Apartment & Condo Movers in Portsmouth | Smart Move

Around here the apartment and condo jobs that put a crew to the test are not the roomy ones, they are the stairwell buildings with no lift, fighting you landing after landing. A renovated Newmarket mill loft hands you a steep climb up the interior. A unit perched over a downtown Portsmouth storefront throws in a half-flight before your foot even touches the pavement. The newer Portwalk and downtown condos turn it the other way around: a service elevator you must schedule, a delivery window the property assigns, and a manager who insists on having an insurance certificate before any truck rolls past the entrance. Getting a household up or down either sort of building is plain routine for us, and the people on the truck have worked these same addresses too often to keep count.

With a walk-up, we begin at the staircase rather than the rooms. Ahead of the date the lead measures your bulkiest items against the rise, the landings, and the turn, works out what to disassemble for the clearance a snug landing demands, and pins down how many hands the climb requires, often four-plus once a third-floor unit holds a couch and a refrigerator. Each piece travels blanketed and shrink-wrapped, eased up step by step instead of forced, while the rail and the jambs get wrapped so the building holds its finish. A condo move runs the reverse: we set up your insurance certificate with the office beforehand, book the service elevator and the delivery window, and bring the load in by the service door rather than the main lobby.

The figure tracks the size of the home, not whatever mood the building is in. A studio runs $420 to $680, a one-bedroom $680 to $1,140, a two-bedroom $1,140 to $1,950, the access laid out beforehand. Hourly is the alternative at $135/hr for two movers and $175/hr for three, the crew scaled to the climb. Downtown the truck still wants a curb spot by the entrance, which we line up early so it sits close and shortens every trip up and down, and that arrangement is built into the quote, never tacked on once the work is done.

For apartment and condo moves, we take on

• Steep, lift-free walk-ups over downtown storefronts and through the West End and Islington Street area
• Renovated mill lofts in Newmarket, Somersworth, and Dover reached by a long interior climb
• Portwalk and downtown condos, plus student housing near UNH in Durham, under insurance and elevator rules
• The insurance certificate, delivery window, and service-elevator reservation set up with management beforehand

Relocating a full house instead of a unit? See residential and house moving. Want it cased up before anyone carries it down three flights? Our full packing service covers the kitchen and closets. Get a free quote and we will respond within one business hour.

What’s Included

• Your bulkiest items measured against the rise, the landings, and the turn ahead of the date
• Items disassembled for the clearance a snug walk-up landing demands, then put back together
• Pieces blanketed and shrink-wrapped, eased up or down step by step instead of forced
• How many hands pinned to the climb, often four-plus once a third-floor unit holds a couch and refrigerator
• Rail, jambs, and walls wrapped so the building holds its finish
• The insurance certificate, service-elevator reservation, and delivery window set up with management
• On condos, the load brought in by the service door rather than the main lobby
• A figure by home size from a $420-$680 studio up, with a curb spot lined up by the entrance