‘Tis the season for signed leases and stuffed cardboard boxes. With a few weeks until students move out of their apartments, local movers and apartment complexes prepare for the transition.
Wade Swikle and his moving company, Smarter Moving Solutions LLC, face their first move-out season after the company opened last summer.
Swikle, a 22-year-old UF entrepreneurship graduate student, said he created his company to provide a reliable moving service for students.
Swikle said he plans to hire only UF students to maintain a “youthful and intellectual business culture.”
Geoff Lioon, a customer service specialist for College Park, said the weeks following Spring Break are usually the busiest for students to find their new homes.
“Moving season is a stressful time for students, so we make sure to mitigate those worries by making sure our apartments are up to standards,” he said
Swikle hopes to assist them.
David Neukamm, a 23-year-old UF advertising senior, said he’s faced the dilemma between enlisting his friends or hiring professionals.
“I would just ask my friends to help, but I’d feel bad having them move my things in the summer heat,” he said. “I would definitely consider paying someone to help.”
