Toronto Movers - Toronto's most trusted Moving Company Since 1994

Westsend was established in 1994 and is now a leading Toronto Moving Company, since then we have never had a complaint with the BBB and our track record is nothing short of legendary for this Toronto volatile moving industry. We are established and have a long list of satisfied moving clients in and around the Toronto area but also Canada wide through our numerous locations and affiliated reliable moving companies ( partners).

Since 1994, our tradition of quality, innovative moving practices and experience will insure the highest quality of your Toronto moving experience. We have high standards in hiring local Toronto moving professionals giving you the best GTA moving service possible. We beleive that keeping communication channels open between the movers, dispatch and the client will give you the best Toronto moving service possible. If every one is in contact during the move, it is easier to manage and reduce stress and possible negative outcomes. This will also help your Toronto Movers take very good care of your furniture.

Additionally we offer a long distance moving services from Toronto to all major North American Cities. We also offer Toronto to USA and USA to Toronto long distance service. If you need to move your car also, we can also accomodate you in that deppartment. We use trains to ship our cars to and from Toronto via a contract we have with Via Rail Canada. This is safer than moving your vehicle across Canada by truck and also more affordable.

We are equiped and qualified to do the following types of moves:

- Toronto Office moves
- Toronto Heavy Furniture and Piano moving
- Safe moving in Toronto and GTA

- Toronto Archive moving and document storage
- Local and long distance service across Canada and the USA

- Storage in Toronto and every major Canadian cities
- Packing supplies and boxes
- Free Toronto Moving no obligation estimates
- Auto Shipping Across Ontario and Canada
- Customs Documentation for international moves
- Pack and move Toronto service
- And much, much more!

Toronto Office Moving Service

Westsend specializes in the relocation of Toronto offices and companies. We execute moves in the Toronto region and across Canada. Local and long distance moving services are available for your office Toronto move.

What are the first steps?

The first thing we do is send a profesional estimator to the move site in Toronto and surrouding area, this of course is free of charge. He will then evalutate the volume, access and nature of the items to be moved in order to choose the adequate equipement for your Toronto movers to execute the project as safely, effectively and economically as possible. What will be required, 1 ton truck, 5 ton truck, how many Toronto Movers, power tailgate, special ramp? He will assess your needs and choose the best solution for both the Toronto moving company and the client.

Preparing Your Toronto Office Move:

Move preparation is a very important part of every office relocation. A meeting with your staff is recommended to discuss the relocation strategy. It is very important to have a plan for office moves, especially in the Toronto area where traffic congestion is common and time is very limited. A map of the office is useful for the Toronto movers, they need to know where to pick up items and where to drop them off. It is a good idea to make a map of the office and label every major furniture items.

Computers and equipement must be unplugged in advanced, garbage bins emptied, boxes closed, drawers taped and filling cabinets locked. All pictures and fixtures must be taken off the walls. However, we can also do all of these tasks for you but it will add marginally to the final cost of the move, please contact us for further details. We also offer computer installation and software reinstalling services.

Transport of computers and sensitive information:

Moving your computers and electronic equipement is done with our special padded, reinforced and ensealed specialized Toronto Moving Trucks. That way in addition to being padded and boxed, your equipement is "exta" safe. The transport of your files in Toronto will be done in reinforced file boxes that are classified and organized in order to make things easier to find after move execution.

For any other questions regarding your upcoming office move in the Toronto metropolitan area,please don't hesitate to contact us. We also offer long distance office moving services. You can trust Westsend, Toronto's leading moving company at your service.

Toronto Moving Access

How to deal with difficult access

Toronto and metropolitan area has a relatively long history compared to some cities in Western and Central Canada. For that reason, buildings can be very old or very modern. For these reasons, moving access can sometimes be a problem in both situations.

How to deal with small elevators.

The first thing to do if the item is too big is to measure it and then measure the elevator, too often have I seen movers trying to fit something in the elevator to find out it doesn't fit halfway through, problem is that usually they damage the wall and the furniture in the process...once you know that the item can actually fit. Make a plan of execution, calculate the angles and speculate the moves. The movers need to both know what to do in advance, a little like choreography.

How to deal with no elevators:

Just like the elevators, measure the access versus the size of the item first, then make a plan of execution. Think of the angles that will change as the staircase inverts itself, cover the furniture with pad near the point of contact with the walls , ceiling and floors.

No elevators and no staircases

Sometimes the items just won't fit in the staircase OR the elevators. Just too big or maybe the items were built right in the suite? While an uncommon scenario, this does happen sometimes. Then there are usually 2 ways to go about it, the balcony or the roof. The balcony can be tricky but can be done, 3 men are usually required. One on top to hold the rope and 2 on the bottom to keep the item off the building, the heavier the item the more men are required. It is always also important to gauge the strength of the railing and balcony. The last resort is also the roof of the building if the suite has access to it. Then a crane can be hired and the item can simply get plucked off the roof and dropped on the ground, but the cost of this is nearly $2000 so make sure the item is well worth it!

Any other questions about moving items in difficult access Areas in Toronto please contact us, we will show up on the job site and give you a free no obligation evaluation of what strategy to use to move you items.

Moving Company Toronto

A Toronto moving company or van line is a company that helps people and businesses relocate their goods from one place to another. Typically they use Toronto moving vans, but for international moves or where storage is required they may use special containerised vans or shipping containers.

In addition, some local Toronto moving services may use rigid body trucks for removal of furniture. National companies are typically organized with local branches or affiliated agents. That affiliation may be in the form of a franchise, wherein the local agent is a franchise of a national company, or a cooperative, wherein the local agent owns a share of the national company. There are also many little independent Toronto moving companies who operate within any given local area. In the United States all legitimate Toronto moving companies must be licensed with the Federal Highway Administration and / or their State Commerce Commission.

Household removals require careful wrapping and packing to avoid damage to furniture and effects, so many household policies do not cover goods in transit unless they are being packed, carried and unpacked by a professional remover. In the Toronto moving industry, when a customer packs and unpacks his own boxes it is referred to as PBO (packed by owner) and policies do not insure these goods. On PBO moves it can become a point of huge contention between the mover and the customer as to who is at fault regarding damaged items within a box. Was it packed improperly by the customer or did the mover mishandle the box?

here are also companies who specialize in facilitating self-removals, u-haul being a notable US example. These companies provide trucks for the customers to load, drive and unload themselves. There are also companies that provide "Haul Only" service. Self service Toronto moving companies like provide trucks for the customer who does not want to drive a truck when Toronto moving but is willing to load and unload it themselves. These trucks are to be driven by company personnel and are comparable in price to rental trucks. The process of packing a van or container for a removal requires that polished surfaces are protected (usually with special blankets or cardboard).

China and other fragile effects are packed in rigid boxes, originally wooden tea chests but now usually cardboard, with layers of bunched up blank newsprint commonly used to protect against scratches and chips in transit. Soft materials may be packed in bags, suitcases or boxes. Removal vans will often have a Luton body, internal wooden wall bars to which tall or heavy furniture can be secured with webbing, and a ramp or tail lift to assist in loading. Space on trucks is at a premium, so an experienced loader will pack into voids in furniture and use awkward shaped items such as ironing boards to fill narrow gaps.

Moving furniture in and out of houses, especially older properties, presents challenges; in areas where there are many older properties, furniture Toronto movers may be adept at Toronto moving and reinstalling sash window panes. Most double bed bases can be split, folded or dismantled. Pianos are a particular problem, removals contractors will usually have specialist piano trolleys and there is a device colloquially known as a shoe which is strapped to the side of a grand piano to allow it to be rested on edge on the trolley without damaging the polish or applying excessive force to the sides of the instrument.