Managing a Second Home in Sun Valley? Moving & Storage Can Make It Easier
Owning a second home in Sun Valley or Ketchum is supposed to make life more enjoyable.
Coordinating furniture deliveries from three different vendors, finding somewhere to put everything during a remodel and wondering what to do with an entire room of furniture between seasons?
Not quite as enjoyable.
Second homes come with some unique logistical challenges, especially when your primary residence is hundreds or thousands of miles away. That’s where having a local moving and storage company can make things much easier.
Sun Valley Transfer & Storage can help with much more than moving day.
Your Furniture Can Arrive Before You Do
Furnishing a second home often means ordering pieces from multiple stores, designers and manufacturers.
Unfortunately, those deliveries don’t always arrive on the same day. Or even in the same month.
If you’re not living in the Wood River Valley full time, coordinating those shipments yourself can quickly become complicated.
Sun Valley Transfer & Storage offers furniture receiving services, allowing furniture and household items to be received locally and stored until you’re ready for delivery.
Instead of planning your next trip to Idaho around the arrival of a sofa, you can plan the sofa around your schedule.
Store Furniture During a Remodel or Refresh
Second homes get remodeled, too.
Maybe you’re replacing flooring throughout the house. Perhaps the kitchen is being renovated. Or you’re working with a local designer to update several rooms before ski season.
Whatever the project, furniture often needs to get out of the way before work can begin.
Sun Valley Transfer & Storage can move household furnishings out of the home and into heated warehouse storage while contractors do their work.
When the project is complete, everything can be delivered back to the house.
No garage packed to the ceiling. No furniture shuffled from room to room. And no need to be in town for every stage of the process.
Make Seasonal Transitions Easier
Sun Valley homes can have very different personalities depending on the season.
Winter means skis, boots and plenty of cold-weather gear.
Summer brings bikes, patio furniture, outdoor equipment and everything that comes with long days in the mountains.
If you regularly transition your home between seasons, storage can give you another option besides trying to fit everything into closets and garages.
Bekins notes that seasonal relocations can involve a combination of transportation, packing and storage based on the homeowner’s schedule.
The same idea can be useful for second-home owners in the Wood River Valley: keep the things you need when you need them without requiring every possession to occupy the house year-round.
What About Artwork, Antiques and Special Pieces?
Second homes in Sun Valley and Ketchum often contain more than ordinary household furniture.
Artwork, antiques, pianos and other specialty pieces may require additional care when they’re moved or stored.
Rather than treating those items like another box headed to the garage, talk with your mover about them in advance.
Sun Valley Transfer & Storage provides moving and heated warehouse storage for household furnishings as well as specialty belongings, making it possible to create a plan around the contents of your particular home.
Moving Into a Newly Purchased Second Home?
Buying the house may only be the beginning.
Furniture may be coming from your primary residence. Other pieces may be purchased specifically for the new home. Some items may arrive by freight. And everything needs to somehow come together in Sun Valley.
A professional mover can help coordinate those pieces of the puzzle.
If you’re bringing household belongings from another state, Sun Valley Transfer & Storage’s relationship with Bekins Van Lines provides access to long-distance moving resources as well.
That means your relocation can begin hundreds of miles away while still having a local Sun Valley team involved at the destination.
A Local Resource Even When You’re Somewhere Else
Perhaps the biggest advantage for a second-home owner is simply having someone local.
When you don’t live in the Wood River Valley full time, every project can require a little more coordination.
Furniture receiving, moving, packing and storage don’t necessarily need to become four separate problems.
With some advance planning, they can be pieces of one larger plan for your home.
Spend More Time Enjoying Sun Valley
Your time in the mountains should be spent enjoying your home, not figuring out where to put the dining room table while the floors are being refinished.
Whether you’re furnishing a new second home, remodeling an existing one, moving belongings between residences or simply need additional storage, Sun Valley Transfer & Storage can help coordinate the details locally.
Contact Sun Valley Transfer & Storage for a free estimate and let us know what you need to move, receive or store.