Moving guides
Practical answers: cost drivers, access, timing, inventory. No invented average prices. Soft Open.
Plan a move
Checklist, short notice, weekends, and how to describe a request so quotes can be compared.
- Moving checklist: what must be ready before the truck
Moves rarely fail on a box. They fail on a missing stand, a locked lift or inventory nobody described. The sequence below is operational: access first, then the request, then th…
- Short-notice move: the date is tight, the facts are not
A few days' notice does not mean photos and floor drop out. Partners can only price what they see. What often blocks the day is a missing no-parking zone, not the truck.
- Weekend move: house rules first, then the date
Saturday looks convenient until building management locks the lift or quiet hours ban carrying in the courtyard. Put the preferred day in the request. Whether firms work weekend…
- Compare moving quotes: one description, several firms
A quote is comparable when everyone reads the same job. Room by room, photos of the tightest door, floor, parking, preferred date. Whatever is missing, the firm fills with assum…
Moving costs
What drives effort — volume, floor, carry path, parking — and how an estimate differs from a quote.
Moving companies
How to compare companies: same job to everyone, scope not slogans. MoveDeal is the marketplace, not a ranking.
Problems and solutions
No lift, no-parking zone, fragile furniture: what changes the effort and what to put in the request.
- Move without a lift: the stair and carry path are the job
Fourth floor, winding Gründerzeit stair, sofa in one piece: not a standard city move. Firms price carry time. Skip floor and photos and you get refusals or extras — not because…
- No-parking zone: settle the stand before the truck
If the truck stands two streets away, the crew carries the move twice. Many municipalities require an applied no-parking zone. Deadlines and fees sit with the authority, not Mov…
- Fragile furniture: protection is its own line
Glass cabinet, marble top, antique wardrobe, unstrung grand: not standard boxes. Firms need sizes, weight if known, and photos of the stair turn. Without that they pad or decline.
Legal and insurance
General notes on damage and insurance — not legal advice. The contract and insurer are binding.
Checklists and tools
Job sketch and checklist before partners quote. No list prices.