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

[Anonymous]

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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?

There are plenty of people in NYC, Detroit, and Chicago (places where I have friends) who live in high-rise apartments and have pianos. Make sure you know what you're talking about.

Nah, no typical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 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?

There are plenty of people in NYC, Detroit, and Chicago (places where I have friends) who live in high-rise apartments and have pianos. Make sure you know what you're talking about.

Nah, no typical.

Not PP you replied to, but I assure you pianos and large items are regularly allowed in high rises.

Also, OP is very annoying. She shoots down every suggestion aggressively and is obsessed with her sofa. I recall her multiple posts about her building prior to this and she was similarly grating.

It’s tough to be helpful when you make it so hard, OP.

[Anonymous]

For your next sofa, I recommend looking at Bo Concept. Their sofas can be taken apart for delivery/removal due to concerns like narrow stairs in city apartments.

[Anonymous]

OP has a strange attachment to a piece of furniture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The freight elevator broke when we were moving out of an apartment. The movers couldn't get it into the regular elevator. I have been without a sofa for a few weeks. The manager indicates the elevator company will move it somehow, but the freight elevator isn't fixed. What are they going to do? Throw it down the shaft? It needs to go down four floors. What if they damage it? I have indicated I don't want anyone moving it except me, and that can only be done when the freight is fixed. I'll have very little recourse if they damage it, and I guarantee they will.

Sometimes they can put it on top of the elevator. Or the top of the elevator partially comes off.

[Anonymous]

Winch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 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?

There are plenty of people in NYC, Detroit, and Chicago (places where I have friends) who live in high-rise apartments and have pianos. Make sure you know what you're talking about.

Nah, no typical.

Not PP you replied to, but I assure you pianos and large items are regularly allowed in high rises.

Also, OP is very annoying. She shoots down every suggestion aggressively and is obsessed with her sofa. I recall her multiple posts about her building prior to this and she was similarly grating.

It’s tough to be helpful when you make it so hard, OP.

OP here. I haven't shot down any suggestions. The sofa can't be moved until the freight is fixed, and it's been almost a month, and it still needs to be fixed! Of course, I am upset because I am sitting in my new place without furniture to sit on! There wasn't any other option. We couldn't use the stairs or the regular elevators. Why else do you think they paid for the elevator company to do it. This whole situation of us breaking the lease has caused much pain and is EXPENSIVE. We need to pay for TWO moving days, which costs a lot of money. If they damage it, we will need to replace it and I have lost all trust with this apartment. You aren't as involved because the advice doesn't cost you anything. I know so many residents who have had their storage units flooded and the apartment won't do sh** about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 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?

There are plenty of people in NYC, Detroit, and Chicago (places where I have friends) who live in high-rise apartments and have pianos. Make sure you know what you're talking about.

Nah, no typical.

Not PP you replied to, but I assure you pianos and large items are regularly allowed in high rises.

Also, OP is very annoying. She shoots down every suggestion aggressively and is obsessed with her sofa. I recall her multiple posts about her building prior to this and she was similarly grating.

It’s tough to be helpful when you make it so hard, OP.

OP here. I haven't shot down any suggestions. The sofa can't be moved until the freight is fixed, and it's been almost a month, and it still needs to be fixed! Of course, I am upset because I am sitting in my new place without furniture to sit on! There wasn't any other option. We couldn't use the stairs or the regular elevators. Why else do you think they paid for the elevator company to do it. This whole situation of us breaking the lease has caused much pain and is EXPENSIVE. We need to pay for TWO moving days, which costs a lot of money. If they damage it, we will need to replace it and I have lost all trust with this apartment. You aren't as involved because the advice doesn't cost you anything. I know so many residents who have had their storage units flooded and the apartment won't do sh** about it.

Sounds like a horrid situation. Stand up for yourself, OP. Landlords in high-rises don't care about you. I hope you were there when they moved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP has a strange attachment to a piece of furniture.

If they are paying $645 to transport one sofa, it better be in excellent condition. Otherwise, they should buy a new one.

[Anonymous]

This place sounds like a hot mess. A month without a freight. How can new people move in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP has a strange attachment to a piece of furniture.

If they are paying $645 to transport one sofa, it better be in excellent condition. Otherwise, they should buy a new one.

They need to deduct the $645 out of the rent them still owe the landlord. I hope they haven't paid the balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 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?

There are plenty of people in NYC, Detroit, and Chicago (places where I have friends) who live in high-rise apartments and have pianos. Make sure you know what you're talking about.

Nah, no typical.

Not PP you replied to, but I assure you pianos and large items are regularly allowed in high rises.

Also, OP is very annoying. She shoots down every suggestion aggressively and is obsessed with her sofa. I recall her multiple posts about her building prior to this and she was similarly grating.

It’s tough to be helpful when you make it so hard, OP.

I remember her post and I don't think she was being aggressive enough given all of the flooding that happened in their unit and mold. Comments like this encourage tenets to give up and then the landlord wins. We need more people like the OP to fight them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 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?

There are plenty of people in NYC, Detroit, and Chicago (places where I have friends) who live in high-rise apartments and have pianos. Make sure you know what you're talking about.

Nah, no typical.

Not PP you replied to, but I assure you pianos and large items are regularly allowed in high rises.

Also, OP is very annoying. She shoots down every suggestion aggressively and is obsessed with her sofa. I recall her multiple posts about her building prior to this and she was similarly grating.

It’s tough to be helpful when you make it so hard, OP.

I remember her post and I don't think she was being aggressive enough given all of the flooding that happened in their unit and mold. Comments like this encourage tenets to give up and then the landlord wins. We need more people like the OP to fight them.

+1

Women are encouraged to shut up and be nice. Nice people get taken advantage of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This place sounds like a hot mess. A month without a freight. How can new people move in?

Not OP but my building has been in the same situation, due to a combination of the elevator company having trouble getting parts (due to the never-ending materials shortages) and then waiting on getting permits approved. Luckily our stairs are not narrow so people are still able to move in and out.

[Anonymous]

After recently moving, I thought why don't we just leave furniture and only take our belongings. Life would be so much easier if furniture stayed with the building. Just leave the sofa and buy a new one.