Discounts on Moving and Storage

Samiha Khanna describes her house as a “little log cabin in the woods in the city” of Durham.

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She bought her first house in 2014 and moved into the Forest Hills neighborhood, a mile from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, after living in a Durham apartment for eight years. Khanna hired Durham’s Redi-Care Movers, who moved items such as an elliptical exercise machine to the second floor without scuffing newly painted hearts-of-palm-green walls.

Through PERQS, the Duke employee discount program, staff and faculty who use Redi-Care Movers receive 10 percent off their total move by showing a valid Duke ID. Khanna, a Duke Health senior media relations strategist, said the movers spent six hours moving her furniture and belongings into the house for under $600. 

“That 10-percent discount prompted me to check out their services, and I learned hiring professional movers was much more affordable than I imagined it would be,” Khanna said. “When you think about the stress and the effort of moving, I couldn’t really have put a price on the relief that brought.”

Here are some ways to save on moving and storage: 

Brassfield Self Storage

At the storage facility off Western Bypass in Durham, employees receive 20 percent off the first month of storage and 10 percent off each additional month. 

Rutledge Mini Storage

When Feven Measho moved from her Brier Creek apartment to a two-story house in Southeast Durham, she had to temporarily store big pieces of furniture such as a couch, dining room table and bookshelf.

For about three weeks, she stored the furniture at Rutledge Mini Storage in Durham, and she said she was impressed by its cleanliness and customer service. Employees receive 20 percent off the first month’s rent. 

“You realize how much stuff you have when you’re actually moving,” said Measho, a clinical nurse in Duke Medicine Pavilion. “The fact that I was able to store things there for a little bit was very helpful. It made the whole moving process a lot easier.”

International Plastics

Receive a 10-percent discount when ordering moving supplies online such as variously sized boxes, packaging tape, bubble wrap and plastic furniture covers. Visit the PERQS webpage to find the promo code and how to register on the company website. 

Marrins’ Mooving

The North Carolina moving company offers 15 percent off labor charges for Duke employees. The staff can provide pack-and-go services, which includes supplying boxes, tape and bubble wrap and doing all of the packing, and can transport everything by truck to a new home.