Houses, townhouses and walk-up flats.
Auburn is a real mix. Older freestanding homes and newer townhouses sit alongside medium-density unit blocks near the station, some with a lift and some a walk-up. Access swings from an easy driveway to a no-lift stair, so we check yours before the morning.
- Lift or walk-up checked before booking
- Big-box furniture runs handled here too
- Cover confirmed before you pay anything
Driveway or the stairs
Freestanding homes with a drive
Older houses on their own block usually have a driveway, so the pantech parks close and the carry to the door stays short.
Walk-up blocks near the station
Medium-density flats along the strip run on either a service lift or a stair, so the floor and the landing shape the day.
No lift, more carries
Where a block has no lift, the crew takes the load down in stages, and the stair count is built into the fixed price.
Moving within Auburn
Auburn does not have one kind of home. Older freestanding houses sit on their own blocks with a driveway, newer townhouses line the side streets, and medium-density unit blocks cluster near the station and along the retail strip. Some of those blocks have a service lift, and plenty are walk-ups, so the same suburb can mean an easy driveway one day and three flights of stairs the next.
The big-box furniture stores sit here too, IKEA Auburn among them, so a fair few moves start with a car park pickup rather than a house. Across all of it the plan is the same: match the vehicle to the access, size the crew to the volume, and fix the price at booking. The table below sets out what each kind of address asks of a crew, and the Parramatta removalists page covers the suburb next door. Our moving house checklist orders the weeks before.
| Kind of address | What the crew plans for |
|---|---|
| Freestanding home | A driveway and a short carry to the front door. |
| Unit with a lift | A booked lift window and the lift's internal size. |
| Walk-up flat | The floor, the landing, and the stairs taken in stages. |
When there is a lift
If your block has a service lift, the day runs on it. Book a window with the building manager, send the confirmed time, and give us the lift's internal size so the load is planned around it.
Walk-ups and the landing
No lift means the stairs. Tell us the floor and whether the stairwell turns on a tight landing, and the crew brings the straps and takes the biggest pieces down in stages.
The big-box furniture run
Plenty of Auburn jobs are a flat-pack or furniture pickup from the stores here, IKEA among them. Give us the item and the store, and a van or the pantech is matched to it.
Pricing an Auburn move
Room count sets the truck and the crew. The access, a lift window or a flight of stairs, decides how the load moves. The run between your two addresses does the rest, and the figure is fixed at booking.
| Factor | Effect on the price |
|---|---|
| Rooms and volume | Sets the truck and base crew, studio to family home. |
| Lift or walk-up | A booked lift is quick, a stair carry takes longer. |
| Basement clearance | A low header can mean a smaller van and more runs. |
| Distance between homes | Priced from your two addresses, never by the hour. |
| Day and parking | A clear loading zone near the strip speeds the day. |
| Included | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dedicated truck | Your move only, never a shared load. |
| Driver plus offsiders | Two to three haulers on a full home move. |
| Right-sized vehicle | A smaller van instead where a basement is too low. |
| Dismantle and reassemble | For the pieces you flag when booking. |
Before you book
- The floor, and whether there is a lift or stairs
- The lift window, or the basement clearance height
- The biggest single piece, and anything over 150kg
Cheaper if you can: take a weekday and hold a loading zone near the door.
Photos help: one of the lift or stairwell, one of the entry. See how much removalists cost in Sydney.
To book: quote online at picup.com.au/bookings, or call 1300 174 287 for a walk-up.
Auburn by the numbers
Google rating and review count pulled June 2026. The 50,000+ figure counts residential jobs since 2020.
Auburn removals FAQs
Is there a lift in my block?
Some Auburn blocks have a service lift and some are walk-ups, so this is the first thing we check.
If there is a lift, book a window with your building manager and send us the confirmed time, along with the lift's internal size. If it is a walk-up, tell us the floor and whether the stairs turn on a tight landing. Either way the crew is sized before the morning, and the price you agreed at booking stays the same whichever your block turns out to be.
What about a no-lift walk-up?
Walk-ups are common near the station, and the stairs are simply part of the day.
Tell us the floor, whether the stairwell is wide or turns on a tight landing, and the biggest piece that has to come down it. That is usually a lounge, a mattress or a fridge. The crew brings the right straps and takes the carry in stages, and the stair count is built into the fixed price at booking rather than added on the day.
Can you get into a low basement car park?
Sometimes, and the number that decides it is the clearance height at the basement entry.
Measure the marked clearance and tell us where your allocated space sits, since a long internal drive to the lift adds to the carry. Where the four tonne pantech will not fit under the header, a smaller van comes instead and makes more runs up to the door. It stays one vehicle on the job and one fixed price, worked out from your two addresses.
How many haulers for a unit move?
Two on most units and townhouses, and three where a bigger home or a hard walk-up stretches the carry.
A small move of one to ten items runs on two, which suits a studio or a one-bedroom near the strip. A three-bedroom townhouse with an internal stair usually takes three. Pianos, pool tables and safes sit outside what any crew will lift, and anything over 150kg is excluded, so flag those at the start and the crew arrives sized for the job.
Do you cover Auburn for home moves?
Business deliveries run across Auburn every day, from the freestanding streets to the unit blocks near the station.
For a home removal, send your address and the date you have in mind, and we will confirm cover before you pay anything. We do not move pianos, pool tables or safes, and offer no packing or storage. Those delivery runs already reach the lifts, the walk-ups and the big-box stores, so send your date with your floor or lift details for a straight answer and a fixed price.
Send your floor and the lift.
List the rooms, whether you have a lift or stairs, and both addresses. A fixed price comes back in about a minute.