UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee

Moving Out Checklist

• When your UNIT is delivered, verify with the driver where you want the portable storage unit placed and sign for delivery.
• Your are responsible for how your goods are packed and loaded in your UNIT.   Check out Packing Tips blogs.  Personally supervise hired labor.
• Load your goods in a pre-designated order, saving “last load” items and “essential boxes” for the rear of the portable storage unit.
• Check every room, closet and cabinet one last time before finishing and locking the UNIT.
• Once your goods are loaded, lock your UNIT and put the key somewhere where you will remember (i.e. on key ring or in purse).
• Keep a friend or family member informed of your plans and locations in case of an emergency or unforeseen event.

Stay cool and relaxing knowing your belonging are being transporting to your new home.  Call us at 414-476-8648 or e-mail at units@brewtown.net with any questions.  We are here to take the hassle out of moving and storing.

Moving Checklist – 2 Weeks Before Moving

• Contact your financial institution to transfer or close accounts.  Clear your safety deposit boxes and pick up some cash for “on the road” expenses.
• Confirm travel arrangements for pets, plants and family.
• Confirm mobile storage unit placement and obtain any permits.
• Put together a folder of important information about the house for the new owner (garage door access code, security system, appliance warranties, etc).
• Ask friends and family that have keys to your house to dispose of the key.

Mobile storage units allow you to stay in control of your move.  You pack your belongings with care and are the only one with the key to the mobile storage unit.  Contact UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee at 414-476-8648 (UNIT) to stay in control of your move whether you are moving across county or just in the metro Milwaukee area.

 Moving Checklist – 4 Weeks Before Moving

• Reserve your moving and storing UNIT today.  Reserving early will help you get the delivery time that works best for you.  Remember, you can change your delivery time up to 24 hours before delivery at no charge.
• File a change of address form at the post office.  If you do not know your new address, ask the postal service to hold your mail at their office in your new city.
• Contact utility companies to disconnect, transfer or connect services.  Plan on keeping current services through your move date and having new ones available prior to your move-in date.
• Contact your newspaper and set a date to cancel your subscription.
• Make travel arrangements for pets.  Remember necessary medicines, and medical and immunization records.

Remember that moving can be stressful.  Ask if an extra moving and storing UNIT can be reserved just in case you need more room.  Call Janelle or Jim at 414-476-8648 for local customer care.  We live right here in Wisconsin and know how fun moving is in the Wisconsin weather!

Moving Checklist – 5 Weeks Before Moving

• Plan ahead for your UNITS mobile storage container delivery to your current home and future home.   Contact your property manager or local municipality to ensure you will be complying with their packing rules and restrictions. 
• Have your yard sale or donate your items that are not being moved. 
• Continue collecting boxes and other packing supplies. You can order boxes and packing supplies from UNITS and they will be delivered with your portable storage unit. 
• Start packing items you don’t use often.
• Donate anything that did not sell at your yard sale and remember to get a receipt for income tax purposes.

UNITS will deliver a portable storage unit in Milwaukee county.  Both our warehouse and administrative offices are location in Milwaukee county.  We are locally owned and operated, give us a call at 414-476-8648.

Moving Checklist – 6 Weeks Before Moving

• Make list of items that are valuable or difficult to replace (grandma’s gold ring, passports, etc) and plan on carrying them with you or shipping by certified mail.
• Make list of friends, family and businesses that need to be notified of your move.
• Start working your way through each room taking inventory and deciding what to get rid of and what to move.  Start planning a yard sale or donating items to local charities.  Moving is a great time to recycle items you no longer need.
• Plan to use up items or dispose of items that cannot be moved, such as frozen foods, gasoline, kerosene and paint thinner.  Remember, no combustibles, plants, or animals can be stored in a portable storage unit. 
• Dispose of flammables, corrosives and poisons.  Contact your municipality for safe means of disposal.
• Subscribe to the newspaper in your new town to start learning about events and local culture.

UNITS delivers portable storage units as far south as Racine and Kenosha counties.  Phone UNITS of Milwaukee at 414-476-8648 with moving and packing questions.

Many of our customers are overwhelmed with planning for a move.  I have broken down the big moving “to do” list into 11 “to do” lists starting 8 weeks before moving.  I hope these help!

Moving Checklist – 8 Weeks Before Moving

• Create a “move” file to keep track of estimates, receipts and other important documents.
• Check with IRS to see what expenses, if any, are deductable.
• Get a quote on your storage unit. 
• Budget for moving expenses and start collecting estimates.
• Start researching your new community.  Look for community guides on-line.
• Read up on moving and loading.   Check-out this blog for tips!
• Start collecting boxes, packing papers, packing peanuts and bubble wrap.
• Draw a floor plan of your new home and start deciding where your furniture and belongings will go when you unpack your storage unit.

Remember, UNITS deliveries their storage units as far west as Waukesha, Jefferson and Dodge counties.   Contact UNITS of Milwaukee at 414-476-8648.

I guess good things, because UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee has a 5 star rating on Merchant Circle!  Here is what one remodeling customer had to say:

 “Prompt, friendly service, both on drop off and pick up. Great product–clean, dry, no worries. Stored the contents of our family room in it for about two months while redoing the room, and everything was just as we put it in when it was time to unload. Very convenient–would use again, and highly recommend this company! “ – Kent

And here is another satisfied customer’s review from Google.

 “First of all, I will never move again without using this kind of container, what a difference it made! I would surely use Mobile Units Storage such as I did late last year. They were extremely professional, yet very friendly, and quite a bit cheaper than other companies like them. They delivered a unit to my address, placed it perfectly where I wanted it, (the driver was super nice) I packed at my leisure, they picked it up when I was ready and took it to the new house. The nicest surprise…everything was intact and right where I packed it! Piece of cake! Great job MUS, I’m not easy to impress.‎” – Leeza

Check out Merchant Circle and Google to read more customer testimonials, and then call UNITS Mobile Storage at 414-476-8648 for a great product and top-notch service.

So you find yourself needing to move again?  But this move there will be a 6 week delay between leaving your current home and moving into the next home.  What do you do with all your stuff?  Will Mom and Dad let you store your valuables in their garage or basement?  Do you rent a truck and move to self storage, only to then again rent a truck and move your stuff to your new home?  Do you squirrel your belongings at friend’s houses?  All these ideas are a lot of work and time!  You will be lifting every item 4 times and renting a truck twice.

 In the metro Milwaukee area your moving and storing needs will be easily solved using a storage unit.  We deliver the unit  to your house, you pack and then we store your belongings at our heated, secure warehouse.  When your next home is ready, we delivery the storage unit to your house and you unload.  You pack once and unpack once.  That’s it!

Contact UNITS Mobile Storage at 414-486-8648 (UNIT) and get ready to solve your moving and storing needs the convenient way.

Let UNITS delivery your storage unit to your home.

The average person moves 7 times during their life.  I know it sounds high, but I have moved 6 times in my adult life already.  I have used a friends truck/trailer, the rented moving truck and professional movers, but the next move will be with a storage unit.

My first 6 moves where before portable storage units where available.   I would have to go through the hassle of finding a rental truck available when I needed it, have a friend drive me to the rental truck office, which was never close to my house.  Then I would get the truck, after waiting in line, only to discover my rental truck was last used by a smoker and had squeaky breaks.  I would maneuver the truck to my home and then start the process of loading my belongings up the ramp.  I was fortunate to have friends help load the truck because it is hard work to carry belongings up that steep ramp.   One move we were caught in a rain storm, but we had to keep loading because I only rented the truck for one day.  I thought the ramp was hard to manage before, but when it was wet it became very slippery.   This is when you spring for lunch and treat your friends to homemade chocolate chip cookies. 

After loading, I would drive to my new location and the entire process would start over, but in reverse order.  We would unload quickly because I only had one day.  I would race to gas up the truck and make it back to the rental truck office before it closed, being followed the whole time by a friend because I would need a ride back to my house from the rental truck office.   The moving day was filled with stress! 

Now that storage units are available in Milwaukee there is an alternative to rental trucks for moving, unless you enjoy being stressed out.  Since the storage units are delivered to your home, you do not need to drive a rental truck through town.  You will have plenty of time to load and unload because one day costs the same as one month.  De-stress your move by packing and unpacking at your convenience and when the weather is good.  The storage units load at ground level so no more slippery ramp.   Moving is stressful enough, decrease that stress level and call UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee for your storage unit at 414-476-8648.

Make your agent happy, de-clutter with a portable storage container.

Your house is on the market and your agent wants you to de-clutter (you know remove personal items, excess furniture, items not being used stored in closets) so your home appeals to a wider array of buyers.  That means you need to move your excess furniture and belongings off-site to make your home seem more spacious and inviting.  Remember, if you store your excess belongings on-site in your garage, basement or driveway, a potential buyer might think since you do not have enough room/storage in the house the buyer may not either.

So, what do you do now?  Most people procrastinate and do nothing.   It is a lot of work to rent a moving truck, load your belongings, and then unload them into storage only to do the same thing in reverse order once you find your new house.  To solve your problem, call for a portable storage container to be delivered to your house.  With the storage container at your house, you simply load your excess belongings at your convenience.  When you are finished and your agent thinks your house is ready to sell, you call for a pick-up and the storage container is delivered to a secure, heated warehouse until you are ready for delivery to your new home.  Your agent calls this process de-cluttering, but you just completed some of your packing and you are a step ahead!

It’s just that easy.   If you need help with your de-cluttering, call UNITS Mobile Storage of Milwaukee at 414-476-8648.  We specialize in portable storage!