety of your boutique items throughout the move.

Personalized Packing Services

As an art boutique owner, the way your items are packed for transport is likely very important to you. You need to be able to quickly locate items when you arrive at your new boutique, so you don't lose business just because you haven't unpacked all the way. Your boutique items should be packed exactly as you want them, so they're easy to manage while setting your shop back up.

So, make sure that the moving company you hire is able and willing to follow written packing directions from you, so there are no surprises when you show up at your new boutique to start unpacking. Whether it's a color-coding system, a weight system, or any other packing system unique to your needs, don't be afraid to request your moving company to follow said system.

Extra Insurance Options

Many of your boutique items are likely one-of-a-kind and have some type of value that you don't want to lose, so it's important to make sure that your moving company offers extra insurance options to take advantage of. By opting for extra insurance, you'll have peace of mind in knowing that anything of value will be financially protected if something were to happen to it no matter how small the chance. This is especially important if the artist still owns the piece and you'd have to compensate them for it if it were to become damaged during the move.

Specialty Crating

For the big items of value such as statues and wall paintings, you should have access to special crating that will help ensure their protection throughout the move. Even a tiny chip that's barely noticeable can have a seriously negative impact on the financial and artistic value of a piece, and without special crating, the chance of such damage is pretty high. The moving company you decide to hire should offer a variety of effective crating options that will accommodate all the different types of specialty items you'll be moving to the new boutique.

You can add these features to a list of your own and use the list to compare moving companies to one another. Contact a company like M Dyer & Sons Inc for more information.

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About Me

I lived in the same city with my parents for my entire life, even throughout college. When it was time to move out on my own to begin a new job in another state, I got very frantic and overwhelmed due to my lack of moving knowledge along with the fact that I had lived in the same house for my entire life! Thankfully, my parents were very supportive during this time and gave me many tips for moving and storing items that wouldn't fit in the new studio apartment I was moving into. I know others out there are approaching their first moves and don't have people to rely on for advice, so I decided to create a blog all about moving and storage to share what I learned. I plan to post many useful tips, so come back often!