Know before you book
Moving guides for North Sydney
Half our job is lifting; the other half is knowing how buildings, managers and streets around here actually work. This is the knowing half, written down properly so you can use it whether or not you ever hire us. Each guide ends where every good plan does: with the move booked.
Strata laws
New NSW strata laws and moving day: what has changed, and what is still planned
Moving into or out of an apartment building? The new NSW strata limits on resident bonds and fees have passed Parliament, but Fair Trading lists them as planned to start in 2027, so your building's registered by-laws still set the rules on moving day. Ask your strata manager for the current by-laws, and get any bond and what it covers in writing before you book.
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Change of address
Change of address in NSW: the records one update won't reach
Changing your address in NSW takes several separate stops, because MyServiceNSW, myGov, the electoral roll, the Pet Registry and Australia Post each hold their own record, and several of them give you only 14 days.
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Week by week
Moving house checklist for Sydney: the timeline, and who to tell in NSW
The whole move from booking to the first month, plus the NSW dates that start when you move: condition report, licence, bond transfer and enrolment.
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The flagship
Booking the lift: how tower moves really start
Who to contact, what to ask for, why the good slots vanish three weeks out, and what the building will want before it says yes.
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Translated
The strata paperwork, in plain words
Common property, protection plans and bonds: what each one actually is, and which of them are our job to sort, not yours.
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The village side
Moving out of a walk-up
Stairs, tight turns and streets with opinions. The playbook for Kirribilli, McMahons Point and every third-floor flat without a lift.
Read the guidePrefer answers to essays? The Move Window Planner turns the same knowledge into a draft run sheet for your building in about a minute.
Ready when your building is
Tell us the building. We arrive with the plan made.
Two minutes on the form: where you're moving, roughly what's coming, and the week you're aiming for. We call you back, talk to your building manager if there is one, and lock the window.