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Warehouse Receiving

Need somewhere reliable to send a furniture order, a freight shipment, or a vendor delivery before it is ready to go in? Johnnie T. Melia Moving & Storage receives deliveries at our Houston warehouse, inspects every piece, stores it securely, and delivers it to the home, office, or job site when you are ready.

Interior designers, furniture retailers, businesses, and homeowners in the middle of a build or remodel use our receiving service so nothing sits on a porch, a loading dock, or a construction site waiting for someone to sign for it.

A Receiving Warehouse You Can Hand Your Deliveries To

A delivery that arrives before its destination is ready creates problems. The sofa shows up while the floors are still being refinished. A freight truck arrives on a Saturday and nobody is at the office. A twelve-piece order lands at once when the client wanted it installed in one visit two weeks later.

Receiving solves that. Your vendors ship to us, our team signs for the delivery, checks it against your paperwork, and holds it in a clean, secure warehouse until the day it should go in. Then the same company that received it delivers it, places it, and takes the packaging away.

Johnnie T. Melia Moving & Storage has handled furniture, business property, and household goods in Houston since 1969. We are family-owned, our crews are trained full-time employees, and the people receiving your shipment are the same people who move and store goods for families and businesses every day.

Trusted Receiving & Delivery Partner

Designers, retailers, and businesses trust us with deliveries they cannot afford to have damaged, lost, or left on a dock. That trust was built one shipment at a time.

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Why Choose Our Warehouse Receiving Service

Anyone can rent you a storage unit. Receiving is different: someone has to be there when the truck arrives, know what a damaged carton looks like, and get the right pieces to the right address later.

Over 55 Years Handling Furniture

Since 1969 our crews have handled fine furniture, antiques, and business property. We know how a piece should arrive and what to look for when it does not.

Licensed & Insured

TxDMV No. 0000005457 and US DOT No. 436264, with cargo and liability coverage. Your goods are in the care of a licensed moving and storage company, not a mailbox service.

Inspection on Arrival

Every delivery is checked against your packing list or purchase order. Visible damage, missing cartons, and wrong items are flagged right away, with photos when you need them for a claim.

Clear Communication

You hear from us when a shipment arrives, when something is wrong with it, and when it is ready to deliver. No chasing a freight carrier to find out where your order went.

One Company, Start to Finish

The team that receives your shipment also stores it, delivers it, and places it. Fewer hand-offs mean fewer chances for damage and fewer people to call when you need answers.

Proper Equipment & Trucks

Furniture pads, shrink wrap, dollies, and well-maintained trucks for the final delivery, so a piece that arrived in perfect condition stays that way.

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Our Receiving & Delivery Services

Our receiving service is built around what happens to a shipment after it arrives: who signs for it, where it waits, and how it gets to its final room.

Furniture Receiving

Freight and white-glove carriers deliver your furniture order to our warehouse. We sign for it, inspect it, and hold it until the home or office is ready for it.

Designer Receiving & Install Delivery

Interior designers consolidate orders from many vendors with us and schedule one delivery for install day. See our designer warehousing service for longer-term holding.

Commercial & Office Deliveries

New office furniture, fixtures, and equipment can be received ahead of a build-out and delivered in the order your contractor needs it, alongside a commercial move.

Storage Until You Are Ready

Received items stay in our warehouse for as long as the project needs, from a few days to several months, in the same facility we use for household and business storage.

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How Much Does Warehouse Receiving Cost?

Receiving is priced by the work your shipment actually needs, not a flat monthly fee. A single boxed chair that sits for three days is a very different job from a forty-piece designer order that needs unpacking, inspection, storage, and a full install-day delivery. The ranges below are typical local industry estimates for planning purposes. They are not a JT Melia quote. Your price is confirmed in writing once we know what is shipping and where it is going.

Service	What it covers	Typical range
Receiving & check-in	Signing for the delivery and logging every piece	$25 to $60 per piece
Open & inspect	Unboxing, checking for damage, photos for claims	$15 to $40 per piece
Storage	Holding items in our warehouse until delivery	$30 to $90 per piece per month
Delivery & placement	Truck, 2 to 3 person crew, placement in the right rooms	$300 to $750 per delivery
Unpacking & debris removal	Unwrapping on site and hauling packaging away	$50 to $150, often included

What affects your price

Oversized or very heavy pieces, items that arrive on pallets or in crates, deliveries that need to be inspected inside the carton, long storage periods, and high-rise or limited-access delivery addresses all add time. Consolidating several vendor shipments into one delivery usually lowers the total.

How to get a receiving quote

Tell us what is shipping, roughly how many pieces, the expected arrival dates, how long you need storage, and the final delivery address. We will put the receiving, storage, and delivery costs in writing before the first shipment arrives.

Holding pieces for a client project? Designers who receive and store on a regular basis should also look at our designer warehousing service. Call 713-683-8585 or request a free estimate.

How Our Receiving Process Works

Set Up Your Shipment

Tell us what is coming, from which vendors, and roughly when.

We give you the receiving details to pass to your vendors or freight carrier, and we note anything special about the order, such as fragile pieces, items that must stay upright, or a client deadline.

We Receive & Inspect

When the truck arrives, our team signs for the delivery and checks every carton against your paperwork.

If something is missing, damaged, or not what you ordered, you hear about it right away with photos, while there is still time to file a carrier claim or reorder.

Delivery Day

When the site is ready, pick a date. We load everything for that address, deliver it with a trained crew, place each piece in the right room, assemble what needs assembling, and take the packaging away.

Where We Deliver From Our Warehouse

Received items go out from our Fairway Park Drive facility to homes, offices, showrooms, and job sites across the metro.

Popular areas include West University Place, Bellaire, Katy, Jersey Village, Cypress and Klein. See all service areas.

Inspection & Damage Reporting

Most freight damage is only recoverable if it is noted when the shipment is signed for. Once a carton is accepted clean, getting a carrier to pay for a broken leg or a crushed corner gets much harder.

That is why inspection is the core of our receiving service. We count the pieces against the bill of lading, look for crushed, torn, or wet cartons, and note any problems on the delivery receipt before the driver leaves.

When you need it, we open cartons to check the item itself, photograph any damage, and send you the photos the same day so you can start a claim or a reorder with the vendor while your project timeline still has room.

Receiving for Interior Designers

A single room can involve a dozen vendors with a dozen different ship dates. Having all of it delivered to a client’s home as it arrives means boxes in the garage, missing pieces nobody noticed, and an install that happens in stages.

Designers use our warehouse as their receiving address instead. Every vendor ships to us, we track what has arrived and what is still outstanding, and we let you know when the order is complete.

On install day everything goes out on one truck, unwrapped and placed where you want it, with the packaging removed before your client walks in. Read more about why designers partner with a moving company.

Short- & Long-Term Storage After Receiving

Some shipments go back out within days. Others wait months for a construction schedule to catch up.

Received items are stored in the same secure warehouse we use for household and business storage, so there is no second hand-off between a receiving dock and a storage facility.

Storage after receiving is often useful when:

* A new build or remodel is running behind schedule.
* A designer is collecting a full room before install day.
* A business is furnishing a new office ahead of move-in.
* A furniture retailer needs overflow space for customer orders.
* A homeowner has bought furniture before closing on the house.
* Fragile or high-value pieces need to be kept somewhere safer than a garage.

Pieces that need extra protection in storage or in transit can be custom crated.

What Designers & Businesses Say About Us

Our reputation comes from more than five decades of handling other people's belongings carefully. Whether we are receiving a designer order, storing business furniture, or moving a family across town, the goal is the same: careful handling, honest communication, and service our clients are comfortable recommending.

Excellent

4.8

Nancy Cochran

3 weeks ago

Perfect - Isaac and crew were awesome. Very courteous not just to me but to each other. Quite impressive. Obviously they have worked together a very long time. Experts! Highly recommend!

Mia S Wagstaff

2 months ago

We had a great experience with Johnnie T. Melia Moving & Storage. The crew was right on time, fast, efficient, and very careful with our belongings and both homes. They were in good spirits the entire time, friendly and respectful, which actually helped reduce our own stress on moving day. Brandon was also very helpful and responsive throughout the process. Highly recommend! Whole crew is awesome and professional.

Sharon Callender

2 months ago

Very professional crew. Went above and beyond. We have used JT Melia for four moves already and we would use them again!

Michelle Shapiro

3 months ago

Everyone was fabulous. Great team!! Highly recommend.

Joseph Scowden

3 months ago

Unbelievable service!! Super kind and professional.

Jared Simpson

4 months ago

Highly recommend. The team did a great job moving all furniture and boxes. Very careful with all items. Very careful not to scuff or scratch walls and floors. Great price.

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Helpful Guides For Receiving & Storage

Planning deliveries around a project takes coordination. These guides cover working with movers as a designer, choosing storage, and keeping a business move on schedule.

For Interior Designers

How a reliable moving and receiving partner protects your installs and your reputation with clients.

Read the Designer Partnership Guide →

Choosing Storage

Why secure warehouse vaults are a better fit than a self-storage unit for furniture and valuables.

Compare Vaults and Self-Storage →

Business Deliveries

How commercial storage keeps an office move or build-out on schedule when dates do not line up.

Read the Commercial Storage Guide →

Warehouse Receiving Questions, Answered

Receiving services raise practical questions about addresses, carriers, inspection, and delivery timing.

Here are answers to the questions designers, businesses, and homeowners ask most often.

What is warehouse receiving?

Warehouse receiving means a shipment is delivered to our warehouse instead of to its final address. Our team signs for it, checks it against your paperwork, inspects it for damage, and stores it until you schedule delivery.

It is most useful when the destination is not ready, nobody can be there to accept the delivery, or several shipments need to arrive together.

Who uses a receiving warehouse?

Interior designers collecting orders for a client, furniture retailers who need overflow space, businesses furnishing a new office, and homeowners in the middle of a build, remodel, or move.

Anyone who has had a delivery left on a porch or a job site has a reason to use one.

Can my vendors ship directly to your warehouse?

Yes. Once your account is set up, we give you the receiving details to pass to your vendors or freight carriers. Shipments should reference your name or project so we can match them to your order when they arrive.

What happens if a shipment arrives damaged?

We note the damage on the delivery receipt before the driver leaves, photograph it, and contact you the same day.

Recording damage at the moment of delivery is what makes a freight claim possible, so we do not sign for a damaged shipment as if it arrived in good condition.

Do you open cartons to inspect the items inside?

We can. Many clients want every carton opened and the item checked, especially for upholstered and finished pieces where damage is not visible from the outside. Let us know how thorough you want the inspection to be when you set up the order.

How long can you store received items?

As long as the project needs. Some shipments go out within a few days, while others wait several months for a build or remodel. Storage is charged for the time and space your items actually use.

Do you deliver and set up the furniture?

Yes. Our crew delivers to the final address, places each piece in the room you choose, handles assembly where needed, and removes the packaging and debris before we leave.

Can you combine several vendor shipments into one delivery?

Yes, and it usually saves money. We hold items as they arrive and send everything out together on one truck once the order is complete, so the install happens in a single visit.

Do you receive commercial freight and office furniture?

Yes. We receive office furniture, fixtures, and equipment for businesses, and we can coordinate delivery with a build-out or a commercial move so items arrive in the order your team needs them.

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. Johnnie T. Melia Moving & Storage is licensed by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV No. 0000005457) and holds US DOT No. 436264, with cargo and liability coverage. We have handled furniture and business property since 1969.

Ready to Set Up Warehouse Receiving?

Whether it is one furniture order or an ongoing stream of vendor shipments, our team can receive, inspect, store, and deliver it on your schedule. Call or request a quote to get started.

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