OMG I move next month and I'm terrified after reading some of your experiences. While most things can fit in boxes, my concern is my new mattress and divan set! It won't fit into the lift of the old house and i was told that if you bend the mattress to force it into the lift the pocket springs will break...
I called Zion Movers and the person-in-charge gave me a shock! I explain to him it was a 6-month old King size mattress (divan(2pcs can go into lift) + mattress almost $5k which is alot to me!) and he said not to worry they have ways to squeeze matress into lift (my current place is a 28yr old HDB and lifts not upgraded yet so you can imagine the tiny size)... faint, faint, faint. I explain to him cannot pocket springs will break, his reply was then you'll have to pay more for each flr we carry it down from. Before the carrying-down-the-mattress issue he had already given me an estimate quote of $400, OMG how much more. And i'm just moving to the next Ave, adjacent from my current place and a 5mins stroll away. He tells me its not the distance, I will still need to pay for a full day's work cause that's what he pays his moving men - a day's wage for what i estimate is a 1.5hr job,tops 2hrs cause we will be packing and wrapping everything else on our own.
My husband and i can actually move most things in our car ourselves, really, except for matress/divan and dining table. Its just the mattress/divan, 1 x 1.2mby 1.2m dinning table, 1 x 3 seater detachable sofa and 1 x dryer (sofa & dryer actually can fit in our SUV but if movers do it, all the better) that we need help. No fridge, washing machine, cupboards or any other bulky furniture. Any advice?