So we are working with an agency called Movers International Group. They have been great and I am surprised at all the different services they are providing for us, things that would be hard for us to do in a new and foreign land, they are taking care of.
Last month Scott and I went to Singapore for a 9 day survey and house hunting trip. We were greeted by Asia Welcome, a company in Singapore hired by the MI Group to look after our needs. The housing agent picked us up, took us around and showed us many different places we could choose to live. The service did not stop there, we filled out some basic paper work and they secured our apartment for us, this took them several weeks to negotiate with the land lady on our behalf. They are getting all of the utilities turned on, and they have arranged for temporary furniture to be placed in the apartment by our arrival.
We have been contacted about what phone and Internet service we want, there is a guy in Singapore right now getting our phones for us in fact I think we will know our cell phone numbers for Singapore before we even leave the U.S. he is also signing us up for Internet and cable, yes, cable, we have NEVER had cable, the boys are very excited about this part of our move. Cable in my opinion is completely necessary in a foreign country otherwise there may be no English TV at all.
The first few days in Singapore the company will come and take us to look at and pick out our "permanent" furniture rental pieces for the apartment. Then they will come and remove the "temporary" furniture and put into place the new stuff.
MI Group has also provided a moving company aspect of this whole deal. We just have to tell them what to pack, a bigger job than it sounds in fact we have been working for weeks on this part of the move, but they pack it in the U.S., fly it to Singapore, get it through customs, get it out of customs, bring it to our apartment, unpack for us and remove all the packing materials from the apartment. Thank you :)
I must say with as much work as we are doing to prepare for this big move for our family I am ever so grateful to be working with a company like MI Group, they are taking a lot of the stress of this move off of our shoulders.
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