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Moving guides for Hunters Hill
Everything here is the advice we give on callbacks, written down so you can read it before you ring anyone, including us. No fluff, no scare copy, and nothing that pretends a webpage can quote a house it has never seen.
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Clearing out
Beyond the Clean Up pile: where paint, batteries, e-waste and mattresses go
Most of what's left after a garage clear-out sorts by one number: 20.
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Weather
Moving house in storm season: do you still go ahead if storms are forecast?
Last storm season, fallen trees and damaged roofs made up roughly 58% of the NSW SES's work, by our estimate.
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Downsizing
Downsizing your home checklist: sorting, council Clean Ups and the settlement paperwork
Measure the new home first, sort every room into keep, sell or give, and bin, start early enough to spread the discards across the council's one-a-week Clean Ups, and put the deadlines that follow the sale on the same calendar.
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Timing
Notice to vacate in NSW: how many days you have and when to book the move
The date on your notice to vacate is not the day to start packing.
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Choosing
Comparing removalists: accreditation, insurance and what the quote should say
Four checks before you book anyone: AFRA accreditation, who insures your belongings on the road, the written quote and the contract. With a worksheet for three quotes.
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Access
The three bridges: getting a truck onto the peninsula
Gladesville, Tarban Creek and Fig Tree. Which approach suits which move, and what it means for your quote. The cornerstone of how we plan.
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Method
Moving out of a sandstone house unmarked
The protection method, step by step: runners, threshold boards, padded surrounds, and the measuring that happens before anything lifts.
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Method
A piano out of a period hallway
The honest logistics of the peninsula's heaviest heirloom: measuring, boarding, crewing, and when to say the window, not the door.
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Access
Where the truck stands: access notes, street by street
Gladesville Road to the French avenues: how we read the peninsula's streets when we plan a standing spot and a carry.
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Planning
Downsizing from a long-held home: the calm plan
A stage-by-stage plan for leaving a family house without being rushed through it, for downsizers and the family helping.
Why we publish these
Because the advice is the same whether you hire us or not, and a move that arrives planned is a better day for everyone on it. If a guide leaves you with a question, ask it; the answer usually becomes the next guide.