Packers and Movers in Doddakallasandra

A 1 BHK is Rs 3,500 to Rs 6,500 and a 2 BHK Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,500, with a full house Rs 9,000 to Rs 16,000. Because housing here varies from plotted houses to small blocks, where you land in the band depends on access far more than on the address.

Yes, for everything we were shown or told about. If a store room was never opened at survey, or the new flat turns out to be on the third floor of a building with no lift, that is new work and it has a cost. That is exactly why we ask to see both ends.

Because the forgotten volume is always in the same places, the store room, the loft, the terrace and the shelf above the wardrobe. A room count misses all of them, and a quote built on a room count is the one that changes at eleven in the morning.

We can give you an indication, and we will say plainly that it is an indication. For a firm figure we need to see the house, or at least a video walkthrough where you open the storage rather than filming the living room.

Because half the quotes that change on the day change because of the destination. Floor, lift, permitted hours and whether a truck can reach the door all decide how long unloading takes, and nobody surveys the place they are moving to.

Send photographs of the lobby, the lift and the approach road, and that is usually enough. If nothing at all is available we quote with a stated assumption written next to the price, so you can see what it rests on.

No, the survey is free and it commits you to nothing. It also takes longer than most people expect, forty minutes for an average flat, because a quick walkthrough is how inaccurate quotes get made.

A fridge that was not defrosted, a washing machine without its transit bolts, a gas cylinder that cannot travel, a bed that has to come apart for a turning staircase, and heavy pots. None is expensive alone and together they are an hour or two.

Yes, the night before, and empty it. A fridge moved with water in the tray leaks over everything near it, and it travels upright regardless of how convenient laying it down would be.

It is manageable, and tell us in advance. Without the bolts the drum has to be packed so it cannot swing, otherwise the bearings take the whole journey badly. This is a five minute job if we know and a risk if we do not.

No, cylinders cannot go on the vehicle, and nor can paint, fuel or anything flammable. Arrange a transfer or a return with your distributor before the day, because it is a slow thing to sort out on a morning when the crew is waiting.

Rough is fine for furniture, honest is essential for storage. If you tell us three cupboards and there are six, the vehicle size was decided on the wrong number and that is the one error that cannot be fixed on the day.

Then a second trip is needed and you pay for it, which is why the survey matters. In this area a second trip is at least two hours because of the traffic on the main roads, so it is the expensive kind of mistake.

A little, and books and clothes are the sensible things to do yourself. Be aware that self packed cartons are excluded from most cover if the contents are damaged, so leave anything fragile to the crew.

Yes, dismantling and reassembly are in the quote rather than extras. We flag at survey any piece that looks risky to take apart, particularly older board furniture that was assembled once and has not moved since.

A day for most, and the variable is access rather than volume. A plotted house where the vehicle stands at the gate loads far quicker than a third floor flat on a lane where it stands fifty metres away.

Not all of them. Several of the older lanes take a tempo but not a 17 footer, and a few have parking on both sides that makes even that difficult. We decide the vehicle street by street at survey rather than sending the biggest one and hoping.

It is available and quoted separately rather than folded in, so you can see what it costs. For a local move many people decline it. Declare anything genuinely valuable individually if you do take it.

Yes, in Bangalore. Bear in mind that stored goods are handled three times instead of once, so for a short gap it is usually cheaper and safer to hold the date instead.

Bikes are Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,500 and cars Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 on a carrier. Mention them at the survey rather than the week after, because carriers are booked separately from moving crews and fill up faster.

Two to three weeks for a normal move, more for month end. The survey should happen earlier than that though, because it frequently changes how much sorting you decide to do before the date.