How do I get stuff into my apartment?

getmore4less

trolley is the way to go.

smaller ones will be under £20.

ask around your friends and work, often people/places have them so you can borrow rather than buy.

Juts make sure it fits in the lift if you find a big one.


check the route from cat to lift any steps where you need to make a ramp.

PasturesNew

How big is the lift? You can get a variety of different sized sack-barrows and trolleys to cart it from the car to the lift.

If the lift is tiny/a squeeze, then a simple upright sackbarrow would suffice - so you could get 4-5 boxes up at a time.

Better to do it like that, yourself, for just 3 car loads - just make sure you use strong/stacking boxes to pack it. What you save on "professional movers" will more than pay for good/solid plastic boxes.

But if you've anything large (fridge, big bed, wardrobe) then you might combine your own efforts with a man/van for the bigger stuff.

Norman_Castle

Three cars full is likely to be six half full lift journeys. Unload the car to the lift entrance then load the lift. Loading the lift and emptying it on your floor will only take a minute. Everyone who lives there will have had to do the same so should understand. Be grateful there's a lift!



Sack trucks are good for heavier items. Make sure you get one capable of lifting your heaviest item. Washing machine?

martindow

pinkshoes wrote: »

Get your friends to help and bribe them with beer!

... after they have taken everything to the flat. If they get thirsty part way through the move beer should not be on the menu.

Elfbert

In the bottom of my block is a Tesco store. It's tradition that everyone who moves in/out borrows a roll cage from them. If people see new folk struggling to move in they pass on this info - Tesco don't care, and it makes the move far faster for everyone involved. I would also say if it's a big block with a bin store or something, check there isn't a shopping trolley or something in there - often the block has..er....'borrowed' one from a local supermarket

As Norman Castle says, everyone in the block will have been in your position, so as long as you don't hold the lift for huge periods of time, they should be understanding!

exiled_red

Get a couple of friends to help you, park the car near to the door, unload the car to put stuff in the enterance hall/by the lift, when you have a car/lift load of stuff call the lift and load everything into it. Go up to your floor and unload the lift the landing area to free up the lift your neighbours to use. The move everything into the flat, repeat as many time as you need to. Then pay your friends back by providing Pizza and beer.

Norman_Castle

exiled_red wrote: »

Then pay your friends back by providing Pizza and beer.

Pay your friends with a polite thank you. This is the mse way

Slinky

Depending on where you're moving to, my brother helped somebody move into a new flat. They had to station somebody by the car to stop stuff being nicked as the area was well known for it.

ultimatedingbat

My husband was on the 3rd floor of his apartment block ,we did this when he moved, just lugged the boxes into the car, drove to the house, drove back, got another load, and repeat

Amber_Sunshine

Having done and helped in many moves from flat to flat, my advice is to do it in stages. Move everything from vehicle into the entrance of the building, and then from there to the flat. Co-opt enough people so that someone can stay with the car, and someone else by the items in the hall, while other people move things from one place to another. Other residents don't usually mind if you monopolise the lift, they all had to do the same thing when they moved in.