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Heard of Hire-a-Helper?
Posted by Lorraine Ross on May 2, 2008
Yesterday my Mother came around to help clear some more of the deck that is still covered with rather forlorn looking rain-ruined boxes from our moving venture on October. Combining 2 full households worth of junk into one tiny shack meant that we weren’t able to fit it all in.. this left us with quite a few boxes literally on our doorstep. Unfortunately, wet weather has meant that the tarps hastily thrown over them have not really done the trick, so we are slowly working through the resulting mess that has been created.
Oh how things would have been different if we had had more help at the time of the move. Today I’m writing a review of the Hire A Helper site, and all I can really say is that I wish this service had been available for us when we had to make what is now known as the “horror move.” Both my husband and I were sick a week before the move (when we should have been packing) and on the day as well. Not fun.
It would have been great to have had some of the moving help available on the Hire A Helper site. The site is dead easy to use, you can pay online, and the helper does not get their money until you are satisfied with their work. You can even see reviews of the work done by differetn helpers, making it plain sailing to choose the right person for you.
We needed no-fuss moving labor, including all of the services that Hire A Helper provides. they do everything from unpacking, packing, loading and unloading (yes, even up and down stairs!) and help with driving.
I REALLY wish I kew about these guys before the “horror move”. So, if you are moving house, why not Hire A Helper? Make life easy for yourself. They are guanrateed and cost effective, you have nothing to lose!
Thanks for the tip!! I wish we had those services here in St. Louis!
Love your blog
There are so many details that buyers overlook prior to or during the move. The actual amount of time and energy required is definately one of them. One of the things I like to do is to hire a “handyperson” for 2 hours for each of my clients. This person bills me at a flat $50 per hour and is available for 2 hours at my buyer’s choice after or during the move to take care of all of the little things that need to be done like re-keying the locks, re-programming the garage door codes, filling nicks in the walls etc. It might not be as flashy of a gift as a huge gift basked, but it has definately been greatly appreciated in pretty much all cases since I’ve started doing it. I feel anything that can make the moving process easier is a great thing!
We just moved in January, man-o-man I wish I’d known this then!
Thanks for the tip,
Chris
Just checked and they are available in my area. What a resource to have! Will let all future buyers know!
Hunter Jackson
hey that’s a good site. it’s good to mention they have cleaning and lawn help too
I haven’t check out their site yet but I will! Thanks for sharing! Sounds like a great resource : ]
Wow…I just finished an awful move about 2 weeks ago that sounds pretty similar to yours. I wish I knew about this site then, I definitely could have used the help. Great suggestion, at least I’ll know about them for the future now.
I think that site’s service is good because it’ll ease up your life when moving a house the best thing i like about it is they can’t get the money until you are satisfied with their work. that’s what we need, the assurance and the quality of the service.
Thnx but i will hv to check it out weather they are available in my area or not
It is very new stuff to me and even it was hard to imagine. They can be a good part in flopping homes business. Bad thing about them, They are not available everywhere. It is a pain to find workers like this.
I wonder if there is anything similatr in the UK. I’m trying to sell and when we do it would be great to have help like this. If not then maybe a business opportunity for me?..
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