Apartment Movers in Al Nahdah, Jeddah

Most Al Nahdah apartments can be quoted from photos. Ask someone to photograph each room from two angles, open the wardrobes so we can see inside, and include the kitchen, storeroom and balcony, which nearly always hold more than people expect. Add a photo of the building entrance and the lift or stairs. From these we estimate cartons, items to dismantle, and whether one truck is enough or two trips are needed. For large flats or unusual items such as a piano or heavy safe, we arrange a short visit.

1. Days before: written quote, confirmed date, and boxes delivered if you are packing yourself.
2. Morning: floor, lift and door-frame protection.
3. Packing: fragile items first, then linen and clothes.
4. Disassembly: beds, wardrobes, dining tables and anything that will not pass whole.
5. Loading: heavy items deep in the truck, fragile ones on top and strapped.
6. Unloading: every carton straight to the room written on it.
7. Assembly: beds and wardrobes first, then everything else.

A two-bedroom ground-floor flat may need one truck and a small team, while a four-bedroom fourth-floor flat with no lift needs more people and more time even if the volume is similar. Every floor without a lift adds effort, and every large piece that has to be dismantled adds assembly time. Your quote states the crew size and the truck size or number of dyna trucks, so you know exactly what you are paying for and nobody discovers at midday that another trip is needed.

Lifts in many residential buildings are mid-sized: fine for chairs and cartons, too small for a long sofa or an assembled wardrobe. We measure large pieces against the lift depth and height; if they will not fit, we dismantle them or carry them down the stairs with enough hands. Lift walls are padded with blankets. In buildings with many families we avoid hogging the lift by staging items outside the flat and taking them down in organised rounds.

In buildings without a lift, the stair landing is usually the narrowest point. A three-seat sofa may pass when tilted upright, while a corner sofa needs its sections separated. Wardrobes usually go down with doors removed, sometimes with the frame dismantled. We use lifting straps to spread the weight, with one mover above and one below to guide each piece clear of walls and banisters.

• Kitchen: plates wrapped individually and packed on edge, glasses in divided cartons.
• Living room: sofas in heavy-duty film, tables with corner guards and blankets.
• Bedrooms: mattresses in clean covers, clothes in wardrobe boxes.
• Electronics: screens in bubble wrap and an outer carton, cables bagged and labelled.
• Balcony and storeroom: loose items in well-sealed cartons.

Times vary with floor level, distance and volume, but this shows how the day flows.

Many Al Nahdah residents rent, and handing the flat back on time matters for your deposit. After the last item leaves we walk through with you to check the storeroom, wardrobe tops and balcony. We suggest photographing the empty flat, noting electricity and water meter readings, and removing picture hooks if your landlord asks. Moving a day before the handover date leaves time for cleaning.

We ask the same questions about the new place: floor, lift, parking, and whether it is ready or still being cleaned or finished. New buildings sometimes require a lift booking or special lift protection. If the flat is being opened for the first time on moving day, make sure someone with the keys is there when the truck arrives.

Many residents move within north Jeddah, others further north to areas such as North Obhur, and some to central or south Jeddah. Distances in the north are fairly short but main roads get congested at peak times, so we time departures around rush hour. For longer moves, bedrooms and the kitchen go on the first trip.

• Number of rooms and the actual volume of belongings.
• Floor level and lift at both addresses.
• Items needing disassembly and reassembly.
• Full or partial packing.
• Distance and parking.
• Extras such as AC removal or short-term storage.

You get a written quote after we see your photos, not a generic figure.

• Declutter before packing starts.
• Keep documents, jewellery and medicines in a box you carry yourself.
• Disconnect the washing machine and empty the fridge a day before.
• Write the destination room on every carton.
• Tell the building caretaker the date.
• Pack a first-night box: bedding, chargers, toiletries and kids' essentials.

• Leaving wardrobes full until moving day.
• Not knowing the new building's lift size.
• Forgetting the storeroom and balcony in the estimate.
• Booking the move on handover day with no margin.
• Overloading cartons so they are hard to carry on stairs.

Apartment floors are usually marble, ceramic or porcelain tiles, which scratch easily when heavy furniture is dragged. We never drag; we carry items or use rubber-wheeled dollies over protection boards, and fit cardboard corner guards to door edges and narrow corridors where wardrobes and sofas pass. That protects your deposit at the old flat and keeps freshly painted walls clean at the new one.

Some things are better carried in your own car: jewellery, cash, official documents, daily medicines and laptops. Others should not travel in a moving truck at all for safety reasons, including full gas cylinders, flammable liquids and fuel. We send you this list before moving day so you can set aside your personal box early.

Families often move with young children. We suggest keeping one room in the old flat as the last to be emptied, where children can stay with their toys away from open doors and moving crews. At the new flat we set up the children's beds first so they have a familiar place to sleep on the first night, and we keep tools, screws and plastic bags in a closed box throughout.

If the new apartment is smaller, measure its rooms against your largest pieces before the move and decide what will be stored, sold or donated. Moving furniture that will not fit means paying to move it twice. We can reserve part of the truck for items going to storage and drop them at the warehouse the same day.