On the morning of Friday, the First of August, TROSA showed up at a little before 9AM to start loading my life into a truck. At around 10:30AM, I spoke with Ally at the leasing office; they were still waiting on one final signature from someone with the city and had been waiting since 9AM. There were already two other residents with movers waiting to put items into their new apartments. At 11AM, we were done loading the truck and ready to head over to Old Bull, still not having the keys to get into my new place. At about 11:30AM, Ally called to let me know she was on her way to meet me with my new keys almost exactly when the movers finished parking the truck; I was overjoyed to not have to pay the movers to sit there, waiting for the city. At 12:30PM, all my stuff was in my new apartment. We were done. I bought the movers pizza to thank them for their time (and because we were all starving), and had the first meal in my new home.
As always, TROSA was nothing short of amazing. When we’d finished, the other two crews who’d been waiting were still going. I donated my old washer and dryer to TROSA, since the new apartment has really nice new ones, and I got an amazing work crew for a phenomenal price. I will always continue to use and recommend them for moves of any size. Their workers are fast, professional, kind, and careful. Their prices are more than reasonable and go to a very good cause.
Betsy spent the afternoon cleaning up the old apartment — once again, there is no way I could have made this move without her help — and I took over from her in the evening. I am absolutely ecstatic to be rid of that dump, and there is no love lost between me and the former apartment.
Today we went shopping for various accouterments for the apartment, including some really nice stuff for the bathroom and kitchen, and an alarm clock that I can read from across the spacious bedroom without my glasses on. She cooked me dinner — homemade lasagna! — with some new pots and pans I got. There were some fireworks from a Durham Bulls victory, and we had a wonderful evening with one of our dearest friends, my first guest in my new home.
To put it bluntly, I absolutely adore this apartment. It feels like a home to me, something I haven’t had in quite some time. It’s not without its flaws — the trains can be kind of noisy at times, and while the windows are very tall I wish they were wider so I could get a better view of the downtown skyline — but I suspect I’m going to be very happy here for quite some time. I’ll be sure to keep you posted.
I love your apartment. I'm more than happy to have helped make this happen, and I'd do it again. I also encourage anyone interested in checking out these units for themselves, It's completely worth it!
I'm completely jealous. :) Also, I use TROSA for all my moves, and my lawn service. They always do a great job.
Congratulations on your new home! I am happy to hear another good reference for TROSA.
I'll third the TROSA recommendation. I hired them to move me, best money I ever spent. They were excellent. Good luck with your new apartment. I used to work in the Tobacco Campus and thought it would be a great place to live. Now if they could only get a grocery store downtown...
Yeah, I agree we need a nicer grocery store downtown. I'd heard murmurs that once the downtown population reaches a certain level, Harris Teeter would be interested in opening a downtown location, but those are more than pure speculation at this point. I hope it comes one day, but for the time being heading to Target at South Square or the Taj MahTeeter over on MLK isn't too bad of a drive.