Removal from Phuket to Chiang Mai

[K2]

This thread is hopefully of use to anyone moving ...

The move from Phuket to Chiang Mai is the first I'd done in Thailand .... I'd had a 20' container shipped from the UK to Phuket 9 years ago which went ok with a 6k 'payment' to customs.

I did a bit of hunting round for a remover and price range quoted was huge ...

Pickfords - 210,000 Baht
Siam Pick Pack - 90,000 Baht
PUSCO - 45,000 Baht
K1's family - 30,000 Baht

After considering all the options I went with PUSCO, mainly since Peter who manages the company lives in Phuket and presented a good case and was open to fair negotiation.

I mostly packed my own stuff - 120+ boxes - a lot of books! - indexed all the boxes and furniture so thought I'd shaved a fair bit of effort for them.

On the removal day - 9 Thai guys, Mem, Peter's coordinator (very good english) and Peter turned up. The amount of packing material used was considerable - bubble wrap, clingwrap and cardboard used to protect furniture and they didn't start loading the truck until 1pm - I thought the amount of packing was over the top (I was proved wrong however).

The finished loading 45 cubic m+ at ~6pm.

I beat the truck to Chiang Mai by 2 days and when the truck turned up K1 had enlisted her family to help unload.

The items that had been super wrapped arrived perfect condition, but unfortunately the items packed late in the day with less packing had some scratches and a few items loaded at the top of the truck were damaged.

Peter compensated me for this without any issues - I showed him photos of items damaged.

Recommendations for moving:-

- Pack small stuff yourself - there is risk beyond any company to control with casual labour for things to go 'missing'.

- Accept professional advice - you really do need much more packing than would ever imagine, especially for long journeys.

- Ideally keep someone like Peter on site to oversee the whole operation.

I'd recommend other BM expats to use PUSCO (details below) and hope that Peter will join the Forum as he has some interesting tales of his long time living here.

PUSCO - Phuket Universal Services Co
Phuket Universal Serivces
Email: pusco@loxinfo.co.th
Tel: 076-238824

[dizbuster]

Good to read that everything went relatively smoothly

[ATMwalking]

good info. useful for even moving within province.