I am moving next month (from/to within Tokyo) and have to tidy up my current place.
Beside the big stuffs which only require labors to move, I have 3 items in mind (washing machine, toilet washlet, and lighting) that I believe I’d need a professional’s help to remove, and reinstall at the new place.
For now I can only think of the Curama marketplace. I’d imagine that would cost around 6,000円 up to 9,000円 per 1 item per 1 removal, and x2 that cost for the re-installation at the new place. At this point I feel like that’s the only option and no choice but to spend.
Do you guys have other suggestions that I might have missed? Any savings on expenses would be much appreciated.
Edit：Is there a company which can provide all-in-one service to uninstall those stuffs, moving together with all the other stuffs, and reinstalling at the new place?
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When I contracted Nitsu recently, they offered to do uninstall/install as well as boxing and cleaning and such. The more work they had to do the higher the price was. They were actually quite helpful in that I paid for 8 hours, and they helped move some stuff around at the new house as well to make space for stuff I was moving in as well.
Sakai Moving just handled my stuff as an all in one service.(They have English speaking staff too.) I can’t give you a good idea on the price though since I moved prefectures.
I also moved to another prefecture and used Sakai. They took care of everything, especially the 3 items you listed in your post. For the washlette and washer, they might use a 3rd party vendor but it is seamless to you, but you will probably need to be home so they can uninstall/install. Just get the quote and go from there and they will take care of everything when the moving day comes.
Few notes, we got quotes from 4 different moving companies, based off of price, availability, and quality. Stay away from holiday weeks as many families book those weeks to move. Case in point, we moved during Obon week and with an impending typhoon, it took a full week to get our stuff moved in as Sakai had to juggle several families due to the weather.
Second note, depending on who you choose to move your stuff, one moving company did not want to quote the removal of the washlette due to some issue they had in the past where the movers damaged the toilet or pipes or something like that. Pay attention to this. In our case, we had Sakai’s 3rd party vendor uninstall our old unit and it went to the so-dai gomi, and in our new place we reformed with brand new toilets. FYI.
Good luck with your move, it is a painful experience.
Any moving company can do that for you. Just have them come over and explain everything you need to get done and how many boxes of stuff you want to be moved. Get their quote and do the same with a couple of other companies. Make sure to negotiate. This is one of the few times that negotiating a price is very common in Japan