Prospect and Walkerville are Adelaide’s inner north, a short drive from the city across the park lands and the River Torrens. Both are known for their villas and bungalows on tree-lined streets, and for households that have filled those homes with good furniture over many years. Moveall moves whole households of furniture in both suburbs, wrapped in moving blankets and placed in the right rooms at the new home.
Prospect is in the City of Prospect and Walkerville in the Town of Walkerville. Furniture Removalists Adelaide is a service of Moveall Australia Pty Ltd, an Adelaide removalist based in Wayville.
Removalists in Prospect
Prospect runs between Main North Road and Churchill Road, with Prospect Road and its shops and cafes through the middle. Its streets are lined with villas and bungalows from the late 1800s and early 1900s, many restored and extended at the back, alongside newer townhouses on subdivided blocks. That mix shapes the move. A villa has a long hallway and old doorways; a townhouse built behind it has a shared driveway and a staircase; an extended home may have a wide, modern living area at the back reached only through the old hallway at the front.
- For a villa, measure your biggest pieces against the hallway and the turn into each room.
- For a townhouse, measure the staircase, the ceiling height at the stairs and the landing.
- For a shared driveway, tell us whether the truck can come in or must stay on the street, and warn the neighbours about the day.
- On the main roads, check the stopping rules before planning to park a truck out the front.
Walkerville
Walkerville sits east of Prospect, with Walkerville Terrace as its main road and the River Torrens along its southern edge. Large older homes on generous blocks are common here, and so are the furniture moves that go with them: formal dining suites, antique pieces, pianos and studies full of heavy bookcases. Every piece is wrapped where it stands, carried rather than dragged, and loaded so nothing shifts. Very heavy items such as a piano come under Moveall’s Supercharge option, with extra team members and specialty equipment, as part of the household move. See antique and heavy furniture.
Moving into the inner north
People moving into Prospect and Walkerville are often trading space for location, or moving from a family home into a smaller one. Downsizing raises the question of which furniture will fit. Measure the new rooms before moving day, decide what is coming and what is not, and sell, give away or arrange disposal for the rest so it is not on the truck. A floor plan with each room named, and a note on each door at the new home, means the crew puts each piece where it belongs the first time. House furniture removals in Adelaide explains the room-by-room approach.
Verandahs, gates and front gardens
Many inner-north villas sit behind a front fence and garden, with a gate, a path and a few steps up to a verandah. A narrow gate or a tight path between garden beds can be the smallest gap on the whole route, smaller than any door inside. Measure the gate as well as the front door, and tell us if the only way to the back of the house is a narrow side path.
Getting ready
Empty drawers, wardrobes and cabinets before the move, as Moveall’s terms ask, or book Moveall’s Wrap & Pack and the team packs the house for you, supplying the boxes and materials: see furniture packing and moving in Adelaide. Clear a path from each room to the front door and keep children and pets out of it on the day.
Nearby
Moveall also covers the rest of the northern suburbs, from Mawson Lakes and Salisbury to Golden Grove and Tea Tree Gully, listed on the areas page, and Norwood and Payneham across the river (see furniture removalists in Norwood and Payneham). For how a furniture move runs, see furniture removalists in Adelaide.
Moving furniture in Prospect or Walkerville? Call Moveall, or send your furniture details.
Questions people ask
Do you move furniture into townhouses with stairs?
Yes. Measure the staircase, the ceiling height above it and any landing, and tell us when you ask for a quote. Big pieces that will not go up whole are planned for before the day.
We are downsizing. Can you move only part of our furniture?
Yes, as part of your move: list what is coming to the new home. Decide early what is not coming and arrange for it to go elsewhere, so the truck and the quote match what is moving.
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