Johnson & Daly Moving & Storage offers local, long-distance, and international moving services to residential and commercial clients throughout the Bay Area. Its professional crews use fully equipped trucks to handle every aspect of customers’ relocations, from packing and wrapping to custom crating and arranging furniture. The company also provides full-service warehouse storage, as well as receiving and distribution, at its San Rafael and Richmond facilities.
President Tim Johnson established Johnson & Daly Moving & Storage more than 40 years ago with two employees and one truck. Today, Mr. Johnson is proud to have turned his company into the largest moving firm in Marin County. “We have a fleet of 22 trucks, and we move eight to 10 homes and offices every day,” he says. “We pledge to provide integrity, dependability and value for every customer."
Johnson & Daly Moving & Storage’s professional movers are trained to implement efficient packing, loading, driving and unpacking techniques, and they’re required to pass rigorous background tests and drug screenings. The company also assigns a “Move Coordinator” to each job to act as a single point of contact and guide customers through each step of the moving process.
“We work hard to ensure every customer feels confident during their move, from their initial phone call until our trucks drive away from their new house. Our success is due to our customers’ satisfaction. We put their happiness ahead of making a profit and we always have their best interests in mind.”
Streamlining the packing process can help create a convenient, simple move.
Consider the following advice for packing individual household items:
Bureau drawers:Don’t o
verload—loads that are too heavy can cause damage. Remove firearms and any items that might break or leak. Firearms, along with serial numbers, must be registered with your van line representative before the
Canned goods and other non-frozen food:
Pack upright with no more than 24 to 30 cans per carton. Don’t attempt to move perishables. Wrap glass containers and boxed foods individually and pack them in small cartons.
Clocks:
Remove or secure the pendulums in large clocks. Grandfather clocks should be moved by expert service people.
Drapes and curtains:
Hang drapes over the crossbars in wardrobe cartons or fold them in clean cartons. Remove curtains from their rods and fold and pack them in cartons or bureau drawers.
Lamps and lampshades:
Remove bulbs, harps and shades. Roll up cords. Pack lamps with bedding or wrap them separately and place them upright in clean, tissue-lined cartons. Wrap lampshades in tissue, not newspaper, and place them upright in large, tissue-lined cartons.
Mirrors, paintings and pictures:
Tell your mover about valuable paintings that require special care. Wrap small mirrors, pictures, paintings and frames, and place them on their edges in cartons. Place large pictures and paintings on their edges in heavy cardboard containers. Large wall or dresser mirrors should be taken down by movers and placed in special cartons. For added safety, place tape diagonally across mirrors to protect them from damage. Don’t place newspaper directly against paintings.
Silverware:
Wrap each piece of silverware in cloth or low sulfur content paper to prevent tarnishing. Use an old blanket or moving pad as a wrap to prevent scratching the silverware chest.
Tools:
Drain fuel from power tools (don’t ship flammables under any circumstances). Pack tools in small, strong cartons. Wrap them separately if they’re valuable.
Tim Johnson, owner of Johnson & Daly Moving & Storage in San Rafael, says people should purchase sufficient moving insurance to cover the costs of their belongings. “The Public Utility Commission, which regulates movers, only requires $0.60 per pound,” explains Mr. Johnson. “That means if you have a valuable painting that weighs two pounds, you’ll get a maximum of $1.20 if it’s damaged. You really need more than that.”
Johnson & Daly Moving & Storage provides a variety of services designed to give its customers flexibility in their moving plans. The company handles every aspect of clients' relocations–from packing and wrapping to custom crating and arranging furniture–and its San Rafael storage facility is capable of holding about 900 shipping containers. As an alternative to traditional moving vans, it also offers moving pods and trailers, which customers can fill and have picked up from their homes.
Owner Tim Johnson began working in the moving business in 1979. "I started out with some blankets off my bed and a beat-up pickup truck," he says. From that beginning, Mr. Johnson has expanded Johnson & Daly Moving & Storage into one of the largest moving companies in Marin County, with 24 trucks that move approximately 2,500 households every year. As an affiliate of nationwide moving firm Mayflower/United, the company can arrange all types of local, national and international relocations. "We can even ship boats," adds Mr. Johnson.
Johnson & Daly Moving & Storage emphasizes quality above all. "In Marin, people tend to have very nice homes and furnishings," says Mr. Johnson. "They want quality service and assurance that their belongings will arrive in good order." To that end, the company employs long-term, highly-trained movers who share its philosophy for providing excellent service. "Most of our movers have been with us for more than 10 years, and the less experienced ones work as part of larger crews until they gain the experience to work on their own."