Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.

[Anonymous]

I just learned that in NYC you can hire sofa movers. Indeed, they do cut it in half and then repair it in your new home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just learned that in NYC you can hire sofa movers. Indeed, they do cut it in half and then repair it in your new home.

Op here. Hahaha, are you serious?

[Anonymous]

The freight elevator may sorta be working but not in a manner safe enough for others to use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, grand pianos are lifted by cranes in and out of windows.

We can't tell you why you were told the elevator company would take care of it - it does not seem like their job. Do they know the length of your sofa? Are they planning on inserting it diagonally? Or will they pay for a window lift?

Clarify with the people involved. We don't know.

Also, stuff is damaged all the time during moves. You can minimize the damage by hiring white-glove movers, but you cannot prevent all damage.

The landlord is doing all this because they want the sofa out ASAP. I can't hire movers if they don't have a working freight elevator. I have already hired movers, but since the freight was broken, they couldn't move it. This is 100 percent the landlord's fault. They are causing me a headache and I will need to spend money on movers AGAIN.

Or you could stop being a drama queen and let the landlord move it. It’s a couch, not delicate China.

[Anonymous]

OP, contact these guys: https://nycouchdoctor.com/

They’ll provide a free estimate. They can take apart the sofa and get it either in the regular elevator or down the stairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, grand pianos are lifted by cranes in and out of windows.

We can't tell you why you were told the elevator company would take care of it - it does not seem like their job. Do they know the length of your sofa? Are they planning on inserting it diagonally? Or will they pay for a window lift?

Clarify with the people involved. We don't know.

Also, stuff is damaged all the time during moves. You can minimize the damage by hiring white-glove movers, but you cannot prevent all damage.

The landlord is doing all this because they want the sofa out ASAP. I can't hire movers if they don't have a working freight elevator. I have already hired movers, but since the freight was broken, they couldn't move it. This is 100 percent the landlord's fault. They are causing me a headache and I will need to spend money on movers AGAIN.

Or you could stop being a drama queen and let the landlord move it. It’s a couch, not delicate China.

I would be livid. So they are supposed to just suck it up when they damage it? And the extra moving day they need to just pay up? They landlord would charge a huge fee to move furniture if it was the reverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, grand pianos are lifted by cranes in and out of windows.

We can't tell you why you were told the elevator company would take care of it - it does not seem like their job. Do they know the length of your sofa? Are they planning on inserting it diagonally? Or will they pay for a window lift?

Clarify with the people involved. We don't know.

Also, stuff is damaged all the time during moves. You can minimize the damage by hiring white-glove movers, but you cannot prevent all damage.

The landlord is doing all this because they want the sofa out ASAP. I can't hire movers if they don't have a working freight elevator. I have already hired movers, but since the freight was broken, they couldn't move it. This is 100 percent the landlord's fault. They are causing me a headache and I will need to spend money on movers AGAIN.

Or you could stop being a drama queen and let the landlord move it. It’s a couch, not delicate China.

Disassembling a sofa or a couch needs extreme caution as a minor mistake can cause major damage to the furniture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pivot! PIVOT!

shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!

[Anonymous]

This is hilarious. I’d throw up my hands and buy a new sofa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious. I’d throw up my hands and buy a new sofa.

Op here. Yeah I don't have that kind of money. At this rate, the sofa will cost more than it's worth to move it. I'm also mad we need to spend another $500 for movers when we had this on moving day #1.

[Anonymous]

OMG drama queen. Get your landlord to sign an agreement that if it is damaged, he will pay for repair or for a new sofa. Done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG drama queen. Get your landlord to sign an agreement that if it is damaged, he will pay for repair or for a new sofa. Done.

OP here. They let me know tonight at 5:30 pm they are doing this TOMORROW. There's no time for that. I did send an email letting her know I don't give them permission to touch or move the sofa. I don't know how they can find new tenets if the fright has been down for over a month now. You can't move in and out with the regular elevator unless you have very small furniture. My sofa is apartment sized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, grand pianos are lifted by cranes in and out of windows.

We can't tell you why you were told the elevator company would take care of it - it does not seem like their job. Do they know the length of your sofa? Are they planning on inserting in diagonally? Or will they pay for a window lift?

Clarify with the people involved. We don't know.

Also, stuff is damaged all the time during moves. You can minimize the damage by hiring white-glove movers, but you cannot prevent all damage.

+1

Your snowflake Pottery Barn sofa will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, grand pianos are lifted by cranes in and out of windows.

We can't tell you why you were told the elevator company would take care of it - it does not seem like their job. Do they know the length of your sofa? Are they planning on inserting in diagonally? Or will they pay for a window lift?

Clarify with the people involved. We don't know.

Also, stuff is damaged all the time during moves. You can minimize the damage by hiring white-glove movers, but you cannot prevent all damage.

+1

Your snowflake Pottery Barn sofa will be fine.

Her sofa will probably be fine, but she needed to incur more moving expenses because of them. That doesn't make her a snowflake. No one is allowed to have a piano in a high-rise. What are you smoking?

[Anonymous]

Oh no don’t get Pottery Barn involved you’ll be waiting for months.