With more sunny days and named the happiest city than any other Australian capital city, Brisbane is one of the worlds most liveable cities. It ranks 3rd just after Australia’s 2 major cultural and business hubs Melbourne and Sydney. With a current population of 2.4 million, Brisbane is forecasted to grow to 2.5 million by mid 2019. Growing at a steady rate of 3.42% since 2011.
It is home to some of the world’s most surf able beaches, calling home the amazing great barrier reef and tropical weather. Every year we see droves of Melburnians and Sydneysiders who are feeling the squeeze of rising property prices in return for smaller properties making the decision to relocate interstate to Queensland to bask in the beautiful sun and live in a bigger and more affordable house. Not to mention, baby boomers are establishing a trend of spending the retired years by making their way interstate to Queensland to enjoy the irresistible sunshine too.
Even though Brisbane and the Gold Coast’s lifestyle can be tempting for some to weigh up a decision whether to make the move into one of the world’s most liveable cities. Moving interstate can be tough and an extremely daunting experience, so let’s see how we can get started off on the right foot and break down the different interstate removalists Brisbane options so we can make the right choice when we do decide to move.
Backloading Removalists in Brisbane
Backloading is a removalist term for when the space of the truck gets shared amongst different clients usually who have smaller loads. This is to ensure that the truck travelling in one direction utilises as much as the space as possible before making the trip up or back. Interstate removalists who offer a backloading service, usually do so at a cheaper rate so they can fill the truck up. However, the downside to having several customers contents on the one truck is that the customers usually have to be flexible with the pickup and drop off times as it will go by the schedule of the removalist. If you are on a tight budget and are not in a hurry to receive your contents. Backloading can prove to be viable option.
Interstate Removalists in Brisbane
The opposite to backloading is having a dedicated Interstate removalists company in Brisbane or Gold Coast who you hire. If you do not wish to share your contents with others and wish your contents to be picked up at a certain day or time and dropped off on a certain day or time. Then hiring a removal company to solely look after you on move day could prove to be a better option. Interstate removalists usually charge a bit more of a premium service, but what you get a more personalised approach. If you would like to get your move out of the way and get it over and done with quickly then be prepared to pay a little extra for the service.
Containers/Freight
Some interstate removalists or freight companies work in conjunction with the national railway service. So how this works is the freight company can drop off a particular container size at your location so that you can pack and fill yourself. Once the container is packed and filled and ready to be picked up. Then the freight company will come back and pickup the container and organise it to be transported via rail to your designated state. Once arrived by rail then the freight company will organise to deliver your container to your new destination via road again allowing you some time to unpack the container before organising to pick it up again. This method works if you rather be in control of the packing and if you want to pack and unpack on your own accord. Costing is relative to hiring a removalist company and, in most cases, even cheaper. The only thing is sometimes delays are expected due to the rail network and you may need to account for that.
Hiring a vehicle
If you are game enough to do the hard yards yourself then you can opt to hire a truck. Some larger size trucks require you to hold additional licenses then the normal drivers license so do check with the hiring company for what you need. Assuming you do have the valid licenses to operate a large enough truck that you can fit all your personal belongings, then you just need to calculate how many days it would take you to pack, travel and unload the truck. If you do not travel the roads often then always assume it will take you more time to get there, therefore increasing the cost of hiring the truck. Hiring a truck can work out to be cheaper averaging with prices starting from $99 per day and then options of including insurance and petrol. You however will need to have the stamina to be able to drive the distance and for many who do not drive long distances often. This could be more risky and dangerous than outsourcing the work to a removalist. Always weigh up the risk as this option can be very exhaustive.
Driving yourself
Like hiring a vehicle, this option assumes that you have your own vehicle large enough to hold your contents for your interstate move. Even if you don’t, assuming that you do have a tow bar at the back of your car then you may be able to hire a large enough boxed trailer to fit your belongings into. Again, this option should only be attempted if you have the necessary vehicle for the job. There is no point moving a 3-bedroom home in a standard family size car travelling up and back multiple times. However, this will prove to be the least expensive option of all if of course you do happen to have an 8-tonne truck lying around or can borrow one for you move, which many people of course would not. Never the less, still a valid option.
Whether you are moving interstate Sydney to Gold Coast or Brisbane or anywhere in Australia, hopefully we have given you a few different options to think about for your next interstate move and help you come to a decision that will work for you.