Full-house moves to the new estates
Austral, Leppington, Oran Park, Box Hill, Gregory Hills. Half the young families we move are heading out to a new build with more bedrooms and a proper backyard, and coming back on Sundays for lunch. That day deserves to be done right.
Why the full house is a different job
A short move forgives a loose plan. A full house does not. Everything the family owns is on one truck, the new place is forty minutes down the road, and there is no ducking back for the thing you forgot. So the day runs on order, not hustle:
- Loaded room by room. The truck is packed so it unloads in the order the new house needs: beds and the fridge nearest the door.
- Heaviest first. The wall unit, the fridge, the washing machine and the dining setting go on while everyone is fresh, padded and strapped in their own section.
- One long run. Wherever the load allows it, everything travels together. No shuttle trips, no split days, no furniture sleeping in a depot.
- Landing, not dumping. Beds go together first at the new place. The fridge gets plugged in. Furniture is placed where it is wanted, because moving a wardrobe twice is nobody's idea of a housewarming.
Want the whole day, hour by hour? We wrote out a worked example of a Fairfield-to-Leppington moving day, from the first knock to the last box: the moving day, hour by hour.
What it costs
A two to three bedroom house usually fits 3 movers and 1 truck at $350 per hour. A big four-plus bedroom place, or a house plus a garage full of gym gear and tools, is a 4 movers and 2 trucks day at $500 per hour: two trucks loading at once, four movers working in pairs, and the day finishes hours earlier. One rate per crew, weekday or weekend, in writing before the day.
Not sure which crew your place needs? The Move Plan will tell you honestly, and you can send it straight to whoever needs convincing.
The things worth telling us early
- Settlement or handover dates. If the keys land at noon, we plan the load so the morning is not wasted.
- What the new street is like. Some estate streets are still half construction zone. If the slab next door is being poured that week, we want to know where the truck can stand.
- The garage load. Tools, benches, the second fridge. It is the most underestimated room in every house we move.
- School terms. Families like moving in the holidays, so those weeks book out first. Ask early for the pick of dates.