Homes below a leafy street.
Lane Cove folds into the bush. The streets are narrow and green, and many homes sit below the road, so the carry runs uphill to the truck. Around the village it turns to apartments.
- The uphill carry paced out at the quote
- A smaller van sent up the narrow streets
- Cover confirmed before you pay anything
The slope and the village
Houses below the road
Many homes here sit down a slope from the kerb. Everything comes up to the truck, so the climb is the job, not the distance.
Narrow leafy streets
The streets are green and close, with parked cars and low branches. A four tonne pantech does not always fit, so a van sometimes runs the last part.
The village and its flats
Around the shopping village the housing is apartments, moving on a service lift and a booked window rather than a driveway.
A move around Lane Cove
Lane Cove sits in a pocket of bushland above the river, and the streets follow the land. Homes tuck below the road and the truck often stands at the top and waits.
So the first question is the climb, not the drive. The North Shore removalists page covers the region, and our tips for moving house get the heavy things ready.
| Where you are | What decides the day |
|---|---|
| Home below the road | The steps and the grade up to where a truck can park. |
| Narrow bushland street | Width past parked cars, and low branches overhead. |
| Village apartment | A booked lift, a manager's window, and a short flat carry. |
The carry comes up
When the door sits below the kerb, every item is carried up to the truck. The steps and the steepness set the effort, so those are what we ask for.
Streets under the canopy
The leafy streets are charm and puzzle both. Branches and kerbside cars can keep a big truck out, and where they do, a van covers the last leg.
Flats in the village
Near the shops the housing changes to apartments. Now it is a service lift, a booked window, and the basement clearance. Book the lift before the truck.
Pricing a Lane Cove move
Rooms set the vehicle. The climb or the lift decides how the load reaches it. 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 six bedrooms. |
| Steps up to the road | A longer, steeper climb needs more hands and time. |
| Street width | Where a pantech cannot pass, a cargo van comes instead. |
| Lift window | A booked slot moves a village flat along faster. |
| 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. |
| A shuttle vehicle | Sent where the street is too tight, at no extra charge. |
| Dismantle and reassemble | For the pieces you flag when booking. |
Pace the climb first
- The steps from your door up to the road
- Where the heaviest pieces sit in the house
- How wide the street is at your kerb
Cheaper if you can: take a weekday, and clear the garden steps of pots and bins first.
Photos help: one up the steps from the door to the road. See removalist costs in Sydney.
To book: quote online at picup.com.au/bookings, or call 1300 174 287 for a home below the road.
Lane Cove, by the numbers
Google rating and review count pulled June 2026. The 50,000+ figure counts residential jobs since 2020.
Lane Cove removals FAQs
The house sits below the street.
That is the common shape in Lane Cove, and it is planned for. The truck stands up on the road and the load is carried up to it from the house.
The climb, not the distance, is what sizes the crew. A run of external steps, a garden path, or a deck between the door and the street all add to it. Pace the number of steps from your front door up to where a truck could park, and send that with a photo, so the crew comes ready for the grade.
Our street is narrow and leafy.
Then the vehicle is matched to it. Where a pantech cannot pass parked cars or clear low branches, a cargo van goes in and makes more trips.
More trips means a little more time, not fewer hands, so two to three haulers still work the move. If you are unsure what your street allows, tell us the make of the largest vehicle that parks outside easily, or send a photo along the road. That reads the width better than any measurement.
We are in a flat near the village.
Then it runs on the service lift, not the slope. Ask your building manager for a window and send us the confirmed hour.
Two details help while you have them on the phone: how long the lift is held, and the clearance height at the basement entry. A low entry means a cargo van rather than the pantech. From the lift the carry to your door is short and flat, which is the easy end of moving in Lane Cove.
Does the uphill carry cost more?
It shapes the crew size rather than adding a separate fee, and the crew size sits inside the one fixed price you agree at booking.
What lifts the effort is a long or steep climb with the heavy pieces at the bottom of it. A fridge, a washer or a modular lounge on the lowest level is the slow part. Tell us where those sit relative to the street, and the price you agree holds even if the carry proves longer than we read it.
Do you cover Lane Cove for home moves?
Business deliveries run across Lane Cove 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 down the narrow bushland streets and into the village blocks, so an uphill carry and a booked lift are both familiar work. Send your date, and either the steps up to the road or your floor, and you will get a straight answer.
Send the steps and the street.
List the rooms, the climb up to the road, and both addresses. A price comes back in about a minute.