Our Moving Blog

What is Home Staging?

by Choicelocal

You are ready and need to sell your home. You have found a realtor who has assessed a selling price and they are ready to put your home on the market. Their job is to market your home so it will sell for the highest price in the quickest amount of time. At this point your home becomes a product. That product has to compete with a huge inventory of homes, especially because of today’s market. So your home needs to be priced right and look the best among the competition. This is where “home staging” comes into play. So your realtor will enlist the help of a “home stager” that has been accredited by “Accredited Staging Professional (ASP).” The ASP has gone through a rigorous training at the ASP University that was started by Barb Schwarz. Barb Schwarz is the founder & CEO of Stagedhomes.com. She is known worldwide as a leader in the Home Staging business teaching courses at her ASP University where realtors and individuals become accredited to do Home Staging.

Before Living room 1 — Before Home Staging

ESPN Winter X Games 2013 in Aspen, CO

by Choicelocal

ESPN launches X Games 2013, at Aspen, Colorado’s Buttermilk Mountain for the 11^th consecutive year. Since late November, the crews have been full on transforming Buttermilk Mountain into a place of massive jumps, snowmobile courses, and one of the largest half pipes in the country for the skiers and snowboarders to show their stuff.

“Move Estimator” App

by Choicelocal

Ageasoft, LLC has come out with an iOS app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that will help folks determine the weight and volume of their household. Home owners can quickly go from room to room with their iPhone and inventory the entire household item by item. The app can support a number of different moves such as moving your child to college or moving a single family home. It can store all the items in your home plus keep track of the quantity, volume, weight, pictures, and notes. You can designate room by name, i.e. “Haley’s room”, “Master Bedroom”. It supports imperial and metric measurement units as well as generates a PDF file report that shows room by room details and summary of the weight and volume of what you have entered.

What is a Small Household Goods Shipment?

by Choicelocal

A small household goods shipment in the moving and storage business is considered between 1000 pounds to 5000 pounds. These types of shipments are generally picked up by Columbine Moving & Storage, the local agent in in the Roaring Fork Valley and Vail Valley, in our 24 foot moving trucks. There are several reasons why the semi-truck will not or cannot pick these shipments up direct from the residence.

Eight Ways to Save Money on Your Move from Vail Valley

by Choicelocal

Moving can be costly to anyone moving locally or across the country. Being in the Vail Valley can even be more challenging because of bad weather and mountainous roads which can cause access to home driveways a problem. The first decision to make is whether to move everything yourself or hire a mover. It is important to set up a budget for each moving scenario to make an informed decision on which way to go. Here are eight ways to save on moving costs:

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