Furniture storehouse
Les Maîtres Déménageurs Auvergnats offers a top quality and professional removal service.
There are four stages to the storage of furniture and personal items :
- Estimation of the volume of items to be moved and how.
- Preparation
- Moving furniture and personal items into store
- Storage
- Removing the furniture and personal items from store
ESTIMATION OF THE VOLUME
OF ITEMS TO BE MOVED AND HOW
A TECHNICAL VISIT OF YOUR HOME
Depending on our possibilities, we can organize a technical visit of your home by one of our removal specialists.
> This visit will enable us to assess first hand the difficulties there may be to access your home.
We will also estimate the volume of items to move and answer all your questions.
A DETAILED INVENTORY
In any event, you will be requested to fill in a detailed inventory and to indicate the value of your possessions and then to return it to us.
> The study of this inventory will enable us to calculate the volume of furniture that you need to place in storage, as well as the technical material and the number of removal team members required for the move.
On the inventory you will also be required to mark down details concerning the access to your home (number of floors, access to a lift, possibility for a large removal van to park in your street, ...).
On the inventory you will also list in as much detail as possible all the items of furniture and personal possessions that need to be moved.
In addition, this document will be used by our insurance company as the reference document.
PREPARATION
So that everything goes as smoothly as possible on the day that you move home, it is essential that everything is prepared very thoroughly.
BOXING AND PACKING
We provide you with all the cardboard boxes and cello tape that you will need and this material can be collected from your removal company premises.
If you live far away from the removal company, we can deliver or ship this material by courier service to your home address.
MOVING FURNITURE
AND PERSONAL ITEMS IN TO STORE
IT’S THE BIG DAY !
Unless it is particularly difficult to access your home, the removal company will arrive at your home with the containers loaded in the removal van. The removal team will fill them directly at your home.
It is essential that you are present on the day that you move home. If however you are unable to be present, we ask you to choose someone who can replace you on the day of your move. Please let the removal company know about this.
Your main contact on the day of your move will be with the removal company team manager. It is important that you provide him with all the necessary information and details linked to your move. The team manager will intervene as the specialist and you should let this person deal with everything.
It will be easier for the team to load the removal van if you can take the team manager on a guided tour of your home before beginning loading so that he can get a general idea of the work to be done. Any existing damage to furniture or items can be made a note of at this time.
ONCE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN LOADED
Once everything has been loaded in the removal van, we advise that you take a thorough look around your home with the team manager to make sure that you haven’t forgotten anything. At this stage the removal team will seal and number the packing containers.
The numbers of the seals will be given to you and will also be noted in your storage contract.
PRESENTATION OF THE DOCUMENTS
Once everything has been loaded into the removal van, the team manager will hand you the following documents :
The packing list with the loading cop y - Exemplaire chargement > For you to sign and keep.
The volume and move checklist that shows the quantity of wooden containers to be placed in store as well as the numbers of the seals on the containers .
> You will keep a copy of this document.
A satisfaction questionnaire which we would be grateful if you could return to the marked address.
The end of move check list which must be filled in at the end of the day.
STORAGE OF THE CONTAINERS
Once the containers are closed and sealed, they are transported to our warehouses where they will be stored. The contract for the storage of your furniture and personal items will then be sent for you to sign. It will show the quantity of wooden containers to be placed in store as well as the numbers of the seals on the containers and the total value of all the items. Please mark down on this document the contact details of the people (friends, members of your family) who you allow to withdraw items from store on your behalf if you are absent.
Our storage facilities are totally secure (protection against fire and theft) and satisfy all of the most stringent norms for the storage of items.
REMOVING FURNITURE
AND PERSONAL ITEMS FROM STORE
The removal company will arrive at your new address with all the wooden containers loaded directly in the removal vans.
PRESENTATION OF THE DOCUMENTS
Once everything has been unloaded from the removal van, the team manager will hand you the following documents :
The packing list with the loading copy - Exemplaire chargement
> For you to sign and keep.
The volume and move checklist that shows the quantity of wooden containers to be placed in store as w ell as the numbers of the seals on the containers .
> You will keep a copy of this document.
A satisfaction questionnaire> which we would be grateful if you could return to the marked address.
The end of storage check list> which must be filled in a t the end of the day.
It is important that you check all your furniture very carefully before signing the declaration.
Please note in addition that all the problems that are noted down on this document must be confirmed by a letter to the removal company sent by registered post within seven working days following the loading date.
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Preparation :
- Fill in the detailed inventory of everything being moved with the value of the items.
- Pack books, toys, household linen, cooking saucepans and non-fragile objects in the cardboard boxes that we provide.
- Pack all items in your basement, cellar, attic and garage.
- Pack the contents of all your cupboards and wardrobes.
- Remove all objects that are fixed to the walls, ceilings and floors.
- Dismantle all the specialized equipment in your home (fitted-kitchen units, ….)
- Disconnect and secure all the electrical household appliances and electronic devices.
Removing furniture and personal items from store :
- Unpack the items that you packed yourself.
- Connect all the electrical and electronic appliances (computing equipment).
- Put up objects to be fixed on the walls, floors and ceilings.
- Assemble any specialist equipment (fitted kitchen units, ….).
- Connect the electrical household appliances and electronic devices.
FOR OBVIOUS SAFETY REASONS,
THERE ARE CERTAIN PRODUCTS AND ITEMS THAT CANNOT BE TRANSPORTED BY THE REMOVAL COMPANY
- Dangerous, explosive or inflammable products (bottles of gas, solvents, petrol tanks…)
- Foodstuffs
- Coins and other valuables, title deeds, precious stones or precious metals.
In spite of all the care and attention that we take when we pack, protect and store your furniture and personal items, certain items may alter in appearance either accidentally or naturally while they are in store. Our company, Maîtres Déménageurs Auvergnats, cannot be held responsible for any of the following problems; yellowing of fabrics (clothes, household linen, …), creasing (settees with fabric covers, …) and changes in appearance as a result of storing items over a certain period of time. - Do not store any items that you may need during your period overseas : Tax documents, bills, administrative documents
- Any research and withdrawal of items from our storage facilities during the storage period will be charged for.
- If you need to partly remove any items from store during the period overseas (in the event of the purchase of a second home for example, …), please inform the storage company in advance. You will then be sent two inventories with the values of all the items and your furniture and personal items will be stored in two separate lots.
SOME TIPS...
The cardboard boxes must be labelled and closed.
(Please note that it is important that you mark « Top- Bottom » on the boxes if they contain liquid substances.)
For all high tech and multi-media/computing equipment, you are invited to use the original boxes if you have them.
Electrical household appliances : Please empty and drain the washing machine, dishwasher and the spin-drier so that these household appliances are not at all damp on the day of your move. Don’t forget to defrost and clean your fridge and freezer.
Please use the large cardboard boxes for household linen, toys and various other lightweight objects. The small cardboard boxes are to pack all books, CDs and other heavy items.
Garden tools and equipment : Please clean all of this equipment beforehand and empty the fuel tanks of any motorized garden equipment.
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THE REMOVAL COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
Preparation
- Packing all the crockery and decorative items in specially designed cardboard boxes (special cases for glasses, boxes designed for picture frames).
- Packing all HI-FI equipment, television and fragile objects in special crates.
- Packing all garments on coat hangers in transit wardrobes.
- Dismantling all the items of furniture as needed and then packing the furniture in protective covers.
REMOVING FURNITURE AND PERSONAL ITEMS FROM STORE
- Loading the storage containers at the warehouse.
- Removing the seals from the containers with you present.
- Assembling the furniture and placing it in the different rooms.
- Un-packing all the crockery and decorative items.
- Placing your garments back on coat hangers.