Your own truck with the day fixed first, or metres on a load already going south.
Furniture leaves Sydney one of two ways, and they are quoted differently. A dedicated truck carries your load and nothing else, and the delivery day is fixed with you before we load. A backload puts your furniture on a truck already heading that way and charges for the space it fills, measured in cubic metres, which usually suits a unit or part of a house.
Either way, four things move the number. How much you are sending, the access at both ends, the dates you can work with, and whether you add packing or storage. Get your volume from the volume calculator, send it through with both addresses for a free quote, or call 1300 724 553 and we will work it out on the phone.
Access is the part people forget to mention, and it shapes the loading day more than the size of the house does. A terrace with no off-street parking needs somewhere a large truck can legally stand. A unit block usually needs the lift booked and the loading zone held, so tell us which floor you are on and whether a mattress will fit in the lift.
Houses on the North Shore and the Northern Beaches often sit well above or below the road, which turns the carry into a flight of steps rather than a walk down a path. The newer estates out west and in the south-west are flat and wide by comparison, although some streets are still half built and parked out with trade vehicles. We would rather hear all of that while we are quoting than meet it on the morning.
Half our questions are about the place you are going to, because that is where the delivery day is really decided. Where can a big truck stop, is there a lift or stairs and how many, and how far is the front door from the kerb. If you are landing in an apartment near the city, the building may only allow moves inside a booked window at its dock, and that window sets the day as much as the drive does.
We agree that day with you before anything is loaded in Sydney, so you know when the keys, the lift booking and someone to direct the crew all need to be in place. If it has to shift, tell us as early as you can and we will replan the load around it.
If you are packing yourself, tape every carton shut and write the Melbourne room on the side. Sealed, labelled boxes load faster and land where they belong. If you would rather not do it, our packers can take the whole house or only the kitchen and the wardrobes, and the boxes, paper and tape come with them.
Blankets and plastic go on every piece while it is still inside, then strapped in place for the run down the Hume Highway, which is around 880 km of road. Bed frames, dining tables and flat-pack wardrobes are dismantled on the way out and put back together at the Melbourne address as part of the job, so nobody arrives to a bedroom full of bed parts.
We are a family business and we run the lot from one office at Point Cook, out in Melbourne’s west, so the delivery end of this run is our own city. A supervisor is on every job, sets the loading order and is the person you deal with on the day, and the crew has been trained in our own yard.
We need the two addresses, a room-by-room list, and a word on anything that needs its own plan, a piano or a second fridge. Tell us what the crew will meet at each end, steps, a lift, a long carry, and our Sydney to Melbourne removalists will price it both ways. Quotes are free and carry no obligation, whichever way you end up sending the load. Call 1300 724 553 to talk it through, or fill in the contact form.
Most households book the truck and nothing else. These are the parts you can add when the move needs them.
Local MovesOnce you are settled in Melbourne, local jobs are charged by the hour, with the truck and crew set by what has to be carried and how close we can park.
Packing ServicesPackers for the whole house or only the rooms you would rather not tackle, with boxes, paper and tape supplied and every carton marked for its Melbourne room.
Office RelocationOffice moves between the two cities, loaded at night or over a weekend rather than in the middle of a trading day.
Commercial MoveShowrooms, warehouses and fit-outs where gear has to come apart in Sydney and go back together in the right order in Melbourne. We work that sequence out with you first.
Interstate MovesThe rest of our corridors, including Sydney to Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra, priced the same two ways as this one.
Removals StorageA climate-controlled facility under 24/7 surveillance for the gap between settlements, or for as long as the Melbourne place takes to be ready.
On a dedicated truck we fix the delivery date with you before anything is loaded in Sydney, so the Melbourne end can be planned around a day rather than a guess.
Volume, the access at both ends, your dates and any packing or storage are what an interstate quote is built from. We tell you which of them is driving your number.
Every load we carry moves under our public liability and transit insurance.
Blankets and plastic go on in the house, and the load is strapped in the truck so nothing works loose over several hundred kilometres of highway.
We send the truck your load actually fills rather than the biggest one in the yard, which is what keeps you from paying for empty space on a long run.
The volume required to book your move will depend on the actual size of your furniture.
Estimated space needed: ~35m3
The online calculator turns your rooms into cubic metres, and that number sets the truck size or the space you book on a shared load.
Melbourne is where we are based, so the crew that unloads knows the inner-city lift bookings and the bayside streets.
The supervisor who loads in Sydney is the name and number you have until the last carton is in.
Our packers can do the lot, or just the kitchen and the wardrobes, with the boxes, paper and tape supplied.
A piano, a pool table or a fridge can be quoted on its own, with the crew and the gear planned around getting it out and in.
Go room by room in the volume calculator, putting in the large furniture first and then a rough count of boxes. That total is what sets the truck size on a dedicated move, or the space you pay for on a shared one. Photos of the fuller rooms help us confirm it before anything is booked.
For a smaller load it usually is, because you pay for the metres your furniture fills instead of a whole truck. What you give up is control of the calendar, since a dedicated truck is the one that lets you fix the delivery day up front. Ask for both and compare them.
Yes. It goes into our climate-controlled facility, which is under 24/7 surveillance, and comes out on the date you give us, whether that is the week after settlement or the far side of a renovation, and our own crews handle the collection and the delivery.
Someone needs to be at the Sydney address to let the crew in and confirm what is going, and at the Melbourne address to open up and say where things belong. It does not have to be the same person, or you. Give us a name and a mobile number and we deal with them directly.
Have the boxes taped shut and marked, empty the drawers of anything heavy or breakable, and clear a path from the rooms to the front door. Leave the beds, the dining table and the flat-pack wardrobes to us. If you have booked packing, leave everything where it is.
Yes, unpacking is a service you can add to the quote, either for the whole house or for the kitchen and wardrobes only. Furniture goes into the room you nominate as it comes off the truck, and cartons are put in the room they are marked for, so the unpacking team starts in the right place.
Still have questions? Reach out to our team at 1300 724 553
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