Removalist quotes, minus the ten phone calls
Removalist quotes almost always start with a phone call and a quiz. How many bedrooms? Any stairs? A piano? What date? You answer it all, hang up, ring the next one and answer it all again, usually with a half-packed box on your knee.
Tell us the move once instead. Where from, where to, what is going and when. A real person rings the removalists and texts you who is available on your date and the prices they gave, so you can pick one without leaving the packing.
The problem
Why pricing a move takes all afternoon
Every company asks the same twenty questions
Bedrooms, fridge size, flights of stairs, how far the truck can park from the door. Each removalist needs the full inventory before giving a number, and each one wants to hear it from the start.
Your date might already be gone
Fridays and the end of the month fill early. You only find out a company is booked after you have spent ten minutes describing your furniture to them, which is a poor use of a moving week.
The prices come in different shapes
One charges by the hour, one gives a fixed price, one adds a call-out fee and a fuel levy. Scribbled across three envelopes, they are close to impossible to line up against each other.
You are busy enough already
Moving means boxes, bond cleans, redirecting mail and finding the kettle. Sitting on the phone to five trucking companies is the task that keeps sliding to tomorrow until the good dates have gone.
The fix
What you get when we ring the removalists
One list, said once
You write down the move for us a single time. We read the same details to every removalist, so each price is for the same job and you never recite your furniture again.
Availability first
We ask whether they are free on your date before anything else. Companies that are booked drop off straight away, and we keep ringing until you have a few real options.
Prices you can line up
Your text shows each company, whether they can do the day, what they said it would cost and how they charge. Hourly, fixed, extras. All in one message you can read in a minute.
An example
What it looks like
You tell us
Moving a two-bedroom unit from Subiaco to Bayswater on Saturday the 14th. First floor, one flight of stairs, no lift. Fridge, washer, queen bed, couch, about 30 boxes. Can you get me three prices?
We text you back
Three can do the 14th. Swan Movers: two men and a truck, $165 an hour, estimate four hours. Bluegum Removals: fixed $780. Carter and Sons: $150 an hour plus a $90 call-out. Two others were booked out that day.
An example only, with made-up names, to show the kind of answer you get.
Three steps
How it works
- 1
Tell us who to call
The business or person, and what you want to ask, book or find out. Thirty seconds on the form below.
- 2
We ring them
A real person makes the call and says they are ringing on your behalf. No answer? We try again until there is one.
- 3
We text you the result
What they said, in plain words, sent to your mobile. The recording and a written transcript too, if you asked for them.
Good to know
We pass on the prices and dates each removalist gives us over the phone. They are estimates based on what you told us, and a company may change its figure once it sees the load. We don’t recommend one, check insurance, make the booking or pay a deposit. Once you have chosen, the booking call is yours.
Free while we’re getting started
Who do you want us to ring?
Give us the who and the what. We make the call, keep trying if nobody answers, and text you what they said.
- A real person makes the call, not a robot
- We say we’re ringing on your behalf
- No answer? We try again, and again
- The answer lands on your phone as a text
Leave it with us.
We’ll make the call and text you what they said. Now go and do something better with your day.
Questions people ask
What details do you need from me?
Both suburbs, the date, the size of the place, stairs or lifts at each end, and the big items: fridge, beds, couches, anything heavy or awkward. A rough box count helps. The clearer the list, the firmer the prices.
Which removalists do you ring?
Any you name, or local companies we find for your area if you would rather leave it to us. Your text lists everyone we spoke to with their number, so you can ring your pick directly.
Can you book the removalist for me?
No. Booking usually means a deposit and agreeing to terms, and we don’t pay for things or sign you up to anything. We get you the options. You make the choice and the booking.