Nick's Moving Co

12/26/09

Nick's Moving Co Is A Winner

by kestral salem at Citysearch

My experience with Nick's was great! I selected Nick's because my brother used them and had a great move. I believed my brother more than I believed the recent web reviews.

I moved from a studio apartment in East Somerville to a one bedroom apartment in West Somerville in December. I hate winter moves, and I especially hate December moves because it's hard to round-up friends to help. However, I pulled it off.

My East Somerville apartment was a shoebox--my furniture was jammed into that place. If you could fit a box in that apartment, there was a box. In short, my East Somerville apartment was small and nasty.

The crew was GREAT! Ben told me that my movers would be there at 9:00am, ready to work. Within 45 minutes, they had all the boxes loaded--they carried the boxes two and three at a time! They quickly removed my heavy oak book cases and my wardrobe in no time flat. They took apart my bed and moved that, too. They swept the junk that was under my bed into a pile in the corner, as instructed, so that I could deal with it later. They did everything right.

Fifteen minutes after I arrived (by bus) at the new place, they arrived and were busy moving my stuff in. I had post-it notes set-up in my new apartment, for where I wanted them to put my things. Everything was placed where I wanted it to go. The bed was set-up. The furniture arrived, none the worse for wear. They set-up my funky bed. I was moved in less than three hours--that was fast!

According to my movers, I had a lot to do with the fact that my move was fast and went way under budget. The first thing I did right was I spent the time to think through the process. I started planning the move when I was sure I was going to move, but I didn't know when. So, I had taken the time to go through my things and to throw out, sell or give away things I no longer wanted. I carefully packed my things, following the packing advise found on multiple web sites. ISecondly, I moved all my artwork, my china and other fragile or expensive items myself and I put them away. Thirdly, I pre-moved some of my clothes and set-up a basic kitchen. This made life much easier. Fourthly, I put post-it labels in the new place showing where I wanted items to go.

I did not experience any of the problems the other reviewers did with this company. I worked with my movers and I had a successful and reasonably stress free move.

BTW, a week after the move, I unpacked all but one box and gave away my used moving boxes.

• Pros: Fast, Fast, Fast
• Cons: None that I know of

11/17/09

Worst Company Ever - Just ask the Better Business Bureau

by crista316 at Citysearch

Do not use this company under any circumstances. They did my move in late August. Lets see, first they drove over my neighbors yard and proceeded to get in a verbal argument with said neighbors. Then they backed into the other neighbors car. Then they managed to scratch at least 5 pieces of furniture and tear open both arms of my brand new couch. After at least 7 phone calls with the manager Dave, he explained that they don't actually have any insurance and can't even cover the damage they caused. I filed a report with the Better Business Bureau which was unable to solicit a response from them after 2 attempts. Upon further research, i found at least 8 similiar unanswered complaints on the BBB site. Do yourself a favor and stay away!

• Pros: None
• Cons: Damaged all my furniture, Don't Carry Insurance

09/03/09

Milk the hourly rate

by dannykb at Citysearch

September 09 move

They price was okay, but more than I wanted to pay (and I booked them last minute, so I didn't have much of a choice).

Why did it take 5 guys to move a single womans apartment 3 miles 6.5 hrs? I was being charged an hourly rate and boy do they milk that. I had to run an errand and my roommates said that they were bringing up one couch cushion at a time and were hanging around joking and laughing among themselves. I really feel I was taken advantage of.

• Pros: Nice
• Cons: take their sweet time on my dime

08/30/09

THESE PEOPLE BELONG IN PRISON, OR BACK IN PRISON

by bosoxrox617 at Citysearch

After being quoted a price over the phone by Ben and leaving a deposit I immediately began noticing red flags with these crooks.

First, my non refundable deposit was not run once, but twice, and when I called their office to inform them of this I was treated as though I had made some sort of mistake, zero marks for people skills. I then assured them of their error ( i am a CPA ) and when I asked to be refunded I was met with a haggling of sorts, i.e, "well, we're gonna be there in a few days anyway, why don't we just credit it towards your final bill." sort of line. Again, very unfriendly, uneducated sounding office person with some airy welshman with an accent acting as the manager. I was stressed out as was and just didn't have the energy to argue. During this period NICKS was supposed to drop me some supplies so that I could prep my house for the move, I asked for Pads, wrapping paper, some bubble wrap, tape and various boxes. All of which I was encouraged to get from them by them, and all of which I was assured would arrive at the latest, 5 days before my move, all of which turned out to be LIES. Nothing showed up, I called, I called I called and was met with hostility from two of the office people and some very lame excuses from the rummy welsh manager,

( I know we are in a recession, but that doesn't explain why my moving supplies aren't in my home 2 days before my move.) needless to say, they never arrived. So, the day of my move, My four movers was reduced to 2 movers,

(some how my rate only went down 30 bucks though) one spoke no english and clearly had no prior knowledge of moving, he broke almost everything he touched, the other, I am fairly certain was using coke in my bathroom and threw up several times during my move, so, after all my things get trashed, lost and most certainly pillaged, i get my bill. i wasn't surprised to see i wasn't credited for my double deposit, and was actually billed for the supplies i never got. AMAZING!

I contested the bill, was met with more hostility by my druggie mover, ( was also strong armed for a tip and told to "go to an ATM I have no doubt my mover was using druugs") and spent 2 hours waiting to speak with someone who could "adjust" my balance. In the end, what was supposed to be a 5 hour venture from start to finished turned into a 5 day odyssey complete with liars junkies, and a thieef. Most of my items were damaged, some lost or stolen, and my original 700 dollar move ended up costing me an estimated 2500 plus, ( that includes damages, and time spent haggeling with these crooks.

Dave, Eric, Ben, Richie and Henrey you ought to be asshamed.

• Pros: They didn't set anything on fire..
• Cons: Where to begin.....

08/19/09

This company rocks!

by BlondeinBoston at Citysearch

Henry and Pedro were OUTSTANDING. It was a hot day in August and they had many many stairs to climb, but they did it! They arrived EARLY (how often does THAT happen?!?) and were 100% courteous and communicative not only with me but with each other. They wrapped everything up efficiently and handled it all with extreme care, and even offered tips about unpacking, maintenance, and future furniture purchases! I couldn't recommend them enough. They made a challenging process so much better. Thanks guys!

• Pros: on time, courteous, efficient, careful, clean

07/28/09

Excellent Job

by OtisBDriftwood at Citysearch

Rich, Jeff and Ross moved a lot of furniture to three separate locations and none of them had easy staircases to navigate. Everything went quick, smooth and all of our furniture and boxes arrived in the same condition as when we left.

• Pros: Fast, polite and worked hard
• Cons: None

07/14/09

Thank god I hired the right moving company

by JonG at Citysearch

I just moved from Central sq. in Cambridge to Davis Sq. in Somerville. Nick's sent me two great movers, Bob and Jeff they cleared out my one bedroom apartment in less than an hour from the second floor! In the end these guys were polite, careful, and cheaper than they estimated over the phone. I have heard some horror stories about friends moving experiences, but now I will just tell them to use Nick's and they will have no worries!

• Pros: Fast, careful, affordable

06/24/09

Cheap AND friendly

by AlyssaP at Citysearch

We have used these guys twice now and have had a good experience both times. I got a quote from gentle giant and Nicks were way cheaper. James and Jon made my move look so easy even though we moved to a third floor. Nothing was too much trouble for them. I would recommend them to anybody.

• Pros: respectful, polite and so quick !

06/24/09

Cheap AND friendly

by AlyssaP at Citysearch

We have used these guys twice now and have had a good experience both times. I got a quote from gentle giant and Nicks were way cheaper. James and Jon made my move look so easy even though we moved to a third floor. Nothing was too much trouble for them. I would recommend them to anybody.

• Pros: respectful, polite and so quick !

04/02/09

Best movers I ever had !

by Wenger at Citysearch

Thank you so much to Richie, Jon and Jeff ! I called them last minute as I realized i could not move my stuff on my own. Their office took my info and these guys were at my doorstep two hours later. It was freezing that day but these guys just laughed it off and continued to climb up and down my third-floor staircase as if it were fun to them. They put everything together for me at the new place, and the whole thing was done in three hours. I couldn't tip them much so I thought id mention them by name. It was a great experience. I urge folks who are moving to ask for these guys !

• Pros: Friendly, easy going and on time
• Cons: none