Terraces, warehouse conversions and a lot of people moving between rentals. We move through the inner north most weeks.
Brunswick and Coburg move more often than most of Melbourne. A lot of what we do here is rentals and share houses - end of lease, one or two bedrooms, a deadline set by someone else's inspection. Those jobs live or die on turning up when we said we would, because the whole day is stacked behind us.
The housing makes it interesting. Single-fronted Victorian terraces with a front door opening straight onto the footpath, rear laneways that look like access until a truck actually tries it, and converted warehouses with freight lifts that are either wonderful or out of service. We ask which one you have got before quoting, not after.
Sydney Road is its own problem. Tram clearways mean there is no stopping a truck kerbside through the peak periods, so a move on or just off Sydney Road gets planned around those windows rather than fighting them. Side streets are mostly permit-zoned, which is fine for a car and not for a six-metre truck.
Houses, units and apartments of any size. Packing and unpacking if you want it, boxes and blankets if you don't.
Desks, IT and fit-outs, scheduled around your trading hours so the business keeps running.
Machinery, tool chests and heavy gear moved with the right straps, ramps and trolleys.
Warehouse transfers and pallet runs for businesses, local or interstate.
Full pack, fragile-only, or just the materials delivered ahead of time.
Dump runs, old furniture and site clean-ups, disposed of responsibly.
Not on the list? We almost certainly still come to you — just ask.
If you are moving out of a rental we can take the rubbish and the furniture you are not keeping in the same run - old mattresses, the couch that is not surviving another move, whatever the agent would otherwise photograph. One truck, one trip, nothing left in the hard waste pile with your name on it.
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Yes, and it is worth doing. Old mattresses, a couch that will not survive another move, anything the agent would otherwise photograph - we take it in the same run so nothing is left in the hard waste pile with your name on it.
Not kerbside in peak - tram clearways mean there is no stopping. We plan a move on or just off Sydney Road around those windows rather than fighting them, which usually means an early start.
Sometimes. A lot of Brunswick and Coburg laneways look like access on a map and are a squeeze in practice. Send us a photo when you ask for a quote and we will tell you honestly.
Often. End-of-lease dates are set by someone else's inspection, so we keep some flexibility for exactly this - call and ask rather than assuming the answer is no.
