Everyone values their time differently. For some people, that extra five minutes that you get to sleep in the morning can make your day, whereas the last five minutes of a work day can break your spirit. A few hours at the park or beach is nothing and goes by quickly, but when you are moving out of your house, a few hours can be long and harsh on your mind and body. Conception of time is different for everyone, but everyone knows that their own and everyone else’s time is important. CityMove knows that your time is valuable and especially when you are paying for a service that is based on time, we aren’t going to waste your time or your money.

But what makes your move actually worth the time? You know that you are paying for every minute that they are there and you want to make every minute that they are working worthwhile. Does this mean that you want to hire a removalist that will definitely be there on-time and will even pay you back for each minute that they are late? Or does this mean that you want to make sure that the guys are not wasting any time while they are on your job, such as taking breaks during the move?

There are many ways in which time can be wasted during the course of the move, and many of them are things that you don’t even think of, such as being unprepared to tell the removalists what you want where and which items you want wrapped or not. Another way that time can be wasted is when people are distracted—whether it is you or the removalists. Little distractions can take a lot of time and should be taken care of as soon as possible.

The best way to save time during a move, however, is to hire removalists that are not professionally trained, and are not fit enough to do the work that you put to them, let alone to do it for hours on end. Some companies may charge less per minute or per hour, and that is usually the bottom line with most customers, but these companies might send out guys who either don’t know what they are doing, and therefore not get the job done right, or they may be guys that are small and unfit that will take much longer to do your job then it should take.

So is your time worth being wasted by a company that will take longer on purpose to make more money off of your move? Or is it worth a company that will work hard, with professional removalists that do three to four jobs per day and will work as quickly but as carefully as possible? What is your time worth?

Most people have an idea of how to be more environmentally friendly. They will recycle plastic, glass and paper, they will conserve water when possible and take public transport to do their part in being more green and helping to save the environment. But when trying to organising getting a move done, it unfortunately mostly boils down to getting the cheapest cost for the move, when there should really be more than one factor.

Like with any other service bought, you want to make sure that it is not only the cheapest but also that it is the best service for the money paid. You are willing to pay a bit more for something that you know will be better and give you less hassle. It’s better to pay more the first time and get it done right than to pay twice.

Citymove is not only one of the best priced removalist companies in Sydney and the other major cities, it is also one of the best services, and on top of that, we are also a carbon neutral company. Being carbon neutral means that we offset the amount of carbon that we use during each and every move that we do and are certified carbon neutral by the Carbon Reduction Institute on www.noco2.com.au

So not only does Citymove have some of the most competitive rates in the business, but you can also be secure in the fact that your move is absolutely carbon neutral and will have no negative effect on the environment. If you already try to be green with cloth shopping bags and a pushbike, then take a step further in being green and hire a removalist that will offset all carbon emissions.

Stay green and get your move done quickly, efficiently and with as little hassle as possible. Book with Citymove today!

There are really only three choices if you want to move house. You can either do the move yourself by renting a DIY truck, you can get some friends to help you out, or you can hire a professional removalist. As with anything else, there are pros and cons to each one of these methods of moving.

Obviously, getting friends to help you out with your move is going to be the most cost-effective way of doing a move. It’s most likely going to be free—although you may have to fork out for some beer or pizza for payment. You might even try to organise a party that happens to coincide with doing the move so that you can trick some friends into coming over and helping you out with a few things while they’re there. This option can be very cheap, but it usually takes a lot of time as it’s not always done in one go, and you have to worry about your friends breaking your beloved glass cabinet or scratching your original aboriginal painting.

The next option is to rent your own truck for house moving. This is good if you want a cheaper option then a removalist, and have the time to do the move on your own. This one also works with friends as well, so that you can load everything onto the truck and move it into your new place. Again though, the same as moving with the help of your friends, this is usually very time-consuming as you have to move everything on your own and usually over a period of a few days, depending on how much stuff you have.

Even though these two options do seem more cost-effective, the amount of time and energy that you save by hiring a professional removalist in Perth or any other major city will far outweigh the amount of money that you would save with the other options. It may be a bit more expensive, but you know that the move will be done as quickly but as carefully as possible. You don’t have to worry about breaking your back over moving anything yourself, although you are welcome to help if you want to in order to make the move go a bit faster, and it takes away the hassle of trying to get all of your friends together on the same day—especially on the exact day and time that you need them.

So if you are choosing a way of doing a cheap furniture removalist in Melbourne, then book your move today with Citymove for a hassle-free move that you will be telling all of your friends about!

Are you a student moving in Sydney? Or are you moving in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane or Canberra? We all know that students are strapped for cash. You are already paying tuition, living costs, books, and you are trying to deal with the fact that you have to feed yourself, let alone start dealing with the issue of having to move yourself to a new apartment.

So what happens when you have to move out at the end of the semester or school year? Even though you may only have a few items, why should you pay a fortune to get a few things moved just because you have that one item that you can’t move yourself? If you just have a few bags or boxes that you need moved but don’t have the resources to move yourself, why don’t you go with a professional removalist and take away all the hassle of the move.

As long as you are not moving anything too heavy for one man to carry, you can go with a one man and a van option, this is the cheapest way to do a professional removal, especially if you book midweek, as this can cost from as low as $1.00 per minute. If you do have anything bigger that does require two people, or if you would like the move to go twice as fast, you can get another removalist for just 60 cents more per minute midweek.

We know that most students take the train and busses to get around the city—why wouldn’t you when you get concession fares and have no place to park a car?—and it can be a pain to find someone who has a car or a van that you can borrow to move your things, so why not just hire some professional removalists to do your move quickly and painlessly? They will get things done faster than your buddies and won’t demand beer and pizza as payment at the end of the day.

So have a look at our pricing for professional removalists in Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne or Canberra and you could get your things moved at a lot lower of a price and with a lot less stress than you can imagine!

What makes a great removalist? Is it the early mornings and the late nights? The ability and the willingness to do everything that the customer asks, whether it be reassembling some furniture or something small like changing the arrangement of a particular piece of furniture? Is a great removalist young and fit, or experienced?

Moving is already stressful enough, but maybe the most stressful part of moving is wondering what kind of removalists are going to show up on the day. You don’t want to have a couple skinny, short guys show up for your move when you know that you have a 250kg item to move, and you don’t want to have an elder man and his son show up when you’re moving things that require strength and manoeuvring.

You want movers that are fast, fit and efficient, and yet experienced in everything that you want them to do. You want someone who knows the area so they are not getting lost and taking forty minutes to drive ten kilometres. You want someone that you know can do your move fast, but with as little damage as possible.

Perth removalists are hard to find, and especially ones that can live up to these expectations. You want someone perfect to make your moving day perfect, and that is even harder than finding a removalist at all. Let’s face it, you don’t want to spend the weeks after your move making phone call after phone call to a removalist company trying to get compensation for either a driver being late or damaging some of your furniture.

Our Perth removalists are fast, fit and efficient and friendly. They can deal with pretty much anything that you throw at them and they will get your job done as quickly but as carefully as possible. They will treat every one of your objects with care, and they know the area as they have done hundreds of jobs across Perth.

So if you’re moving in Perth or moving to Perth, or even if you’re moving in Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane or Melbourne, make Citymove your Professional Removalists to treat your items as if they are their own.

Most people that stumble upon removals websites would like to move their items from one house to another or one apartment to another. These people need to worry about truck sizes and the number of men they will need and how the items should be wrapped, etc. But what if you are just moving items within a house? What if you have some heavy items that you just want to move from one room to another or from upstairs to downstairs or vice versa?

Most removalist companies will charge a call-out or depot fee, or even a two or three hour minimum, but why not go with a company who is geared for smaller moves and even a removals company that will be significantly cheaper if you are moving items within a household by not having a travel charge and you are just charged for the time used?

Think about it! Do you really like that lounge where it is upstairs? What about that wardrobe that you would really rather have down the hall but you can’t lift it, even with the help of your partner or children? Do you want to get your floors redone but dread moving all of the furniture into the garage? Did you get something dropped off from the furniture store but didn’t realise that you weren’t able to get it up the stairs or that you need a few guys to do a balcony lift for you? Why not get some professional removalists to help you out, and at a reasonable price as well for just moving from room to room or even moving apartment across the hall?

Whether you are looking for a removalist in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide or Canberra, we have some fast, fit and efficient guys that can help you out with any job, big or small, or even something seemingly infinitesimal.

A key proponent to a good business is customer satisfaction. Quite literally, customer satisfaction can make or break a business – in the end, the number one goal is to keep our clients happy. Where do you think the old adage “the customer is always right” comes from?

When there are many companies offering help with one service (i.e. Moving House), each individual company has to try to set itself apart and make it better than all the rest, while still remaining competitive and profitable. Often, that one defining aspect is the customer service.

At Citymove, we believe that customer satisfaction is an ongoing process – right from the first access of our website, to the help you receive from our move coordinators, to the booking you make, to the confirmation call we provide, to the courtesy call the drivers make upon arrival, to the move itself, and finally to the follow-up of the whole process.

Our office staff were picked in part because of their friendly, polite, and helpful demeanour. As part of their training our removalists are instructed on customer service, including giving advice on how best to manage the move, pack the truck, and place the belongings into the new place to provide a quick and safe move to garner the greatest possible customer satisfaction.

At Citymove, we’re also fans of loyalty, so we’ll do everything we can to satisfy you and keep you using our services again and again.

Today is Friday the 13^th, a day many people consider unlucky, a day of bad omens, and bad events.

Some people just believe it’s a matter of making your own luck and one way to increase your luck is to make sure the new place you move into is safe in every way you can manage.

We’d like to encourage you to follow the advice of the Fire Foundation and make sure the house you’re currently in has fully functioning smoke alarms and that the batteries are in good, fresh working order. They recommend that they be changed every six months.

We’d also advise that if you’re moving into a new place, you immediately change the batteries to be sure they’re fresh and new, who knows how long it has been since the last tenant changed the batteries?

A few more friendly tips in the name of fire safety:

Make sure everyone in the house is aware of, and has practiced, the best exit strategies – you could make it a fun event with your kids.

Never leave open flames or cooking unattended.

Switch off your power points and appliances when not in use.

Clothes dryers are prone to catching fire so make sure you clean out the lint filter every time.

For more information, you can also visit: http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/

Happy Friday the 13^th!

What is it about the Harbour City that makes everyone want to move there? Could it be the melting pot of cultures and food? Maybe the amazing public transport system that takes you anywhere from Bondi Beach to Manly to Katoomba? Perhaps it is the array of landscapes from the city streets, to the botanic gardens to the beaches and harbours and out to the mountains and beyond?

Sydney is blessed with some of the best weather in the world. An average of 240 sunny days per year makes Sydney the go-to destination for white-sand beaches which carry a multitude of activities on their own. You can go swimming between the flags at Bondi Beach, rock climbing on the rocks around Gordon’s Cove, surfing on the waves at Maroubra Beach, see a wobbegong shark while scuba diving at Camp’s Cove or go snorkeling with the fish at Shelly Beach. All of these amazing areas are only a short bus or ferry ride from the city centre—the ferry ride to Manly Wharf being a sight in itself, with the possibility of seeing dolphins and the spectacular harbour views.

Or if you are not interested in the sunshine and beaches, you can take an hour and a half train the opposite direction and see the Blue Mountains National Park. The Three Sisters being one of the top views to see in New South Wales. You can either stay in the more touristy parts of the park, or take the Scenic Railway or Giant Staircase into the jungle below, where you will see everything from parrots to spiders to the famous lyre bird. And if you look closely on the train on the way back to the city, you may be able to spot a troop of Kangaroos.

The beauty and culture of the city is another reason for the near 150,000 people per year to request residency for Sydney. The city is a culinary treasure with food from almost every culture. Everything from traditionally British Fish and Chip Shops with deep fried Mars bars to backpacker pubs with kangaroo burgers to the premier Italian restaurants in Darling Harbour, with Lebanese, Indonesian and Asian cuisine thrown into the mix as well, making Sydney a culinary wonderland.

Aside from the incredible food and the day trips to the beaches and mountains, there is, of course, the city in itself. There are the parks—where you can enjoy a sunny day relaxing in the grass or reading on a park bench. There are the shopping streets, where you can find anything from a $2 pair of thongs to a $1300 pair of Louis Vuitton heels. There are the pubs and nightlife of Kings Cross and Oxford Street. And there are the cultural buildings such as Saint Mary’s Cathedral, the New South Wales Parliament Building or Harbour Bridge and iconic Opera House. There is also a plethora of activities for children such as the Sydney Aquarium, Taronga Zoo or the water play-park at Darling Harbour.

So why is everyoneMoving to Sydney? In short, there is something for everyone. Children and adults alike will always be able to find something to do in or around the city. It is great for a lunch-break or a day off, or six months or years. With so much to do, it is impossible to be bored and possible to find a different activity for almost every day of the year. So learn to surf, go for a hike, or cuddle a koala! Enjoy Sydney and everything it has to offer.

CityMove celebrated diversity, the local community, and had a great time at the pre-Mardi Gras event held by SOS Swimwear on March 2^nd.

We helped out with one of our noticeable pink trucks as the stage for a fabulous time, energetic dancing, and elaborate costumes. Fun and jelly shots were had by all. We watched a performance by Dick Savvy, the Naked Barber who wowed us with his grooming tricks. Afterwards, we headed on over to where the CityMove truck was bouncing with amazing dances.

We at CityMove enjoy getting involved with the community and showing our support and were proud to have been a part of one of the largest LGTB celebrations in the world.