Located where city life ends and farm life begins, Crete Illinois is ideal for families on the move who want the best of both worlds. Moving to Crete is ideal if you crave a rural home atmosphere while still having easy access to urban Chicago. Furthermore, the cost of living in Crete is very affordable. Working in Chicago and coming home to a much more relaxed rustic environment, Crete residents truly do have the best of both worlds living in this beautiful suburb. And just as there is plenty to do in the Windy City, Crete also offers up an abundance of entertaining features; acres of preserved forest land means hiking, mountain biking, and horse back rides are frequent events for locals. There is even an ice skating park! Impressive schools, affordable homes, gorgeous scenery; it is no wonder that your Chicago moving professionals here have been moving more and more families to Crete within the last ten years!
So you’re moving pretty soon, and you’re spending a lot of time out hunting for apartments. Aside from all the stress an upcoming move can put on you, searching for your new home-sweet-home can be the one enjoyable item on your to-do list. Your professional Chicago movers here hope that you make the right choice when searching for your new home, as many people find out that they should have been more detail-oriented during their search after it is too late. You will have plenty of time after you move in to admire all that there is to love about your soon-to-be new pad; so rather than falling head over heels for a place you love at first sight, spend your search critiquing potential homes with a fine-toothed comb as well! Be on the lookout for signs of pests, leaks, faulty appliances, or anything else that may sully an otherwise dream home. Be sure to scope out your surroundings as well. Any negative qualities regarding a potential new home are much better learnt prior to moving in rather than after it is too late! The last thing you want is to schedule an unexpected move-out assuming your new home doesn’t work out for you.
In order to sell a house, it is very important to spruce the place up so that you can really wow potential buyers. The importance of ‘curb appeal’ is something you are probably familiar with; to arouse enough interest in potential buyers to actually lure them inside the home begins with what they see from the outside. Curb appeal doesn’t sell your home though, so inner-appeal is also a very important factor in showing off your home and ultimately selling it to move. Cleanliness is an obvious must for establishing optimal inner-appeal of your home, and having nice furniture and appliances doesn’t hurt either. However; one huge piece of advice from your Chicago mover would be to implement a ‘less-is-more’ concept. If you have already begun moving to your new home, take the opportunity to relocate items that may cause your home to look cluttered; the less-is-more effect shows off the spaciousness in your home which is a big plus for house hunters.
Haven’t yet begun to move in to the new place? Storage is the solution to prepping your home for sale. Staging your home is necessary if you want to sell and move to your next home as soon as possible. Furthermore; when the time comes to pack up the moving truck and relocate to the next place you’ll call home, having already gotten a head start, your moving day will be much easier on you. Most reputable storage providers even offer prorated fees so that you are only paying for the exact amount of time you spent in the facility. Once you have hauled off your selected belongings to storage to stage your home, it won’t be long before you’re finalizing closing dates and ready to move; so be sure to hire professional movers in Chicago early on to avoid any issues regarding your move out day.
If you have just moved to the Chicago area, once you are mostly settled in to your new home you may want to do some sight-seeing around town. Taking a stroll through Downtown Chicago, you may be startled by first glance of the giant steel bean that serves as the unsurpassed focal point of Millennium Park’s AT&T Plaza. Entitled “Cloud Gate” and resembling a gigantic moving glob of mercury, the impressive work of art by Anish Kapoor is a gawk-worthy land mark which is truly unforgettable. There is quite a bit of extraordinary architecture in Chicago, moving to Chicago’s downtown area would be quite the treat for your senses!
If spending your daily commute to work in gridlock traffic is not your idea of a good morning, then moving to Chicago may be right up your alley. Chicago is one of the best cities to live for people who prefer biking and walking over driving a car to get around; a pretty efficient public transit system is another feature making it possible to live a car-free lifestyle in the windy city. Your professional Chicago moving company here moves many people to the area and see that the city is apparently aimed at promoting pedestrian travel as new parks and trails pop up rather frequently. Sound like the place for you?
Long-time Chicago suburb resident, Sears Holdings Corporation, is reportedly considering relocation outside the state of Illinois. While your movers in Chicago here would be thrilled to provide any relocation services necessary for Sears to make the move happen, the state –and especially the local area of Chicago and its suburbs– stand to suffer negative effects should Sears’ decision to move out of Illinois become actual. Sears representative, Chris Brathwaite, has announced that discussions regarding the possible move have begun in Hoffman Estates, and that studies on possible impact the move would have on Chicago should Sears go forward have also begun. For now, we will wait and see…
Former Sears Tower. Photo: Cody Hough
The end of the semester is a busy time for college students, especially if moving out of your dorm is on your to-do list. There are plenty of reasons to hire movers rather than doing your own move when you relocate to a new home, but if you are going to spend your hard earned money on relocation services, you should choose your Chicago movers wisely. You have plenty of options when it comes to movers you can hire, so how do you know which mover is right for you? Think about the last time that you helped a friend or family member move… Even if it didn’t end in disaster, there were probably a few false moves considering that nobody involved is a professionally trained mover. Now imagine helping friends move on a regular basis; balancing your job school and studying with moving on the side several times a week. Most people –students or not– would soon be perpetually exhausted with such a taxing schedule, and the exhaustion would show during moves!
Assisting fellow college student peers with moving may not be a bad idea on a once-in-a-blue-moon basis, but can you really expect your average Joe to be able to handle a full schedule of classes, studying, work AND moving regularly on the side without making one false move? Furthermore; would it be worth the risk of damaged property to give such a student a chance? As crazy as it is to subject one’s self to a hectic schedule such as this, there are college kids who do so as a way to make extra money while in school. There are better ways to support college kids in need that don’t involve putting your hard earned money and prized possessions at stake. Hiring professional movers in Chicago who are dedicated solely to moving your belongings with care and precision is your best bet if you hiring-out is the route you choose to take. Without the distraction of school, studying, making ends meet and so on, your Chicago area moving professional is far more likely to provide accident-free relocation services for you!
If you are looking for an affordable way to have your house repainted, your Chicago mover here may have the perfect solution for you. Imagine being able to have your house painted for free. Now imagine having your mortgage paid as well just for having your house painted for free. You may think that this is too good to be true, but it isn’t. Not entirely at least. Adzookie, a mobile advertiser, is currently offering to pay your mortgage in exchange for you allowing your house to be utilized as ad space. Adzookie would basically paint your home essentially as a billboard complete with facebook and twitter logos, and will pay your mortgage for as long as your home stays painted! This obviously isn’t going to be everybody’s cup-of-tea, but for some may be rather tempting. Just remember to have your home painted back if you plan to move in Chicago to a new house in the future; selling your house in a billboard state would be next to impossible!
Moving this summer? The best advice your Chicago mover can give you is to start planning now! Moving can be stressful no matter what month you are moving, but summer moving can be especially stressful if you procrastinate on your moving plans. What if you don’t know what day you’ll be moving? No problem! The important thing is that you hire your Chicago movers in advance before rates go up due to busy days in our summer forecast. The early bird gets the worm here, and if your moving-date changes, your flexible relocation providers can reschedule for you as many times as you need! Don’t wait, if you know you are moving this summer, get on the ball and hire your moving crew now!
The city of Chicago, as you likely know, has taken on a political shift. As a city we are under the executive authority of a new mayor, Rahm Emanuel, which comes with its expected mixed feelings. Though Chicago will go through its previously foreseen political growing pains, your local movers in Chicago continue to operate under the same principles we always have; the principles which have helped us to gain the trust of the countless Chicagoan families in need of professional relocation services. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon, Chicago!
