When you book house movers in Melbourne with Smart Shift, you get a complete move. Two or more removalists arrive with a clean truck, blankets, straps and trolleys. We wrap your furniture in moving blankets before it leaves the room. We carry it, load it, drive it and place it where you want it in the new home.
We handle homes of every size. That covers a studio or one-bedroom apartment, a two or three-bedroom unit, and a four-plus bedroom family house. Beds, wardrobes, dining tables and other large items are taken apart at your old place and put back together at the new one. Disassembly and reassembly of standard furniture is included in the hourly rate.
Two years moving Melbourne homes and offices. Every move is insured while it is in our care.
Smart Shift charges by the hour. You get a written upfront quote before moving day with the hourly rate, the estimated hours and the petrol estimate, all itemised. If anything changes during the move, the crew pauses and tells you BEFORE any extra charge is applied.
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Most studio and one-bedroom moves suit the small truck. Two-bed and bigger family homes usually need the big truck. We will recommend the right truck on your written quote.
Your move starts with a written quote. Tell us your pickup address, your new address, how many bedrooms and any large or heavy items. We send you the hourly rate, an honest estimate of hours and a petrol estimate, all itemised.
On move day, the crew texts an ETA, then arrives in the booked window. They walk through the home with you, agree on what goes and what stays, and protect floors and doorways where needed. Furniture is wrapped, carried and loaded in a logical order so nothing is crushed and nothing is forgotten.
At the new home, we reverse the process. Boxes go to the right rooms. Beds and wardrobes are reassembled. Heavy items are placed where you ask. You do a final walk-through with the crew before they leave.
We put the numbers on the page. The hourly rate, the estimated hours and the petrol estimate are all on your written quote before moving day. If the move starts running longer than estimated, the crew pauses and tells you before any extra charge is applied. Never after.
Every move is insured while it is in our care. Our crews are trained to wrap, lift and load carefully, and we treat your home and your time with respect. Crews speak English plus Dari, Pashto, Hindi, Urdu and Arabic on request.
Apartment moves have their own challenges, and we plan for them. Tell us the floor, whether there is a lift, and if the building needs a lift booking or loading dock time. We work with that so the move runs to plan. Lifts, stairs and loading-dock bookings are noted on the written quote before moving day, not added on after.
As apartment movers in Melbourne, we know narrow corridors, low ceilings and shared lifts well. We protect lift interiors and common areas, and we keep the move tidy so you stay on good terms with the building manager.
This service suits anyone moving home in Melbourne. That includes renters moving between apartments, families upsizing to a larger house, downsizers moving to a unit, and owners moving into a first home. If you have a full house or just the contents of one bedroom, we can size the job to fit.
It also suits people who want a clear number to plan around. If you have been given a vague verbal quote elsewhere and want the hourly rate, the estimated hours and the petrol estimate in writing, that is exactly what our quotes do.
A typical move day runs in a clear order. The crew texts an ETA, arrives in the booked window and does a walk-through. Protective wrapping goes on. Loading follows a plan so the truck is packed safely. We drive to the new address, unload room by room, reassemble furniture and do a final check with you.
Most local house moves finish in a single day. Larger four-plus bedroom homes may take longer, and we say so in the written quote so the estimated hours and the petrol estimate are realistic.
Single items or full loads moved across Melbourne. Blanket-wrapped, secured and handled by trained crews.
Full or partial packing with quality materials. Fragile and kitchen specialists.
Specialist handling for pianos, pool tables and billiard tables, with the right equipment and trained crews.
Smart Shift charges $120 per hour for the small truck or $137 per hour for the big truck. Petrol is estimated and itemised on your written quote before moving day. As a rough planning guide, most one-bedroom moves take two to three hours and three-bedroom homes take four to six hours, depending on access and distance.
Yes. We move studios, one-bedroom apartments and high-rise units across Melbourne. Tell us the floor, whether there is a lift and any building access rules when you book. We note all of that on the written quote so there are no surprises on the day.
Yes. We disassemble large items such as beds, wardrobes and dining tables at your old home and reassemble them at the new one. This is part of a standard house removal and is included in the hourly rate.
As a planning guide, a three-bedroom move usually takes four to six hours with a big truck, depending on access and the distance between addresses. Your written quote shows the honest estimated hours. If the move starts running longer, the crew pauses and tells you before any extra charge is applied.
Every move is insured while it is in our care. Our crews are trained to wrap, lift and load carefully, and we treat your belongings with care from the first carry to the final placement. Tell us about fragile or high-value items when you book.
No. We are open 7 days a week, 7am to 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday moves are charged at the same hourly rate as weekdays. Your written quote shows the same hourly rate whichever day you book.
We charge by the hour. The small truck is $120 per hour and the big truck is $137 per hour. Your written upfront quote shows the hourly rate, the estimated hours and the petrol estimate, all itemised, so you can plan around the figure.
Tell us about your move and we will send you a written upfront quote with the hourly rate, the estimated hours and the petrol estimate, all itemised. The number on the page is the number you plan around.
