The site for hourly house moves across the suburbs you already work
Local house moves are booked on trust and a quick, clear price. The site has to explain how your time is charged, prove you work the customer's suburb, and collect bedrooms and access before you ring back.
Removalists doing houses and units across one city or region
This build is for crews of two or three doing houses, units and apartments across one metro area or region, often charged by the hour. If most of your work is a truck, a trolley and a Saturday settlement, this is your page.
Your customers are families, renters and downsizers with a lease ending or a settlement date. They search "removalists" plus their suburb, open a few results, and contact whoever makes a price easiest to get. Across Australia, "removalists near me" alone gets 12,100 a month5 Google searches.
The price they will pay depends on the size of the home. What's The Damage puts a local move from a 1-bedroom home at $300-$7003 and from a 4-bedroom home at $1,200-$3,0003. That range is why the first question on your form is about home size, not their name.
What these customers worry about is predictable: the final bill running past the quote, damage, and a crew that turns up late. Consumer agencies tell them to ask whether the price is based on time or quantity, and where the clock starts1, and to set a specific start time2.
A site that answers those questions before the customer asks does part of the selling for you. It also filters out the jobs you don't want, like a same-day move of a five-bedroom house.
Four faults that cost you local house move work
You never see these happen. You see the result: a board with two jobs on Friday when it should have five, and no idea which enquiry went elsewhere.
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Fault
The only price on the site is "call for a quote".
What your site does instead
A plain page on how you charge: what an hour includes, your minimum, when the clock starts and stops, and what adds time on the day.
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Fault
The enquiry form wants a name, a mobile number and a message box.
What your site does instead
A quote form that opens with bedrooms, then asks about stairs, lifts, long carries and heavy items, so you can price the job before you ring back.
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Fault
Thirty suburb names sit in a single line above the footer.
What your site does instead
An area page for each part of town you actually work, with the access problems and job types you know from being there.
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Fault
Insurance is mentioned once, with no detail, or not at all.
What your site does instead
An insurance and damage page that says what your cover includes, what the customer should arrange, and what happens if something breaks.
What the site has to prove before anyone rings
How your time is charged
Hourly pricing is where misunderstandings start. The site shows what an hour includes, when the clock starts and stops, your minimum, and what adds time: stairs, long carries, disassembly. Sydney removalists charge $30-$60 per flight4, according to Hire A Mover's guide, so if you charge for stairs, the page says so.
A local move from a 3-bedroom house typically takes 4 to 8 hours3. Explaining why yours might run longer or shorter builds trust before the quote lands.
Area pages with real detail
Customers want to know you work their suburb. An area page that mentions the apartment blocks with tight lifts or the hillside streets with steep driveways shows you have been there.
Weekday pricing, if you offer it
Moving on a weekday is 10% to 20% cheaper3 than at the weekend in What's The Damage's figures. If you give a weekday rate, the site makes it easy to find, and fills the days your trucks would otherwise sit still.
The pages on your job sheet
A typical layout for this kind of work. Yours is built from the jobs you take and the detail you send us, so anything you have nothing to say about is left off instead of padded out.
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Home Move-size quote buttons, tap-to-call number, the areas you cover, an insurance summary
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House and unit moves Crew sizes, what an hour includes, what changes the time on the day
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Apartments and units Lifts, loading zones, strata booking rules
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Large family homes Three-person crews, garages, sheds, outdoor furniture
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Areas you cover Grouped the way you think about the city, each with its own local detail
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Each area page Suburbs covered, access issues, the jobs you take there
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Packing service Full packing, fragile only, boxes and materials
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Insurance and damage What your cover includes and what customers should arrange
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Get a quote The move-size form
Quote form, loaded for a local house move
Bedrooms
The best single guide to crew size and hours, so it is the first question
Garage, shed, outdoor
The rooms people forget until the truck is full
Stairs and lifts, both ends
If you charge per flight, you need to know before quoting
Long carry or steep driveway
Decides trolley work and extra time
Heavy items
Pianos, pool tables, safes and gym gear change the crew
Packing wanted
Full, fragile only or none
Date and flexibility
Weekday or weekend, and whether the date can move
Asked by local house movers
Read next: What a removalist website needs to win more jobs.
The plan behind it does not change from one mover to the next: the price, and what is on board.
Should I show my hourly rate on the website?
If you charge by the hour, yes. A starting rate with what it includes (crew size, truck, minimum hours) saves calls from people who were never going to book, and it stops the final bill from feeling like a surprise. If you quote each job instead, the page explains how the quote is worked out.
I cover a whole city. How many area pages do I need?
One for each part of the city you would describe differently, not one per suburb. Group suburbs the way you already think about them, such as north side, inner west or around a depot, and give each group real detail. A page per suburb with the name swapped helps nobody.
Can the quote form handle a move that is part house, part storage?
Yes. The form can ask whether any items are going into storage, and if you offer it, a storage page explains how that works and what it costs.
Will the site show my weekend and public holiday rates?
If you send them, yes. Being upfront about weekend and public holiday rates avoids an argument on the day, and it points flexible customers towards the weekdays you want filled.
I get a lot of strata apartment moves. Can the site cover lift bookings?
Yes. An apartments page can tell customers to book the goods lift and loading zone with their building manager, and the form asks whether that has been done. Sorting it before the day avoids a crew waiting in the street.
What happens when I start covering a new part of town?
Adding a suburb to an existing area page is a content edit, and up to 5 edits a month are included. A whole new area page is a new section, so we tell you the price first and nothing is charged without your agreement.
The plan, in six lines
Identical for every kind of removal business. The pages and the quote form are what change.
Monthly
A$249 a month, GST may apply
Setup
A$499 once, for building the site
Live
Within 14 days of receiving your complete content
After launch
Hosting, SSL, security updates, up to 5 content edits a month and a monthly enquiry report
Term
12-month minimum, then month to month
Not included
Paid ads, logo design, writing your content, domain registration fees
Twenty minutes on your local run
Book a 20-minute call. Tell us how you charge, the suburbs you work and the jobs you want more of. We tell you straight whether the plan fits a local mover like you.
A$249 a month, A$499 setup, GST may apply. The price in full
We build and look after websites. We are not a removal business, and nothing we write for you is advice about moving, lifting or insurance cover.