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When the new home isn't ready yet

The closing slips, the lease starts late, the renovation runs over — storage-in-transit is the industry's buffer. Price it before you need it.

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The short version: storage-in-transit keeps your shipment inside the moving contract — carrier custody, continuing valuation coverage, delivery included — priced per hundredweight plus handling. Self-storage is cheaper per month but breaks the chain of custody and liability. Ask every quoting carrier for the SIT rate and the point where it converts to permanent storage, in writing, even if you think you won't need it. The people who need it never thought so either.

Storage questions

What is storage-in-transit?
Your shipment held in the carrier's warehouse between pickup and delivery — the buffer used when the new home isn't ready. It's priced per hundredweight per period, plus warehouse handling in and out. Ask for the rate before you need it; agreeing it on the phone mid-move is the expensive way.
How is it different from renting a storage unit?
Storage-in-transit stays inside the moving contract: the carrier keeps custody, the valuation coverage continues, and delivery out is part of the move. A self-storage unit breaks the chain — cheaper monthly, but you unload, store and reload yourself, and the mover's liability ends at the unit door.
How long can goods stay in storage-in-transit?
Carriers set a limit — commonly measured in weeks to a few months — after which the shipment converts to permanent storage under different terms and rates. Get the conversion point and the after-rates in writing if there's any chance the housing gap runs long.
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