Port Melbourne is Melbourne's cleanest urban-renewal story — Bay Street's cafes and shopping, Beacon Cove's residential towers, and the Spirit of Tasmania terminal.
Port Melbourne moves are dominated by apartment towers and townhouses — very few detached houses. Beacon Cove alone has thousands of residents.
Cheltenham depot is 20 minutes. Prahran office is 10 minutes away.
Where we run fromCheltenham Depot, 7km away
What we move hereApartment towers & managed buildings
Access on the dayLoading dock & service lift
Typical Port Melbourne job6T truck · 3–5 hoursPrice my move →
Services in Port Melbourne
Every type of move we run here
Same crews, same trucks, same hourly rates — whichever of these your Port Melbourne move turns out to be. Ordered by what we do most often in apartment towers & managed buildings.
Six steps, in order, from the moment you enter your address to the moment the crew leaves.
Steps three to five are the ones that change from suburb to suburb — and in Port Melbourne they are shaped by loading dock & service lift.
1
Instant estimate, then a human check
Enter your Port Melbourne address and the calculator returns a real number in about two minutes, built from the same pricing our crews are dispatched on. Our team then reviews the enquiry personally and comes back the same business day.
2
Your date, locked with a written quote
You get the truck size, the crew size, the hourly rate, the call-out and the surcharge (if you are moving on a weekend) in writing before you commit. Nothing on that sheet changes on move day unless you change the job.
3
Building booking, before anything else
Towers run the schedule, not us. We confirm your building's service-lift booking window, the loading-dock slot, whether the dock has a height limit, and who issues the Certificate of Currency. In Port Melbourne that call happens before we lock your date — a lift booked for the wrong two-hour window is the one thing that can turn a smooth move into an expensive one.
4
The truck that fits the dock
Dock height limits decide the truck before the load does. We size to the building first and the inventory second, and if that means two trips in a smaller truck rather than one trip in a truck that cannot get in, we tell you the cost difference upfront rather than discovering it on the ramp. Your crew leaves Cheltenham Depot minutes away, so the truck is at your door at the start of your window rather than an hour into it.
5
Packed to the room it is going to
We load by destination room, not by size, so the unload runs in the order you actually want it. Fragile items are wrapped individually, wardrobes travel on port-a-robes rather than folded into boxes, and the inventory is checked off as the truck fills.
6
Placed, reassembled, and signed off
Beds go back together, furniture goes where you point rather than where it lands, and the crew does a final walk-through with you before they leave. Billing stops when the last item is placed — we bill by the minute after the two-hour minimum, not in rounded-up half hours.
That is the whole process — no step six-and-a-half.Start at step one and you will have a number for your Port Melbourne move in about two minutes.
Access, parking and what we move in Port Melbourne
Access & the streets
Beacon Cove and the modern tower stock have well-organised service lifts and loading docks; we book them in advance. Bay Street commercial-adjacent apartments have restricted parking.
Loading dock & service lift
Typical Port Melbourne moves
Apartment moves in Beacon Cove towers and Bay Street stock. Occasional townhouse and terrace moves in the older strip.
Apartment towers & managed buildings
Before we arrive
Your Port Melbourne move-day checklist
Tick these off and your move runs on the quoted time. The first three are specific to
Port Melbourne access; the rest apply to every job we do.
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What it costs
Port Melbourne removalist costs — work it out now
Pick your home size and where you are going. These are the same truck rates, call-out and
two-hour minimum our crews are dispatched on — so this is an indication, not a teaser.
For a real quote against your actual addresses, the calculator takes about two minutes.
Indicative only. Your real quote depends on the actual drive between your two addresses,
stairs, lifts and carry distance. Weekend and public-holiday surcharges are per crew member.
Why it matters
AFRA accredited vs a cheap quote in Port Melbourne
Anyone can put a truck on a website. AFRA — the Australian Furniture Removers Association —
audits members every year on insurance, equipment, training and complaints handling.
Here is what that difference looks like on a Port Melbourne job.
What you are comparingEasy Peasy · AFRA memberNon-accredited operator
Certificate of Currency for your building✓Issued on request, usually same day. Most Port Melbourne buildings will not release a lift booking without one.✗Often unavailable, or a generic certificate that building management rejects — and you find out the morning of the move.
Written quote before you commit✓Truck, crew, hourly rate, call-out and any weekend surcharge in writing before you book. Billed by the minute after the two-hour minimum.✗Verbal estimate over the phone, then a "the job was bigger than expected" conversation at the end of the day.
Vehicles and equipment✓Owned, maintained fleet of 20+ trucks with blankets, trolleys, straps and port-a-robes on board as standard.✗Hire truck booked that morning, with equipment charged separately or simply not carried.
Who actually turns up✓Uniformed, screened, trained employees. The same crews week after week, not a different pair each job.✗Subcontracted or casual labour with no background screening and no accountability back to the company.
If something goes wrong✓A documented complaints process, externally audited every year as an AFRA member, with an escalation path that ends at a named manager.✗No formal process. Your options are a chargeback, a bad review, or small claims.
Cancellations and no-shows✓A depot, a dispatcher and a backup truck. If a vehicle breaks down we send another one.✗One truck and one driver. A breakdown or a double-booking means your move simply does not happen that day.
Pricing after the job✓The rate you were quoted, billed to the minute. No fuel levy, no stair levy, no "heavy item" surprise.✗Low headline rate, then call-out fees, travel time, fuel surcharges and equipment hire added at the end.
The depot, the people and the company behind your Port Melbourne move
A quote is only worth what the business behind it is worth. Here is who actually turns up,
where they come from, and what we are accountable to.
Your depot
Cheltenham Depot
Unit 5/168 Chesterville Rd, Cheltenham VIC 3192
You are one of our closest suburbs. Trucks leave for Port Melbourne first thing rather than after a cross-town run, which is why start times here hold.
Head office + secure indoor storage facility. This is where the fleet lives and where storage clients' goods are held.
Easy Peasy is an AFRA member and a registered NDIS provider, externally audited on insurance, equipment, driver conduct and complaints handling. The same standards apply to a one-bedroom Port Melbourne flat as to a full house.
Heritage terraces, tram streets, premium apartment towers — the Chapel Street belt.
Port Melbourne is one of the suburbs we cover across Inner South. Same crews, same trucks and the same hourly rates apply right across the region, so if you are moving between Inner South suburbs — or out of Inner South entirely — it is the same team either way. The Inner South page lists every suburb we cover in this part of Melbourne.
Yes — Beacon Cove is one of our most-moved Port Melbourne addresses. Each tower has its own service-lift booking system, which we handle in advance.
How much do removalists cost in Port Melbourne?
From $160/hr for a 2T van or $180/hr for a 4T truck with two removalists, with a two-hour minimum and then billed by the minute. Most Port Melbourne moves run on a 6T at around $190/hr, and at 7km from our Cheltenham Depot the travel component stays modest. Run your address through the Instant Quote calculator for a full breakdown in about two minutes.
How long does a Port Melbourne move take?
A typical Port Melbourne job runs 3–5 hours, based on the apartment towers & managed buildings we move here most often. Stairs, lift waits and carry distance are what move that number, which is why we ask about access before we ask about bedrooms.
Do you handle the parking and access issues in Port Melbourne?
Yes. Most buildings we work in around Port Melbourne run a booked loading dock and service lift, so we confirm the booking window, the dock height limit and the Certificate of Currency before we lock your date. Send us your building manager's details and we handle that paperwork directly.
Can you move us on a weekend in Port Melbourne?
Yes — Saturday and Sunday slots are available and they book out first, so give us as much notice as you can. Weekend work carries a surcharge paid per removalist (+$11/hr Saturday, +$22/hr Sunday on a two-removalist truck), and it is shown on your quote before you commit rather than added afterwards.
Which suburbs near Port Melbourne do you also cover?
All of them. We regularly move between Port Melbourne and St Kilda, South Melbourne, Albert Park, St Kilda East, Middle Park and Elwood. A move between two neighbouring suburbs is one of the most common jobs we run — short drive leg, same crew, same hourly rate.
Are you insured and AFRA accredited?
Yes. Easy Peasy Removals is an AFRA member, externally audited on insurance, equipment, driver conduct and complaints handling. We carry public liability and goods-in-transit cover, and we can issue a Certificate of Currency on request — usually the same day, which is what most buildings and body corporates ask for before they will release a lift booking.
Do you supply boxes and do the packing in Port Melbourne?
Yes to both. We can drop cartons, paper and tape ahead of your Port Melbourne move, or send a packing crew to do the whole house. Blankets, trolleys, straps and port-a-robes are on every truck as standard — you are not charged extra for the equipment that protects your furniture.
Matty and eric were amazing! Lovely guys and Super efficient! Awesome job thanks Easley Peasey we will definitely use you again for future moves!
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Very easy to deal with from booking to packing and unpacking the truck. The removal team of David and Oscar were very thorough and careful but also efficient. Highly recommended.
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Chris and JP from Easy Peasy Removals were terrific. They were very pleasant and polite and careful with our belongings, moving all our belongings carefully including some large antiques. I can really recommend Easy Peasy. They made our move so much easier.
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