My wife and I hired All That Matters Moving on a recommendation to help move from Austin, TX to central Arkansas. We paid $9,500 for the service, which has been disappointing considering how things ended up. Read below for my full review.
THINGS THAT WENT WELL:
- Chris (the owner) was very communicative leading up to our move.
- The team was very kind, and the day we spent loading with them was enjoyable, for the most part.
- They were very committed to ensuring my (pregnant) wife and I had an easy, stress-free move. Something Chris repeated A LOT throughout our process as his number-one priority.
- They moved us fast, completing all of packing, loading and unloading in two days.
THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER:
- They needed a contingency plan for additional time & space. They ran out of both, and some of our stuff was damaged (more on this later) or left behind as a result.
- As the packing & loading dragged on, our stuff received less care (packaging, placement in boxes, things pack with same-room items, etc.)
- A LOT of our stuff received bumps & bruises, and one furniture piece was completely destroyed. We are about two weeks post-move at the time of writing this, and it seems like we're still finding more damaged items every day.
- The owner was difficult to deal with when it came to a solution for our damaged items. Our total quote was $9,500, to be paid half upfront, and half upon completion. When it came time to pay the second half, I attempted to withhold it until the owner could provide a plan for how he was going to address our damaged items. He talked over me and in circles, feeding me a story about how he had to be paid in full for tax purposes (that's not true), but was reluctant to offer any meaningful action plan for replacing, repairing, or reimbursing us for damaged items. He ended up reimbursing me $800 out of $9,500 because that was all my wife and I were able to quantify.
- He said he would follow up with me regarding repairing the damage to multiple pieces of furniture, but hasn't as of writing this.
- He said he would haul away the piece that was destroyed, along with some other items we agreed to, but hasn't as of writing this.
FINAL NOTES:
All That Matters just needed to have a backup plan for adding more time and a trailer or extra truck if needed. That would have made all the difference in the world. Instead, our stuff, and having this be stress-free, was clearly NOT the priority. In the future, I recommend Chris and his team to pay a little bit more attention to detail when loading as well. read more