Priced on the space your load takes, with the delivery day agreed first.
Work out how much you are sending before you ring anybody. The volume calculator turns your rooms into cubic metres in a few minutes, and that figure drives the rest of the job, starting with which of the two ways north suits you.
Space on a shared truck is the cheaper option for a smaller load, because the charge follows the metres your furniture takes up rather than the whole vehicle. A truck of your own costs more and buys you a delivery date fixed in advance. After that it is the access at each end, the dates you can work with and any extras such as packing or storage that move the figure. Send it through for a free quote or call 1300 724 553.
Loading day goes faster when we already know what your street looks like. Inner-city apartments and the flats off the laneways rarely have anywhere for a big truck to sit, so we ask about the dock, the lift and the hours the building allows a move, then build those times into the day. Houses through the bayside and eastern suburbs usually have a driveway but not always the room to turn, and a deep front garden adds a carry that people forget to mention.
The newer estates in the west and the north are wide and flat, which makes for the quickest loading we get, as long as the trades are not parked across the frontage. If you are not sure what we are dealing with, send a photo of the front of the house.
Every question we ask about the Sydney end has a practical reason behind it. A curfew on the lift, or a dock that has to be booked, can decide the delivery date on its own, so we want to know about it before the truck is allocated. Stairs count for more than distance, and a long carry from wherever the truck can legally stand is worth telling us about while the crew size is still being worked out.
That date is agreed with you before we load in Melbourne, not while the truck is somewhere on the highway. Once it is set, you know when the keys have to be in hand and when somebody needs to be at the address to say which room each thing belongs in.
Five stages from the first phone call to the last carton carried into the Sydney address.
Give us a room count, the heavy pieces, and what the kerb looks like at each address, or send the cubic metres straight from the calculator. That is enough for us to quote.
Where both suit the load we price it two ways, a truck for your furniture alone and a share of one heading north, so you can see what the difference actually buys.
The loading day is booked and, on a dedicated truck, the delivery day is agreed with you then. Lift bookings and building access windows at either end are worked in before we book the truck.
The supervisor sets the order of the load, the crew wraps each piece, and everything is strapped in place before the doors close.
Furniture goes into the rooms you nominate, beds and tables are put back together, and cartons are left in the room they are marked for. Add unpacking if you want them emptied as well.
Dates rarely line up neatly on an interstate move, so storage is the first thing we sort out when they do not. Your furniture waits in a climate-controlled facility under 24/7 surveillance, whether that is a week between settlements or several months while a build finishes, and our crews put it in and bring it out to the Sydney address when you are ready.
The rest is the ordinary work of a move done properly. Everything is wrapped in blankets and plastic and strapped down for the 880-odd kilometres up the Hume Highway. Beds, dining tables and flat-pack wardrobes come apart here and are reassembled at the other end. Packing is there if you want it, with the cartons, paper and tape supplied by the packers who use them.
We are a family-owned business working from a single office, at Point Cook in Melbourne’s west, which makes the pick-up end of this route home ground for us. Every job has a supervisor who runs the day and answers for it, and our crews are trained in-house so your furniture is handled the same way on any truck.
Give us a room count, the heavy pieces, a note on the shed if there is one, and what the kerb looks like at each address. Our Melbourne to Sydney removalists will come back with a price for a truck of your own and, where the load suits it, for a share of one. There is no charge for the quote and nothing to sign until you are ready. Call 1300 724 553 or use the contact form.
Local Moving ServicesIf you are moving within Melbourne first, that job is quoted by the hour and the crew size follows your rooms and your street.
Professional Packing ServicePackers can box the whole house the day before the truck, or only the kitchen and the glassware. Boxes, paper and tape come with them.
Office & Commercial MovingDesks, files and IT can leave a Melbourne office on a Friday night and be set up in Sydney before Monday trade, because office moves run around the clock.
Storage SolutionsShort or long term storage in a climate-controlled facility with 24/7 surveillance, collected and delivered by our own crews.
Piano/Pool Table MovesPianos, pool tables and other heavy one-offs priced as their own item, with the crew and the equipment planned around getting them out and back in.
On a shared truck the charge follows the cubic metres your furniture occupies. On a dedicated one you are paying for the truck and the date that comes with it.
Your furniture is covered by our public liability and transit insurance for the whole trip.
One office in Melbourne's west, run by the family that owns it. There is no branch network behind us, which is why the Melbourne end of this run is the part we know best.
Book packing in Melbourne, unpacking in Sydney, or both, and label the cartons by room so the unload does not turn into a search for the kettle.
Use our below tool to estimate the overall cost of your move to Sydney from Melbourne. This will give you a rough guide to what volume you may require and an understanding of the removalist cost. For a more detailed estimate please complete our online inventory list and our friendly staff can get in contact with you to go through the details.
Estimated space needed: ~35m3
The calculator gives you the cubic metres before you speak to anyone, which is the number every interstate quote is built on.
Anything our packers box is labelled with the Sydney room it belongs to, so it is carried straight there off the truck.
Bed frames, dining tables and flat-pack wardrobes are taken apart in Melbourne and put back together at the Sydney address.
The truck is picked off your cubic metres, so a one-bedroom flat is not booked onto a five-bedroom truck.
Ask for a price on a dedicated truck and on a shared load and compare them. Neither costs anything and neither commits you.
Tell the office as soon as you know. Adding a lounge suite or a shed full of tools changes the space your load needs, and since the price follows the space it is better settled before the truck is booked than on loading day. Taking things out works the same way.
We do. Furniture disposal can be added to the job so the things you are not keeping leave the house on the same day and never travel north. List them when you ask for the quote, because they still take crew time and truck space to shift.
Yes. Office and commercial moves are available around the clock, including nights and weekends, so the load can go out after hours instead of during your trading time. Desks, workstations and storage units come apart and go back together, and we agree the order of the load with you so the things you need first come off first.
Many Sydney unit blocks restrict moves to set hours and want the lift booked and protected. Tell us the building’s rules when you book and we plan the delivery around them. If the window is short, we bring the crew size to match it.
Yes. A part load travels on a shared truck and is priced on the metres it takes up, so one bedroom or a handful of large pieces is still worth quoting. A single fridge, pool table or piece of machinery can go as a one-item move instead.
We take Visa and Mastercard. The quote itself costs nothing and puts you under no obligation, so you can weigh a dedicated truck against a shared load, and packing against doing it yourself, before anything is booked.
Still have questions? Reach out to our team at 1300 724 553
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I was so lucky with the service provided by Jordan and Ivan for my first home move in Melbourne. They were very careful in ensuring all our belongings were handled with care. I was very happy with the shrink-wrapping of our beds! Thanks, guys. I would highly recommend these fellows to anyone！
Fantastic service and very flexible. They were able to accommodate my interstate move at short notice, which was really appreciated. Everything arrived safely and with no issues, and for the price that was paid, it was extremely good value compared to other movers and what they could do. It was an absolute pleasure working with Careful Hands Movers.
Hamish and Rue were so efficient and professional. In just a matter of hours, we were all packed in the truck and unpacked at the new house. They were conscientious about our belongings and moved things around to suit our toddler’s snap schedule. I would recommend their removal service!
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