Condo and apartment moves, planned around your building's rules
Condo and apartment moves planned around your building's elevator, insurance certificate and move hours.
- Building rules first
- Insurance certificate
- Inside set hours
Free walkthroughA written price before moving day
What is included
- Your building's move rules gathered before we set a date
- A certificate of insurance made out the way your building asks
- The elevator padded before the first load goes up
- The move planned to fit the building's permitted hours
- Truck parking and gate access agreed in advance
- Hallways, corners and door frames protected
Your building sets the rules
Every association writes its own: elevator pads, notice, gate passes, hours. Get yours in writing and send them to us.
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Associations write their own move rules, and they differ from one building to the next. Jupiter Harbour in Jupiter, for example, requires elevator pads on every move, wants the manager told 24 hours ahead, needs a pass for the guard gate, and makes the owner answer for any damage to common areas.
Sterling Villages in West Palm Beach requires residents to be approved, and it won't let commercially marked vehicles use its parking areas, other than a covered garage. A condo in Coconut Grove lets residents move between 9:00 and 4:30 on weekdays, and wants a certificate of insurance three days ahead naming the association as additional insured.
Your building's rules will be different again, so ask the office for them in writing the moment you have a date, and send them to us. Our guide to condo move paperwork sets out the questions to put to the office.
Certificates, approval and fees
We word the insurance certificate exactly as your building asks. Approval and any fees come before move day.
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If your building wants a certificate of insurance, find out exactly whose names go on it, at which address, and how many days ahead it's due. We ask for those details early, so the certificate can be issued correctly and on time instead of being chased on the morning of the move.
Approval is a separate step. Some associations approve every new resident, or every sale and lease, and that approval has to be in place before move-in day.
Some associations also charge a move-in fee or a deposit. Section 718.111(4) of Florida's condominium law limits use fees to cases where the declaration allows them, the members have approved them, or the use is exclusive, so if your building charges one, ask what it covers and when it's due.
Elevator, hallways and parking
Book the elevator for the whole move. We pad it, protect corners and keep the hallway clear.
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In a tall building, the elevator sets the pace of the day. Book it with the office for long enough to cover the whole move, and if there's a service elevator, book that one.
An unbooked elevator can change the bill as well as the schedule. Under Palm Beach County's guidance, you can be asked to pay above the written estimate if you didn't meet your obligations, and reserving the freight elevator is one of them.
Inside the building we pad the elevator, protect hallway corners and door frames, and keep the route from your unit to the truck clear for your neighbors. Tell us where the truck may park and how far that is from the elevator, because a long walk from the loading area adds time.
Questions about condo and apartment moves
All questionsWho books the elevator, you or me?
Buildings generally take elevator bookings from the resident or owner, so start with the office. Once you have a time, tell us, and if the office is happy to talk to us, we'll confirm the details with them directly.
Can you provide a certificate of insurance for my building?
Yes. Send us the building's requirements as soon as you have them, including who must be named as additional insured and how many days ahead it's due. If anything on the list is a problem, we'll tell you straight away.
What if my building only allows moves on weekdays?
Then the move happens on a weekday, inside the hours the building sets. We plan the work to fit that window, which is why we ask for the rules before we confirm a date.
Do apartment moves work the same way?
Mostly. Apartment communities set their own move rules too, through the leasing office or management, and a walk-up building trades the elevator booking for flights of stairs. Ask for the rules in writing, just as you would in a condo.
Get your free, written estimate
Tell us where you are moving from and to. A walkthrough, in person or by video, sets the number before anything is booked.