Moving from Al Salhiya to Al Rawdah: Planning the Trip into Central-North Jeddah

The table compares what we typically plan for at each end. These are general observations that we confirm from your photos, because every street is different.

A photo of each building entrance and the street outside settles most of these points before moving day.

Al Salhiya links to the rest of the city through roads such as Yasser bin Amer Al Kinani Road, Al Thalatheen Street and Al Forousiya Street. From there the truck heads south towards Al Rawdah along the main roads of north Jeddah. We do not commit to a fixed route in advance; the driver picks it on the day using live traffic in a maps app.

What matters more than the road name is the exact drop-off point. Please send a map pin placed on the entrance of your new building in Al Rawdah, because reaching some internal streets means looping round via a parallel road, and a driver who knows the pin in advance saves real time.

This trip uses main roads that can be congested during the morning commute and school run, again in the early afternoon, and in the evening. Nobody can predict Jeddah traffic exactly, but starting the loading early and setting off after the morning peak usually means less waiting.

For larger homes that need two trips, we send the heavy furniture and bedrooms first and the boxes second, so the assembly team in Al Rawdah can get started while the rest of the load is still on its way.

Some streets in Al Salhiya border construction sites where machinery or building materials can narrow the road. A photo of your street helps us decide where the truck will stand and whether we need dollies to cover a longer distance from your door to the truck.

Dust from these sites is another reason we use closed trucks and wrap every item inside the house, not at the truck door. If you are moving out of a villa, we protect the internal staircase and floors before the first piece is lifted.

In a fully built district, parking spaces in front of apartment blocks are usually taken by residents. Ask the building guard in Al Rawdah a day ahead to keep a space clear by the entrance, and let your new neighbours know the lift will be busy for a while. It is also a polite way to introduce yourself.

If we cannot stop right at the door, we park at the nearest safe spot and move items on dollies. Occasionally, lifting a bulky piece through a balcony with a crane is the easiest option, if the street below allows it.

This is a schematic of the stages, not a scaled map:

The dashed line means the road is decided on the day; the work at each end stays the same whatever route the truck takes.

We load in reverse: whatever you need first in Al Rawdah goes into the truck last. That is usually bed frames and mattresses so bedrooms are ready before night, then the kitchen and appliances, then the living room and boxes.

Heavy pieces sit at the front of the truck and are strapped in. Glass is stood upright between mattresses or wrapped panels. This order protects everything from vibration and makes unloading quicker.

This is not a hop around the corner, and main roads mean frequent stops at signals. We secure the load with straps and dividers inside the closed truck, and wrap each piece so nothing rubs against anything else.

Screens ride in a fixed spot, fridges stay upright the whole way, and we never leave the truck standing open in the sun during unloading. Items come off in sequence and the doors are closed between runs.

The worst outcome of a cross-district move is arriving and sleeping on a mattress on the floor because the beds are still in pieces. Our assembly crew travels with the load, and the fittings for each piece are bagged and taped to it, so assembly starts as soon as the first batch arrives.

If you plan a new room layout, sketch it or send photos of the empty rooms in Al Rawdah. We will place each piece where it belongs straight away rather than moving it twice.

Downsizing is common on this route. A family leaving a villa for a flat nearer work or school usually has more furniture than the new home can take. The key decision comes before the move: what goes, what goes into storage and what gets sold or donated.

We help you spot pieces that may not fit the new building's lift or doors and suggest dismantling, a crane lift, or temporary storage while you decide. That saves you paying to move furniture that will only leave the flat again a month later.

If you are moving from a modern block in Al Salhiya to an apartment in Al Rawdah, most of the effort goes into two lifts and two parking spots. We protect both lifts and measure long items against each one, because lift sizes vary a lot between buildings.

For the details of working inside an Al Salhiya flat, from corridor protection to kitchens and AC units, see our page on apartment movers in Al Salhiya. It complements this page, which focuses on the trip between the two districts.

Al Rawdah has full-floor homes in smaller buildings, sometimes reached only by an internal staircase or a compact lift. These need more dismantling of large items and a plan for carrying pieces through the stairwell without marking the walls.

Send us photos of the stairs from the bottom and the top. If there is a balcony over the street with enough clearance, a crane may be faster and safer for specific pieces. You can read more about it on our furniture lifting crane page.

Before the date, measure four things at your new Al Rawdah home: the building entrance width, the flat door width, the lift depth and the lift door height. Those numbers tell us whether your large sofa or wardrobe goes in whole or needs to come apart.

If you do not have the keys yet, ask the landlord or guard for a photo of the open lift with a person standing next to it. It gives us a reasonable sense of scale.

We do not publish fixed prices, but your quote is built on clear factors:

Our apartment moving cost factors guide goes deeper into each one. Then send your photos and we will write up the final figure.

• Map pins for both entrances, in Al Salhiya and Al Rawdah.
• Lift permission and hours confirmed at both buildings.
• A clear parking space requested at each entrance.
• Door and lift measurements taken at the new flat.
• Decide what goes to storage or gets sold before loading.
• Empty the fridge and disconnect appliances the day before.
• Label every box with its destination room.
• Collect the keys to the new home before moving day, not on it.

Getting keys late is the classic mistake: a loaded truck waiting outside a locked building is the most avoidable delay there is.

Some things should never ride in the truck: passports and iqamas, tenancy papers, jewellery, cash, daily medication and work laptops. Put them in one bag that stays with you from the moment you leave Al Salhiya until you walk into Al Rawdah.

Add both sets of keys, phone chargers and what you need for the first night, including clothes and anything the children cannot sleep without. Nobody unpacks a whole home in a day.

Your Al Salhiya lease may end before the Al Rawdah flat is ready, or the new place may simply be smaller. In both cases part of your furniture can be wrapped and stored, then delivered when you need it.

We record stored items with a list and photos and include the storage in your written contract, so you know exactly what is covered and how collection works later.

For our services within your destination, see movers in Al Rawdah, which covers work inside the district rather than the trip there. There is also a page on dyna trucks in Al Rawdah for smaller moves within the neighbourhood.

Still comparing destinations from Al Salhiya? We also cover the Al Salhiya to Al Zahra route, and Al Zahra to Al Rawdah for people choosing between two nearby districts.

Once the last piece is in, we walk through the rooms with you: beds level, wardrobes fixed, drawers running, boxes in the right rooms. Any remark is noted before the crew leaves, and we take the packing waste with us.

Al Ostoura Moving operates under Commercial Registration 4030592817 and puts your quote and contract in writing before the move. Learn more about our moving between Jeddah districts service, or browse other moving services in Al Salhiya.