Moving Into and Out of Chicago Apartments and Towers
Most of an apartment move is paperwork and timing that has nothing to do with boxes. A building wants its insurance certificate before it will even open the dock. The service elevator is yours from nine until eleven, and a competing delivery has the afternoon. A River North tower routes everyone through one rear entrance off the alley. Forrester handles all of it directly, because we’re the crew on the carry rather than a desk arranging one for you.
What We Square Away
- Your insurance certificate filed with the manager or HOA in advance
- The elevator or dock window reserved before the truck arrives
- Added movers and dollies when the building has no elevator
- Cab walls, lobbies and tight Loop corridors padded out
- Oversized furniture taken apart to slip through vintage doorframes
How We Run a Building Move
The certificate goes to your property manager and the elevator slot gets confirmed well before the date, and then the load is sequenced to match the exact window the building hands us. On site, the crew pads the route, protects the cab and the lobby, and puts your bed and furniture back together once everything is upstairs. Winter adds one more layer: runners stay down from the entrance through the elevator so melting snow never slicks the shared floors or wicks up into the bottoms of your cartons.
A Few Ground Rules
No elevator gets reserved until the building approves a window, and whatever the property bills for dock access or off-hours entry remains your line item. Anything loose and unboxed sits outside the guarantee, so seal it up yourself or let us pack it and the wrap is on us.
Pricing
A studio or one-bedroom is $395 flat and a two-bedroom $620. Stair-heavy units and long elevator waits run up the time, though, so for a fourth-floor walk-up the hourly rate of $150/hr for two movers can land lower; we’ll price it both ways and steer you to whichever saves money.
Reach us at (888) 711-4778 and the insurance certificate and elevator slot get handled for you.
