The foreshore enclave
Removalists in Huntleys Cove
Huntleys Cove is the peninsula's apartment pocket: seven hundred odd addresses and the overwhelming majority of them units, gathered between the river and the rise. Moves here are won or lost in the building, not on the road, so that is where our planning goes.
The building is the move
An apartment move has three fixed facts before furniture enters the picture: which lift, which loading area, and which hours the building allows. We collect all three from your building manager before the day, pad the lift, and confirm the plan back to you in writing, so the morning starts with keys and not negotiations.
The buildings around Mortimer Lewis Drive, Karrabee Avenue and Salter Street each run their own rules, and we keep notes. If yours is the building we have not met yet, we ring the manager, that is the whole trick.
Book the lift, pad the lift
The lift window is the day's spine. We book it, protect it, and sequence the load so the big pieces use it first while the window is freshest.
Stage at the loading area
The truck works from the dock or visitor bay, not from wishful kerbside. The carry between lift and truck is measured and crewed, not discovered.
Protect the common areas
Corners, door frames and lobby floors on the route get the same padding as the lift. The building stays friends with you after we leave.
Two movers, usually
Most Cove units run with 2 movers and 1 truck, $250 an hour. A larger or double-storey apartment earns a third pair of hands; we will say so plainly if yours does.