Apartment movers in Birmingham, AL for walk-ups, mid-rises and garden complexes

If you are moving out of a third-floor unit in Highland Park or into a new loft near Railroad Park, Tunj Control Moving sends movers who plan the stairs, the elevator, and the parking before the truck leaves our lot. Our Google rating is 4.8 stars from more than 200 Google reviews. We work out of Perimeter Park, off US 280 on the southeast side of Birmingham, which keeps most of the metro’s apartment communities within a short drive. More than 25 trained movers, all background-checked and in uniform, handle apartment moves for renters, students, roommates, and property managers. Tunj Control is licensed and insured, which matters on the day a leasing office asks for proof before it releases the freight elevator.

Apartment moves from studio to three bedrooms

A studio and a three-bedroom unit are not the same job, and we do not send the same number of movers to both. The estimate is built on unit size, floor, carry distance, and how much furniture comes apart. Apartment moves we book include:

  • Studios and one-bedrooms with a bed, a sofa, and a few dozen boxes
  • Two and three-bedroom units with full living and dining sets
  • Roommate splits where one lease turns into two addresses
  • Moves from an apartment into a first house, which fall under residential moving
  • Corporate and student moves with hard lease dates

Packing is optional on any of them. If your lease ends the same day your new one starts, our packing services can box the kitchen and the closets ahead of time so the movers only have to load. A designer sofa or framed art going into a downtown loft can be added to the job under our white glove service, which means an inspection before wrapping and extra padding on the carry.

Tunj Control mover smiling in the cab of a moving truck

Stairs, elevators, and loading zones

The building decides how we plan the day, so we ask about it on the first call.

Three-story walk-ups

Older buildings in Highland Park, Southside, and Forest Park often have three floors, no elevator, and a stair turn that was never meant for a queen box spring. Our movers use shoulder straps and two-person carries, pad the stair rails, and stage boxes on each landing so nobody hauls a full load up three flights in one go. Entry doors in these buildings run narrow, so a sofa sometimes comes through on its end. Measure the frame before move day and tell us the number.

Elevator buildings with reserved windows

Mid-rises and high-rises downtown, in Lakeview and around UAB usually require a reserved freight elevator and a set window. We pad the cab, keep one mover at each end of the run, and cycle between the unit and the truck so the window is not wasted on waiting.

Garden-style complexes with breezeways

Three-story garden complexes along Lorna Road, Highway 150, and Lakeshore Drive have exterior stairs, breezeways, and parking lots where the truck cannot always get close to the building. The carry gets longer, so we bring more dollies and settle the truck spot with the office ahead of time.

Working with your property manager

Leasing offices have rules for move day, and most of them come down to timing, paperwork, and protecting the building. We take care of the coordination so you are not passing messages between the office and the movers. The items we settle with your property manager before the truck arrives:

  • Move-in and move-out windows, and which days of the week the building allows moves
  • Certificate of insurance requests from the leasing office
  • Freight elevator reservations and padding requirements
  • Loading dock or loading zone assignments and their time limits
  • Parking permits or cones for the truck

Give us the building name when you book, and we will reach out for the elevator window and any paperwork. Lease turnover in Birmingham peaks at the end of the month and in late summer, when students come back to UAB and Samford, so elevator calendars fill early. Book 1 to 2 weeks ahead, and earlier than that for the last weekend of the month. For a week-by-week list of what to settle with both buildings, see our apartment moving checklist for Birmingham renters. Larger jobs for the property itself, like relocating a leasing office or a clubhouse, fall under commercial moving.

Apartment communities we serve

Apartment movers in Birmingham, AL have to know the complexes as well as the roads, and from Perimeter Park, most of them are a short drive. The biggest clusters sit in Hoover around Riverchase and the Galleria, in Homewood along Lakeshore Drive and near Samford, and in Birmingham itself, in Lakeview, Southside, Avondale, and the newer buildings around Parkside. We also work the complexes in Bessemer near I-459, the communities along I-65 in Pelham, and the Cahaba Heights and Liberty Park apartments in Vestavia Hills. Renters in Mountain Brook, Trussville, Brook Highland, and Chelsea book us too, often for townhome and duplex moves where the stairs are inside the unit.

Moving to an apartment in Nashville, Atlanta, or farther is a different kind of job. Our long-distance moving page covers how the same movers handle both ends of that trip.

Furniture assembly when you get there

Most apartment furniture comes apart to fit through the door and goes back together in the unit. Our movers disassemble bed frames, dining tables, and bookcases at the old apartment and rebuild them at the new one before they leave. If you ordered a new bed, desk, or sectional to meet you at the new place, list it when you book and the same movers will unbox it, assemble it, and set it where you want it. Property managers furnishing model units or a whole building can book FF&E installation on its own.

Placement is part of every apartment move. Tell the movers which wall the sofa belongs on, and they will put it there, not in the middle of the room for you to push later. If something needs to swap sides after you see it, say so before they head out.