Unified Moving Services

Dear Unified Moving Services,
In 2012 you helped my family moved from 2^nd floor apartment to a 3^rd floor apartment. Your men arived as promised windows of arrival. They are the most professional, hardworking individuals who knew how to move anything. Your 3 men were able to complete the move within 6 hours as budgeted by Marc Zammichieli with zero damage. Marc is the most honest and direct to the point type of moving consultant. He offered options, suggestions and ideas to how a smooth move can be obtained. If my family moves again which we will in the future, we will definitely use your company again. As always, we cannot say thank you enough for the handwork your men are doing in this very difficult type of service.
May GOD continue to bless and guide your business always.

100% garbage. The other reviewer who says they smell horrible is correct. If only that was all…
Marc is a smooth talker. Don’t believe it.
These guys will want to rush you through the paperwork and try to get out of your place as quickly as possible before you have a chance to thoroughly inspect your merchandise.
They will scratch the hell out of your hardwood flooring.
If you go with these guys, make them pack *everything*. On the other hand, they will charge you an arm and a leg for ‘packing supplies’.
Some awesome results from these guys:
— They ‘packed’ a wooden subwoofer into a wire mesh waste basket. Now the corners of the subwoofer are chipped off.
— They disassembled my beautiful king sized platform bed made of solid wood. It has a leatherette headboard which is now crushed on the sides. One of the wooden planks has a crack which extends the entire length of the solid wood.
— The wood flooring in my new place is scratched to hell.
— Spent 40 minutes cleaning my TV, as the protective sheeting they used (which cost probably $ 20) left residue that required *hard* rubbing to remove.
They were running around like maniacs like they couldn’t be bothered to take the time to do anything properly.
And also, the smelly foreman fellow ‘accidentally’ had made a mistake on his calculator, and attempted to charge me an extra $ 50. It’s only because I read the bill carefully that I spotted this error.
They also make you sign something that says they will not be responsible for anything made of particle board. Of course, Marc won’t tell you this during his slick sales pitch. So if you have anything from Ikea, you’re better off selling it before you move.
I can only surmise the people writing the positive reviews had a totally different crew.
If you want to take a flyer on these guys, I strongly recommend you ask them to send you a copy of the contracts before the day of your move and make sure you are 100% ok with all of it.

Stay away. I am in the middle of a move from Washington, DC to Austin, Texas. I have a three-​day window during which I will be available to receive the delivery of my things. I expressly told this to Marc Zammichieli, who is the general manager and who sounds like he is a very competent, trustworthy guy, but he is not. He also has avoided my phone calls on two occasions: once, on the date of my scheduled delivery, when the delivery crew was scheduled to arrive «between 9 or 10 am at the latest» and showed up, with no phone call from anyone, at 2:30 pm. Once they arrived they were very efficient and helpful, but the lack of communication on the part of the delivery crew as well as Marc was unacceptable. On the second occasion, Marc told me on the phone that I should call back later in the afternoon that same day to speak to Gary, the logistics supervisor, and when I did (about five times) they didn’t pick up at all. These guys are frauds and this has been a horrific experience given that I have spent multiple thousands of dollars for their services.

I also agree with above complaints. I moved from east coast to west coast. The movers worked hard, but I got slammed with the bubble wrap scam. I paid nearly $ 1500.00 for bubble wrap I could have bought at staples for $ 200.00. I also had two very valuable pieces of sculpture broken and filed a claim that was four pages long, iit required notary stamp, waited a month for them to send back an offer of 72.00 to settle. The items were valued at $ 3000.00 and cannot be repaired or replaced. I am filing a small claims suit in court to try and get proper reimbursement for the damaged property.

You can do better. They won’t move you with less than three people. Not the cheapest, but I ended up using them for unknown reasons. The movers spoke limited English and smelled like ashtrays. I told them where I was moving to but they were totally unprepared, I ended up having to drive very slowly and having to lead them there in my car. That was annoying. Admittedly, they were quick and efficient, so I can’t complain about that. When all was said and done I signed the papers and included a tip– and one of the movers actually gave me crap about it! He told me, «$_​_​_​? We can’t split that.» I was like, «… … … I’m sorry, I’m not going to add anything else.» and he gave me all this huff and puff and even more crap. I was generous– I moved from a room in a single family home to an apartment. Loading took a short amount of time, the drive was about ten miles, and seriously– I didn’t have that much stuff… But regardless– don’t give me shit for giving you a tip you’re not happy with. Screw you. Minus one for being unprepared. Minus another for giving me attitude. Minus another for being inflexible and overcharging.