It sucks to break up with the city you call home. While it’s all very exciting to move into a whole new environment with heaps for you to explore, there’s no getting around it: the logistics of relocation to and from Singapore is a complete nightmare – if you were to do it on your own.
Santa Fe, a veteran in the moving business (since 1891!), offers a complete suite of relocation services that includes packing, storage, global visa and immigration assistance, house and school search, tenancy management, cross-cultural training, orientation programmes and insurance. Yes, moving across the world is horribly complex, but they’ll literally take a load off your feet by going beyond transporting your furniture from one address to another.
Just how effortless is moving with Santa Fe? Well, the most difficult thing you’ll (still) need to deal with is to make decisions, such as when to get in or out of Singapore, and picking out your next apartment. The rest – depending on what you need – will be taken care of. Every relocation with Santa Fe starts with a pre-move survey, where your assigned consultant will discuss the entire move process with you at your current residence. He/she will do a detailed room-by-room examination to estimate the volume and weight of your move, as well as advise on transportation modes (by air, sea or overland), storage, customs clearance, insurance, allowances/entitlement, transit times, etc. Once these are determined, your consultant will leave you with a super handy relocation planner, designed to follow the natural moving process. Inside, you’ll find a relocation timeline, various checklists so nothing is overlooked, forms, and other essential information.
Arguably the biggest part of your move is packing – and that is what Santa Fe is most renowned for. Typically, a team of 6 to 8 will arrive at your residence to wrap and pack all loose items and furniture for export shipping. If you would rather pack some personal items yourself, Santa Fe can deliver packing materials to you before the packing day. Outbound shipments are packed using specialised, reusable materials such as hanging wardrobe cartons, picture cartons, mattress cartons, newsprint and soft tissue paper, and wooden crates for very fragile items. For inbound shipments, Santa Fe provides complete unpacking and removal of debris.
Maxine Goddard, who recently moved from Australia to Singapore with Santa Fe, shares his experience: “Santa Fe followed my request to be environmentally conscious and to not waste materials needed for the move. The team allocated to me was also the best I’ve ever had. They were efficient and respectful of me in the house while they worked by keeping their voices low. I can see that they took pride in their work, and enjoyed what they were doing. The supervisor is to be commended on being extremely organised in packing, labeling and sorting. More than that, he would check in with me during the day to ensure I was okay, and even went above and beyond his call of duty to bring me a hot cup of tea in the mornings. It was an amazing and caring act – much needed in that time of stress!”
If you’re price-conscious, you can get a move estimate to selected destinations in five minutes on Santa Fe’s website. Your Santa Fe consultant will also help you create a customised package to help you get the most out of your budget and needs.
“Although Santa Fe was not the cheapest, we liked the straightforward presentation by our consultant Tobias Dietrich, and he answered our queries with a comforting manner,” says Alan Wilkins, when we asked him why he chose Santa Fe to assist with his move back to the UK. “The paperwork was thorough and I also liked the insurance policy that was offered to us because we had nice artwork and artefacts. Be mentally prepared: the speed of the packing operation was impressively fast; it can be quite unsettling! But our team of men was a friendly group and willing to help on almost all queries.”
Santa Fe moves over 110,000 families each year, so there’s really no one else better for the job. With logistics smoothed over by Santa Fe, you’ll have more time and more headspace to do the necessities and enjoy your new home, wherever that may be.
Santa Fe Relocation Services also offers domestic moves. Read our (glowing) review here!
For more information on Santa Fe Relocation Services, visit their website. Alternatively, call 6398 8588, or email sg.sales@santaferelo.com.
This article is sponsored by Santa Fe Relocation Services.