How to Choose a Removalist

Don't book a removalist until you have read every unbiased word on this page about choosing your removalist in Sydney.

Just invest a few minutes of you time to get the right tips on choosing the best Sydney removalist for you. I will reveal some unbiased tips and pitfalls, pros and cons of removal services to evaluate your Sydney removals job and give you quick and easy questions to ask. After all it’s the safety of your furniture and your very important day that must go smoothly.

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Do not just call around for the best budget removals hourly rate or the cheapest removalist; cheaper is not necessarily better. To make a good decision, you have to know more about what you should expect get. It’s just too dangerous to do anything else!

WHY?

Firstly, an experienced removalist can really move furniture SO much faster. Don't think that the best hourly removals rate will necessarily be a cheaper removal in the end. It could be a lot slower or a lot worse: COSTLY BREAKAGES or A COMPLETE “NO SHOW”.

Q: Have you ever seen experienced removalists move a couch through a doorway?

It looked TOO easy, right? Maybe you thought “Anyone could do that!” But you just watch the cowboys take all day.

Secondly, there are a huge number of removalists in Sydney. No licences or training, all cash, no public liability ¬ it’s an all-in brawl. Just rent a truck, run a cheap removals Ad and off you go! If you choose the cheapest it’s a big mistake, a lottery ticket to disaster. You will not even get a cancellation phone call when they get a better job. Ask around: “No shows” are common! I can't tell you how many jobs I have got because clients call us and say our removalists did not turn up. It is crazy out there.

Thirdly, the Internet has stimulated removals price competition downwards so much that you are really scraping the bottom of the barrel if you go super budget cheap removals when prices in general are already very competitive.

Sydney Removal Services

Many years of experience has taught us that 95% of problems could have been avoided with better communications either from the removals company’s admin, the removalist’s staff or the clients themselves. A lot of removalists don't even have a receptionist! After all, who can afford another wage when you are offering the cheapest hourly rate? The two man and truck service now really becomes a three man removal service if you consider the office staff answering your calls and answering your removals questions. Some owner operators can manage this quite well using hands free earpiece but most of the removalists don't even answer the phone while they are on a job.

Removals Administration

It is extremely difficult to manage the timing of a removals job. Hourly rate services are not going to visit your premises pick-up and drop-off locations to get a good timing or removals estimate. You have to have good management. With considerate job management they are more likely to get this crucial timing right and the timing can make or break your moving day plans. A poorly administered service will have many problems.

“BE SCARED, BE VERY SCARED!” (quote from movie “The Fly”)

PLEASE KEEP READING ON AND WE WILL GO THOUGH THE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS AND TIPS AND QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO GET YOUR BEST REMOVAL CHOICE.

Removals Prices - A General Guideline

How much is a removals service worth ? (From Top to Bottom)

OK now first consider the costs, Wages! Let’s say $20/hr (min), plus tax, super and workers comp. That's no less than a COST $35/hr per man. Not including ANY cost of admin, truck, diesel and insurance. Where is the profit? A two man and a truck service will AT COST be about $90 per hour!

Q: Well what kind of profit does a removalist deserve? In an ideal world they should get 100 % return making a good removalist worth $180/hr. At the top end.

1.Well... $180/hr at the top end is what the large, fully established companies are charging. And they deserve it! Who is to say they don't? Rank hath its privileges.
2. Other long and well-established companies are charging about $130 to $150 per hr
3.Good Owner-operators or cheap but well managed services about $120
4. Budget owner operators about $110
5. Below that is dangerous territory ! Start-ups, internet booking agents, cowboys etc..IT’S A LOTTERY FROM HELL ¬ DON”T GO THERE!

SO YOU SHOULD BE PAYING ANYWHERE FROM $110 to $180 per hour

OK so can you see I have been completely unbiased in my advice ? I haven't even until now promoted my own business. Click here to see why choose us ! “Sydney Furniture Removals”

OR continue to read for more unbiased advice on what questions to ask a removalists and make the right decision.

GOOD QUESTIONS TO ASK (how do they rank in my scale from 1 to 5 ?)

How long have you been in business?
Do you have public liability insurance, workers comp etc?
How big is your truck for this job? (Make sure the truck is big enough)
Do you have heavy duty trolleys, blankets, tools and a hydraulic lift on the truck?
Who will answer the phone when I have a question?
How big is the company: how many trucks, employees?
Do the staff wear uniforms? (Indicates pride in service to a degree)

THEN AND ONLY THEN ASK THEM HOW MUCH IS THE SERVICE

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

Courtesy of “SYDNEY FURNITURE REMOVALS” (we are a No 3 on this scale)