Brick homes with stairs inside.
Baulkham Hills is big brick homes on rolling streets. The driveway often slopes, the levels split, and the real work is the staircase inside the house. Tell us how the rooms stack and the crew arrives ready.
- Internal stairs and landings mapped first
- A crew sized for a sloping drive
- Cover confirmed before you pay anything
The house, not the block
Stairs inside the house
The block is often easy; the house is the hard part. Two storeys and a split level move the load up and down before it reaches the truck.
Driveways that slope
A driveway that falls or climbs changes where the tail-lift can sit level. We match the vehicle to the grade.
Rooms on many levels
Split-level homes put half a staircase between rooms. Every level adds a short climb to each item, and that sets the crew.
Moving a Baulkham Hills home
Baulkham Hills is mostly freestanding brick homes, many built across two or three levels. The block is rarely the obstacle. The stairs inside the house are.
So the plan starts indoors. Count the flights, note the turns, and list where the heavy pieces live. The Hills District removalists page sets the wider scene, and our guide to how to pack a moving truck covers the load itself.
| Part of the move | What decides the time it takes |
|---|---|
| The driveway | Its slope, and where a tail-lift can sit level to load. |
| The staircase | The number of flights and any turn at a landing. |
| The split levels | A short climb added to each item, level by level. |
Getting up the staircase
A straight flight is quick. A turn at a half-landing slows a long piece, and a winder near the top can stop a wardrobe until it comes apart. We plan the route from your flights.
The slope at the kerb
Where the driveway is too steep for the pantech, the truck waits on the street and a van shuttles to the door. The grade decides that, so it is worth a photo.
Living across the levels
A sunken lounge, a bedroom wing up half a flight, a study over the garage. Each is a short carry, so listing the big pieces by level lets the crew set the order.
Pricing the stairs and slope
Room count sets the truck. The stairs and the driveway set the crew and the time. The run between your two addresses does the rest, and the figure holds from booking.
| Factor | Effect on the price |
|---|---|
| Rooms and volume | Sets the truck and base crew, studio to six bedrooms. |
| Flights of stairs | More climbs per item, so more hands and more time. |
| Driveway slope | A steep grade brings a shuttle van to the door. |
| Awkward pieces | Dismantling, or anything over 150kg, adds crew time. |
| Distance between homes | Priced from your two addresses, never by the hour. |
| Included | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dedicated truck | Yours alone, never a shared load. |
| Driver plus offsiders | Two to three haulers on a full home move. |
| Stair and level time | Inside the fixed price, not billed afterwards. |
| Dismantle and reassemble | For the pieces you flag when booking. |
Count the flights inside
- Flights between the door and each bedroom
- Any turn or winder near the top
- The slope of the driveway at the kerb
Cheaper if you can: take a weekday, and clear the landings before the crew arrives.
Photos help: one up the staircase and one up the drive. See removalist costs in Sydney.
To book: quote online at picup.com.au/bookings, or call 1300 174 287 for a split-level home.
Baulkham Hills by the numbers
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Baulkham Hills removals FAQs
How do you charge for internal stairs?
There is no stair fee. Stairs feed into the crew size and the time the move takes, both of which sit inside the one fixed price you agree at booking.
What we do need is the shape of them. A straight flight is quick, a turn at a half-landing is slower, and a narrow winder near the top can stop a wardrobe outright. Count the flights between the front door and each bedroom, and note any tight turn, so nothing is a surprise on the day.
Our driveway slopes. Which vehicle comes?
Whichever one can sit level enough to load safely. On a steep drive that is often a cargo van rather than the four tonne pantech.
The tail-lift needs near level ground to set a load down on, so a drive that tips towards the garage shortens how far a big truck can come in. Send a photo taken from the street looking up the slope, with the gate in shot. One image settles the vehicle far better than a description.
The house is split over three levels.
That is common here and it is planned for, not a problem. Each level simply adds a short climb to every item that lives on it.
The detail that helps is where the heavy things sit. A fridge on the top level, a sofa in a sunken lounge, a bed on a mezzanine each take a different route out. List the big pieces by their level when you book and the crew works out the order before arriving, rather than puzzling it out room by room.
Can big furniture come down the stairs?
Most of it, yes. Beds, tables and modular lounges come apart, and we dismantle the pieces you flag when booking, then reassemble them at the other end.
The ones to watch are the pieces that will not fold: a fixed wardrobe, a tall bookcase, a full size fridge. Measure the narrowest turn on the staircase and the tightest doorway, then measure the item. Where the numbers are close, tell us at the quote so we can plan the route rather than discover it mid-carry.
Do you cover Baulkham Hills for home moves?
Business deliveries run across Baulkham Hills today. 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 runs already take our vans up the sloping drives and into the split-level homes on this side of the district, so internal stairs are part of the day job. Send your date, the number of levels, and a photo of the driveway, and you will get a straight answer.
Send the levels and the stairs.
List the rooms, the flights inside, and the driveway slope. A price comes back in about a minute.