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At Your Service

At Your Service

Who Knew? NorthStar Moving, the LA based company that specializes in luxury based moving services and has a celebrity based clientele, recently added three new packages to roster. There’s “the Angelina” (for moving children, natch) and “the Britney” (for, you guessed it, sorting out the chaos at your new home), but our favorite is “the Paris,” which offers customized care for pooches while clients are in transit. Boarding, grooming, and even therapy are covered. “They can get a little schizo,” says NorthStar co-founder Laura Mcholm. We’re not sure if she’s referrring to the dogs of their owners.

Back to Basics: The Family Car Trip

Back to Basics: The Family Car Trip

Today’s Back to Basics tips come from Laura McHolm, the co-founder of NorthStar Moving & Storage Co., and who is also an on-site storage organizational expert…Pack one backpack that stays in the car. Include your maps, files with your reservation information, first aid kit, camera, tickets, etc…Wrap items like books with car games, deck of cards, sticker books…etc. as presents…When you make stops along your route place the presents on the kids’ seats.

Seventh Annual Women in Business Award Report

Seventh Annual Women in Business Award Report

Laura McHolm’s moving company is no ordinary moving company. NorthStar Moving Corporation is the “movers to the stars.”…”Every item on the property was handled with extreme care and precision from $100,000 pieces of art to a $50 lamp,” raved the production supervisors of hit reality TV show “America’s Next Top Model,”…In 1994, she started NorthStar Moving Corporation. Every year since then, NorthStar has been the darling of companies that award other companies for providing customers with red-carpet service.  

A-List Secrets: How the Stars Move Their Stuff

A-List Secrets: How the Stars Move Their Stuff

Sometimes NorthStar Moving will even organize the move in the darkest of night o throw off photographers. And when it comes to service, no job is too small. In at least one instance, the company got a nighttime call from a celebrity requesting that someone come over and move a single chair from one room to another. The company obliged.

Celebrity Moving Company Unpacks a Greener Future

Celebrity Moving Company Unpacks a Greener Future

proving that Hollywood’s penchant for green is infectious to all industries, a moving company called LA Northstar Moving Corp has decided to travel in a more eco-friendly direction. The company, which counts such stars as Angelina Jolie among its clients – is switching to biodiesel across its entire fleet…We applaud NorthStar Moving for converting their fleet to biodiesel and other green additions!

NorthStar Moving Launches All Biodiesel Fleet

NorthStar Moving Launches All Biodiesel Fleet

NorthStar Moving, the leading residential and commercial mover in California, offering local, intrastate, interstate, and international moves, as well as storage services, announced April 22 that they have converted all of their trucks to biodiesel fuel…NorthStar Moving continues to find new ways to lighten its carbon footprint, now powering its vehicles with cleaner burning fuel made from natural renewable sources such as vegetable oils.

NorthStar Moving Launches All Biodiesel Fleet

NorthStar Moving Launches All Biodiesel Fleet

Founded in 1994, Los Angeles-based NorthStar Moving Corporation has redefined the moving and storage industry. Recommended by The Franklin Report, MovingInsurance.com, and an impressive list of celebrity clientele, recipients of Angie’s List Super Service Award(R), “A” rated by the Better Business Bureau, and voted Citysearch Best Mover 2007, NorthStar Moving has proven the state-of-the-art way to move is with its red carpet service.

Real Moving Experience

Real Moving Experience

NorthStar Moving, a local moving company, has three new packages for its high-end clients: The Paris, which offers pet pampering during a move; the Angelina, which offers babysitting for kids; and the Britney, which offers the help of professional organizers to make moving easier…The program is the brainchild of Laura McHolm, NorthStar’s co-founder.

Clear The Clutter – Country Accents Magazine

Clear The Clutter – Country Accents Magazine

Storage and Organization expert Laura Mcholm of LA’s NorthStar Moving and storage suggests keeping track of the appliances you regularly use and the weeding out of those you don’t. “Get post it Notes and every time you use an appliance write down the date and stick the note on the appliance,” She says. The next time you use it you will be able to track how often. Do you find that you never use the appliance, or did you use it frequently when you first used it and then stopped. If you do not use the appliance it is taking up valuable space and you should consider giving it to charity.

How to Make Your Residents’ Move a Success

How to Make Your Residents’ Move a Success

It is essential to take the time to investigate a moving company’s reputation and capability and establish good two-way communication in order to have a successful move…Ram Katalan is the founder and president of NorthStar Moving Corporation, which specializes in providing moving and storage services.

Defying the Downturn

Defying the Downturn

To attract luxury customers, Katalan, 43, expanded his premium services and launched new ones, including Photo Perfect Packing, in which every object is photographed and inventoried before being loaded onto a truck… The service has been particularly popular with reality TV shows, including America’s Next Top Model, which contracts with NorthStar Moving to handle the temporary packing in homes borrowed for filming.

Moving on up

Moving on up

Ram Katalan is proud that his company’s revenues are holding steady – a feat he has worked hard to achieve, while many of his colleagues in the moving and storage industry are suffering 20% declines…When he realized his business was weakening most among middle-income clients, he refocused on the high-end market, which is less susceptible to economic fluctuations. Katalan has added services that include pet sitters, professional organizers, and nannies – as well as a decoy truck for celebrity customers.

NorthStar Moving Unveils Star-Studded Moving Services

NorthStar Moving Unveils Star-Studded Moving Services

NorthStar Moving, a leading residential and commercial mover in California, has announced luxury partnerships with celebrity pet care provider and Oprah’s personal dog coach Tamar Geller; child care provider to the stars Nurture and Nanny and Operation Organization, a professional organizing company in Los Angeles…Our favorite concept is “photo perfect packing” sock drawers. NorthStar Moving also “handles paparazzi and security with decoy trucks” Decoy trucks? We love it. Will you?

NorthStar Moving Unveils Star-Studded Services, Setting the Bar for Luxury Moving

NorthStar Moving Unveils Star-Studded Services, Setting the Bar for Luxury Moving

NorthStar Moving is once again setting the bar for a luxurious and flawless relocation experience…NorthStar Moving clients need not worry about their homes being in disarray or kids and pets underfoot during a move. The company has built alliances with top-notch vendors that resolve these matters with ease…From Photo Perfect Packing(TM) a sock drawer to handling paparazzi and security with decoy trucks, NorthStar Moving Corporation rolls out its RED CARPET SERVICE for celebrities and non-celebs alike.

NorthStar Moving and Storage Earns Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award

NorthStar Moving and Storage Earns Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award

NorthStar Moving Corporation, the leading residential and commercial mover in California…has been awarded the prestigious and difficult-to-attain 2007 Angie’s List Super Service Award for both their moving and storage services…This is the second consecutive year that NorthStar Moving’s red carpet moving service has been awarded Angie’s Super Service Award. “Our Super Service Award Winners are the cream of the crop when it comes to customer service,” said Angie Hick’s, founder of Angie’s List.

Chapter 5: Storage Spaces

Chapter 5: Storage Spaces

Ram Katalan, president of NorthStar Moving in Chatworth, California, is pioneering a unique menu of moving services. His company will send professional movers to pick up belongings from your home, inventory them, and take them back to the warehouse, where they will store your stuff in a container for you.

Wide open spaces

Wide open spaces

Laura Mcholm, director of marketing for Chatsworth-based NorthStar Moving Corporation, asserts clutter is as much an environmental problem as it is a personal one. “I really see {decluttering} as an outgrowth of the green trend, and people are giving serious thought to whether or not they really need all of this stuff” I always recommend they look at each section of their house as a prime piece of real estate.  

NorthStar Moving Recognized as One Of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Region for Second Consecutive Year

NorthStar Moving Recognized as One Of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Region for Second Consecutive Year

NorthStar Moving Corporation…announced it was named to the Top 50 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Greater San Fernando Valley Region for the fourth consecutive year at an award ceremony hosted by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. NorthStar Moving ranked fifth in its revenue category.The San Fernando Valley Business Journal selects the region’s 50 hottest companies based on average three-year revenue growth percentage from 2006, 2007 and 2008. This groundbreaking research uncovers the region’s top emerging growth companies.

Hey OPEC, My Dog is Freezing

Hey OPEC, My Dog is Freezing

President Ram Katalan of NorthStar Moving Corporation has to seek out other ways to deal with rising energy prices.  He purchases his gas exclusively from Alliance Fleet, a company that has one of the most comprehensive inventories, representing Exxon Mobil and Petro Canada brand bulk lubricants and oil products and as a result, sells gasoline at a low price—they also offer biodiesel. Ram also ensures that his team of movers refrains from idling between projects and makes truck maintenance a high priority for efficiency.