Packers and Movers in Avalahalli

Packers and movers in Avalahalli, the layout near Anjanapura on the Kanakapura Road side of south Bangalore, mostly handle one kind of job: a family moving into a house that didn't exist two years ago. (If you're looking for the Aavalahalli beside Medahalli in east Bangalore, where our office is, that has its own page.) The layout here was planned as plots, and the plots are still being built on. Walk down most streets and you'll see a finished house with a garden, then an empty plot with a compound wall, then a house with scaffolding still on the first floor. Families buy a plot, wait years, build, and then move in, often from a rented flat in JP Nagar, Banashankari or further away. Many of those houses are built to pay for themselves. The family lives on one floor and lets the other, or lives on the ground floor and lets the first and second. So in the month the house is finished, two or three households arrive at the same address: the owner's family, and one or more tenants who may be moving from the other side of the city. That changes the move in ways that are easy to miss. Two moves, one gate. A new house usually has one gate, one stretch of road in front and one staircase to the upper floors. If the owner's lorry and a tenant's lorry arrive on the same morning, one of them waits on the road. Agree the dates between owner and tenant before either books. A day apart is enough. The staircase gets its first real test. In a newly built house, the staircase to the upper floor has fresh tiles, new railings and, often, a turn that nobody has carried a wardrobe round yet. We measure it at the survey, and we protect the new tiles and the railing on the day, because a scratch on a brand new staircase is the first thing an owner notices. Fresh floors, fresh paint. Floors that were polished a fortnight ago and walls painted last week mark easily. We lay floor protection along the carrying route and keep furniture edges wrapped until each piece is in place. If the painters are still working, the move should wait until they've finished. Moving in among ladders and wet paint costs more in touch ups than it saves in rent. Water, power and the sump. New houses sometimes have the electricity connection and the water supply in place only days before the move, or still on a temporary connection. Check that the fridge and washing machine can be plugged in and that the sump and overhead tank are filling before the date, so the first night isn't spent without water. The road outside. Some streets in the layout are finished; others are still mud in places, or have construction material stacked at the edge where a neighbour is building. In the monsoon, a lorry can sink on soft verges. We look at the road on the survey and choose the vehicle accordingly, sometimes a smaller one making two short trips rather than a large one that can't get close. If you're the owner letting a floor. It helps to know what's yours and what's the tenant's before either move. Fittings like geysers, fans, curtain rods and the water purifier that came with the house stay. Furniture that the tenant brings is theirs to arrange. A short list, agreed and signed, avoids an argument on the day about whose lorry carries what. If you're the tenant moving in above. You'll usually be the second household to arrive. Check with the owner that their move is finished, that the staircase is clear and that you can park the vehicle outside. Ask where the electricity meter for your floor is, and confirm the water arrangements. There's also the question of what to bring at all. A family moving from a rented flat into its own house often finds that the old furniture doesn't suit the new rooms. A sofa bought for a narrow rented living room looks lost in a larger hall, and a wardrobe sized for a rental bedroom may not fit the built in niche the carpenter has made. It's worth walking the new house with a list before the survey and deciding what's worth carrying, what's worth selling, and what the new rooms actually need. A smaller load is a cheaper move, and nobody wants to pay to carry something across the city only to give it away a month later. The same goes for the old flat's fittings. Curtain rods, the gas stove stand, a bathroom cabinet you installed yourself: some of these are yours to take, some the landlord expects to stay. Settle it with the landlord before the crew arrive, so nothing is unscrewed that should have stayed and nothing is left behind that you paid for. Where things go wrong is almost always timing. The house isn't quite finished, the tenant has already given notice on their old flat, and both families want to move the same weekend. A move into a new house goes best when the date is set by the house being ready, not by a lease ending somewhere else. If those two dates can't meet, storage in Bangalore for a week or two is cheaper than moving into a building site. The commercial side is the same as everywhere we work. A free survey, one written quote covering labour, material, transport and loading, and compact loads from Rs 2999. For two households on one plot, we quote each separately, so each pays only for its own move. People usually ask how far this is from everything. Avalahalli sits between Anjanapura, the outer phases of JP Nagar and the start of Kanakapura Road, so the run to Banashankari, Jayanagar or JP Nagar is short, and the long runs to the north and east of the city are best started early.

Moving Insights for Avalahalli

Settle the dates between the owner and any tenant before either books a vehicle. One gate and one road can take one lorry at a time. Walk the staircase to the upper floor with a tape measure. The turn at the landing decides what goes up whole and what is dismantled. Don't move in while painters, carpenters or plumbers are still working. Wait for them to finish, or ask them to finish one floor first. Check the electricity meter, the sump and the overhead tank are working a few days before the move. The first night in a new house shouldn't be without water. Look at the road in front after rain. If the verge is soft or a neighbour's sand is piled at the edge, tell us at the survey so the right size of vehicle comes. Write down what belongs to the house and what belongs to each household. Geysers and fans stay. Everything else goes on someone's inventory.