Small moves and flat shifts across Palmerston North

A small move in Palmy is usually a flat's worth of gear rather than a household. A room out of a hall at Turitea into a first flat off Fitzherbert Avenue, with a bed, a desk, a chair and a stack of boxes. A couple shifting between rentals in Terrace End and Awapuni when a tenancy ends. Someone posted in or out of Linton with a few rooms to move. A parent clearing a bedroom into a unit in Milson, or one wardrobe going up Napier Road to Ashhurst.

A Palmy flat shift is often a short hop across the grid, Terrace End to Takaro, or Milson to Roslyn. Rentals in Takaro, Highbury and Awapuni are often a rear unit down a shared driveway, so the van stops at the road and the load is carried in. Older places in West End often have steps up to a verandah and a narrow front hall, so say if a bed frame has to come apart. Over the Fitzherbert Bridge, Summerhill and Aokautere sit up the hill, so the drives there are steep. Around The Square the traffic runs one way, so a driver may have to loop before stopping.

Bids land at different numbers because each driver decides what your move is worth to their week. The drive across town is short, so a driver can slot a flat shift between other jobs and price it as part of a day rather than a whole one. What moves the number is the number of trips and who does the carrying. Count the boxes, name the bed, the fridge and the washing machine, and say how far it is from the kerb to the door if your flat is a rear unit down a shared drive in Takaro or Highbury.