House removals in Christchurch and North Canterbury

Moving a whole house, not just a pile of boxes

A house removal is a different job from a van load, and the difference shows up in the first hour. A household is not a collection of items with legs — it is a kitchen that has to come apart, a bedroom that has to be rebuilt, a hallway of doorways that are narrower than the furniture going through them. The work is planning the route through the house as carefully as the route to it.

Moonies Movers does house removals across Christchurch, the surrounding areas and North Canterbury. Mike Moon has been in the furniture and home removal industry for over 38 years and is described as a master artist at stacking and loading a household; the team is highly trained by him. In practice that means the truck is loaded so that what comes off first is what you need first, and so that nothing in the back has to be unpacked to reach something else.

What the crew actually does

Beds come apart in the bedroom. Wardrobes are emptied and the doors taped or removed where they will not survive the hallway. The things that only get used twice a year are wrapped, labelled and packed early. The heavy, awkward pieces — a solid timber bed base, a piano-shaped problem, a wardrobe that weighs more than it looks — are the reason the crew is trained rather than hired off the street that morning.

On the other side, the load comes off in an order that makes the first evening in the new house workable: beds first, then the kitchen, then everything that can wait until the weekend.

How house removals are priced

Every job starts with a free, no-obligation quote. You can have the work priced as a fixed quote if the job is clear, or at hourly rates if the shape of it is not settled yet. There are no published opening hours, so the quote is arranged by calling Mike directly on 027 474 8717 — you talk to the person who will be running the move, not to a booking service.

If you are moving a single heavy item rather than a whole house, the furniture removals page covers that side of the work, and the quotes and hourly rates page covers how the two pricing styles differ.