International moves: agreeing a delivery window

In the international transfer the calendar must distinguish what is programmed by what is confirmed. A well-defined delivery window helps coordinate personal travel, availability of keys and people in charge of receiving furniture.

By DUDA Traslochi

DUDA Traslochi — Move International: agree the delivery window

Give a precise meaning to the dates

Ask for the day or withdrawal window, delivery forecast and confirmation of the appointment. An agreed interval is not equivalent to a guaranteed hour. Also the availability you communicate must be real: if you can receive only at certain times, declare it first.

Write separately unchangeable deadlines, such as the return of the Milan property. This allows to discuss alternatives when the starting bond does not coincide with that of the new home.

Connect delivery to the planned operations

Download a few packages and reassemble the decor are different activities. The availability of the accommodation must cover the agreed work, not only the entrance of the vehicle. If you need agreements for elevators or common spaces, please inform the representative of the operating time provided by the program.

Do not fix any other interventions in the same environments while mounting. The overlap with painters, installers or deliveries of new furniture can occupy the passages and make the prepared sequence useless.

If the elevator is shared with residents or other activities, please collect the agreed conditions in advance to use it. The booked time must be compatible with the expected load, without creating expectations on unrated exhaust speed.

Choose one channel for updates

Establish who receives operational communications and who forwards them to the person who opens. Messages distributed between family members, owners and intermediaries can produce different versions of the same appointment. Keep a backup address for organizational needs.

When changing a data, it also confirms the consequences: availability of keys, presence of the contact person and local services connected. It is not enough to know that the delivery was moved if the person in charge is no longer available.

Prepare a solution for the unavailability of the house

If the accommodation is not ready, it communicates the situation as soon as it emerges. Any waiting or stay in storage must be agreed, with conditions and costs to be verified in the specific proposal. Do not assume that the medium can remain loaded for an indefinite time.

Keep the necessary assets accessible to the intermediate period. Separating them during the packing is simpler than recovering them from a load already arranged for a complete delivery, especially when large-scale mountings and packages are planned.

Prepare a shared essential calendar

A page with addresses, referents, constraints, windows and points to be confirmed is enough to align the people involved. Update it by keeping the date of the latest version. To organize the move with DUDA indicates what is flexible and what is not: the proposal can be evaluated on the real calendar, without turning an initial estimate into a promise that has not been agreed.