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Let’s face it. Moving is stressful. The clutter, the cost, the boxes, the heavy lifting – it all adds up to what many experts consider to be one of life’s most stressful events. Although moving isn’t at the top of the list with death, divorce or losing a job, it is still enough to make us squeamish inside.

The experts know the same thing as anyone who has ever moved – that packing up and transporting your life from point A to point B is a challenge.  Even if you take the physical part out of the equation, moving disrupts your daily routine, separates you from family and friends, can upset the kids and oftentimes transports you to an unfamiliar place filled with unfamiliar people.

The Solution

At PODS, we do our very best to take the stress out of moving. From the first time you pick up the phone and call our customer service center to the last time we pick up and haul away your PODS® storage container, PODS is on your team.

Finding Your Perfect Match

Whether you are moving from a one bedroom studio or a multi storied mansion, we’ll help you choose the PODS® container that best suits your needs. Once delivered, there’s no need to rush. PODS is flexible – you pack at your own pace and on your own time.

Safety and Security

There’s peace of mind with PODS. You lock up your PODS® container and you keep the key.  When we deliver it to you, rest assured that everything is just where you left it – safe and secure.

Finally, leave the driving to us. Whether you are moving across the street or across the country, we’ll transport your belongings with care and consideration.  Our patented PODzilla lift system makes sure that things don’t fall or tip in transit.

So, if the mere thought of moving makes your pulse quicken and causes you to break out in a sweat, just press your middle fingers and thumbs firmly together, begin to chant the word PODS  and feel the stress simply melt away. Ahhhh, we feel better – don’t you?

“Please let me take this opportunity to thank you and Manny for your cooperation in helping us through this storage and retrieval project. You and your company have been more than professional in every way. It is always a pleasure when plans come together the way one wishes, and with your help, our plans did just that.

Rest assured, I will recommend PODS to anyone who needs the service you offer and you may feel free to use me as a reference.”

We aren’t one’s to toot our own horn, but we love making our customers happy. Kinda like when you get a great haircut, or a nice car wash, with PODS, we will make your move or storage process as easy and convenient as possible.

How has PODS helped your business grow? Tell me your story at: movingdiva@gmail.com

–The Moving Diva

I drive about 12 miles to and from work. There is a FedEx distribution center halfway between. So yesterday, out of nowhere 6 – count them 6! FedEx trucks are sharing on the highway with me. No UPS or DHL trucks – all FedEx trucks – each following the other to deliver the goods to homes across the city.

With FedEx, little packages are delivered on time. With PODS^®, big things are delivered on time and on your schedule – across town or across the country.

But if you’re not ready to receive Suzy’s princess bed, Dad’s workbench, Christopher’s BMX bicycle or your entire collection of Rachael Ray cookware, remember PODS can store all of your precious belongings in a clean, bright, secure PODS Storage Center until you say “Bring it!”

Let PODS move, store and deliver all the good things your home is made of. There are three sizes of PODS^® containers to fit the contents of your home. The largest, 12×16-feet, will transport an average 3-bedroom home. Learn more at podslexington.com

Although I haven’t introduced myself with my famous fiesta chili beans as a welcome gift in hand, I feel like we already have a common bond – we both used PODS to move!

So really, how bad can they be?

Tell me your story. Do you take new neighbors a welcoming gift?

Email it to movingdiva@gmail.com.

Potential buyers have a tendency to look in every nook and cranny – in closets, cabinets, and under beds. Staging the home, and making it clutter-free, is now easier than ever with PODS. Follow these 5 steps to achieve home-showing success!

1.  Create more space. The bottom line when selling a home is to create the illusion that living areas are more spacious. Since buyers often envision their own furniture in homes they visit, showing plenty of floor and wall space to make the home feel bigger is a priority. You may love those two overstuffed recliners near the fireplace, but how does placement effect floor space? Place any large, bulky furniture in a PODS® container for safekeeping during this interim process.

2.  Spic and span. Clean the house from top to bottom and clear the clutter from countertops. It may be worthwhile to hire a cleaning company and keep your focus on other parts of the moving process. Are hallways filled with hanging picture frames? Keep a select few to highlight and pack the others carefully in a box for retrieval at a later date. Minimize items on display in other areas of the home as well – in the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living areas.

3.  Don’t forget the garage. While women tend to look at a kitchen first, men will head for the garage. Essentially another room, do not neglect cleaning up and de-cluttering the garage. Load all of the sports gear, motorcycles, bikes and seasonal décor in a PODS® container until needed again.

4.  Make an outstanding first impression. Lawns should be freshly cut, gardens weeded out and landscaping neatly manicured. It is always a bonus to have bright flowers or plants near the front door and fresh-cut flowers in vases around in rooms on open-house day.

5.  Let there be light. Light equals space. Open curtains and blinds and clean windows, screens and skylights. Remove large furniture or wall units that block window views to a PODS® container and make sure all light fixtures have new, brightly burning bulbs.

PODS is the perfect solution to get ready for an open house. Store away  furniture, nick-knacks, and other items that make the home look cluttered.

PODS delivers a sturdy container conveniently to your home; pack on your schedule; PODS carefully stores the container in climate controlled storage facility; and when ready, we move the container to any location across town or across the country.

For more information, or to reserve a PODS® container, call 800-776-PODS or visit the local website at podslexington.com

PODS^® works with Realtors across the U.S. and offers the following tips to a successful open house:

1.  Create more space. To create the illusion that living areas are more spacious, place any large, bulky furniture in a PODS^® container for safe keeping during this interim process.

2.  Spic and span. Clean the house from top to bottom and clear the clutter from countertops and minimize items on display.

3.  Don’t forget the garage. Do not neglect cleaning and de-cluttering the garage. Load all sports gear, motorcycles, bikes and seasonal décor in a PODS container until needed again.

4.  Make an outstanding first impression. Lawns should be freshly cut, gardens weeded out and landscaping neatly manicured. It is always a bonus to have bright flowers or plants near the front door and fresh-cut flowers in vases on open-house day.

5.  Let there be light. Open curtains and blinds and clean windows, screens and skylights. Replace light fixtures with high-watt bulbs.

For more information, visit podslexington.com

I don’t like not being without my belongings for a long period of time, but when a kitchen fire broke out (I promise it was not my cooking that did it!) we were forced to enlist contractors for a remodel. Along with walls and flooring, our furniture and personal belongings needed to be removed from the downstairs living areas.

There was no place to store all of this stuff in the garage so we called PODS.  We had a 12-foot storage container delivered to our home, which we promptly loaded so construction could commence. A few days later the container was picked up and taken to the PODS^® storage center about 15 miles away.

A month later, we had a new kitchen. Our storage container was re-delivered with all of our furniture still tucked inside just as we packed it. Thanks to PODS patented lift called PODZILLA^® not one thing shifted or toppled over to or from each destination.

PODS is one smooth operator, but not in a Barry White kind of way

Using PODS is the right way to store or move for homeowners, renters, business owners and realtors who are staging, decluttering or remodeling a home or office and need additional space short or long-term.

Here are a few tips to get started:

1. Staging and Decluttering. An essential process when placing a home on the market and may help to capture a higher selling price on the property. A PODS^® container can securely store belongings removed from the home until ready.

2. Downsizing. Need to downsize and don't have space in your new home? PODS^® solves this problem with safe and secure long-term storage solutions. Simply pack the PODS^® container and your precious belongings will be transported to a local climate controlled PODS Storage Center.

3. Building a Bridge. Many people find themselves in a period of transition, leaving one residence before another is ready for occupancy.  In these cases, PODS serves as a real estate bridge. Have a short escrow yet your new home has a longer one? This gap of time is where a PODS^® container comes in handy for Realtors and homeowners – storing belongings securely until the move date.

4. Local Moves

Realtors and homeowners count on PODS for quick, hassle-free local moves. No more worries about renting a truck and rushing on moving day because PODS allows you to pack and move at your own pace.

5. Long-Distance Moves. Packing an entire residence takes time. With PODS, there is no time limit, allowing containers to remain onsite as long as needed. PODS will transfer the container to your new home, anywhere in the country – on the day you need it!

To reserve a PODS^® container and schedule delivery to your door, call 1-800-776-PODS (7637) or visit the Web site at podslexington.com

–The Moving Diva

movingdiva@gmail.com

I have new neighbors. I know because the house down the block has been vacant for at least one year and this morning there was a big, white PODS^® container in the driveway with a half-dozen people unloading home furnishings and personal belongings from the back of it.

Although I haven't introduced myself with my famous fiesta chili beans as a welcome gift in hand, I feel like we already have a common bond – we both used PODS to move!

So really, how bad can they be?

Tell me your story. Do you take new neighbors a welcoming gift?

Email it to movingdiva@gmail.com.

I cant possibly compare 30.4 million of these random pods with PODS^® the moving and storage company, but I was curious how many results would be returned with the search term PODS^® container. Turns out, about 40,600.

Do you plant a garden each year? Seed pods are among the most popular search terms (with nearly 4 million returns) and vanilla pod returning about 2 million.

Dont ask me why I thought of searching for space pods but it was a shocker to see about 174 million hits on this topic alone! 174 MILLION!

While I cant vouch for outer space, here on planet Earth, PODS® is the best moving and storage idea ever!™

As Mork from the television show Mork and Mindy used to say: Nanu nanu, people. Nanu nanu.

–The Moving Diva