The Big Move - Into 405 We Go!

We arrived at about 1.30pm and the movers begin their unloading.

Again everything was being loaded into trolleys and moved to the lobby. Every soon the lift lobby was filled with towers of boxes.

Another team came up to lay cardboard to protect the flooring. Soon enough the place was filled with boxes. Every room had at least 10 boxes and we had to leave the storeroom boxes at the area beside the kitchen entrance as the boxes were too tall to fit into the shelves.

In all it took about 3 hours and when we were finally done it was close to 5pm. Again the baby cupboard took a long time. The supervisor who dismantled the cupboard couldn't figure out how to put it back. And when he eventually did with the help of 2 of his colleagues they broke one of the supporting bars at the back of the cupboard ...

There was nothing we could do. We didn't get insurance but even if we did the premium and excess are going to take a chunk out of the payout for the cupboard. So the extra $60 we paid for the cupboard assembly is as good as money gone down the drain. So much for one of the best movers in Singapore. Total bullshit.

But we are not getting angry over this. Today is our grand day moving into our new home. No sense trying to iron things out with the movers. I'm taking the high road and just telling myself we are never moving so they are only going to make money off me once, that's it. If anyone asks me in the future about Shalom, I'll just relate our experience and warn them against this mover.

We ended the day with our first dinner at 405 with takeouts from JinLong. Phew! We have finally moved in! What a relief!