Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 14:59     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 14:56     Subject: Re:Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ha ha, nice satire OP! Adding more and more
ridiculous tidbits- well done!


OP here. This place was a special kind of hell. Our apartment flooded several times. That's actually why the freight broke on Christmas Day. We broke our lease and moved out. I got a quote for $645 to move 1 sofa to to our new place. I'll deduct that from the 2 months of rent we need to pay to break the lease. We negotiated that with them via BBB reviews; however, they already found new tenets. If we didn't agree to accept that, they would have only charged us until they rerented the apartment. In our lease, there's no early termination clause, so they are supposed to go with what the law says, and it says you can't rent an apartment to two people. We didn't sign any agreement besides agreeing to this on the BBB website. We could probably get away with paying nothing since they have found tenets.


Tenant, not tenet.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 13:49     Subject: Re:Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:The freight elevator may sorta be working but not in a manner safe enough for others to use.


Op here. Bingo. According to the manager, who lies regularly, they put it in the car.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 09:09     Subject: Re:Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ha ha, nice satire OP! Adding more and more
ridiculous tidbits- well done!


OP here. This place was a special kind of hell. Our apartment flooded several times. That's actually why the freight broke on Christmas Day. We broke our lease and moved out. I got a quote for $645 to move 1 sofa to to our new place. I'll deduct that from the 2 months of rent we need to pay to break the lease. We negotiated that with them via BBB reviews; however, they already found new tenets. If we didn't agree to accept that, they would have only charged us until they rerented the apartment. In our lease, there's no early termination clause, so they are supposed to go with what the law says, and it says you can't rent an apartment to two people. We didn't sign any agreement besides agreeing to this on the BBB website. We could probably get away with paying nothing since they have found tenets.


I meant you write can't charge rent to two tenets from the same unit. The property manager told me this.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 09:08     Subject: Re:Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:Ha ha, nice satire OP! Adding more and more
ridiculous tidbits- well done!


OP here. This place was a special kind of hell. Our apartment flooded several times. That's actually why the freight broke on Christmas Day. We broke our lease and moved out. I got a quote for $645 to move 1 sofa to to our new place. I'll deduct that from the 2 months of rent we need to pay to break the lease. We negotiated that with them via BBB reviews; however, they already found new tenets. If we didn't agree to accept that, they would have only charged us until they rerented the apartment. In our lease, there's no early termination clause, so they are supposed to go with what the law says, and it says you can't rent an apartment to two people. We didn't sign any agreement besides agreeing to this on the BBB website. We could probably get away with paying nothing since they have found tenets.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 08:35     Subject: Re:Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Ha ha, nice satire OP! Adding more and more
ridiculous tidbits- well done!
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 00:17     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:Walk it down the staircase and offer to pay a ton to do it.


.


If it was possible, I'm sure they would try it. Op shouldn't be paying for anything. It's the landlord's fault. They need to pay for the movers to bring it to her.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2023 00:08     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Walk it down the staircase and offer to pay a ton to do it.


Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 23:58     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wrap the sofa before they move it. That same plastic wrap they use for suitcases. You’d be amazed at what movers can do.


There's no time. I don't live in the apartment anymore. I am an hour away.

Are they delivering the sofa to you tomorrow? Or are they just moving it to the lobby and you have to pay for movers to pick it up from there?


No. They are moving it somewhere else. They probably rented out the apartment already, even though we paid for two months to break the lease.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 23:56     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:Wrap the sofa before they move it. That same plastic wrap they use for suitcases. You’d be amazed at what movers can do.


This is OP. These people aren't movers. They are elevator repairmen and haven't said sh** about wrapping it. They sent me a message tonight surprise, your sofa is getting moved to our executive suite. The whole first floor floods regularly. They don't have any executive suites.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 23:55     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wrap the sofa before they move it. That same plastic wrap they use for suitcases. You’d be amazed at what movers can do.


There's no time. I don't live in the apartment anymore. I am an hour away.

Are they delivering the sofa to you tomorrow? Or are they just moving it to the lobby and you have to pay for movers to pick it up from there?
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 23:53     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:Wrap the sofa before they move it. That same plastic wrap they use for suitcases. You’d be amazed at what movers can do.


There's no time. I don't live in the apartment anymore. I am an hour away.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 23:38     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Wrap the sofa before they move it. That same plastic wrap they use for suitcases. You’d be amazed at what movers can do.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 23:25     Subject: Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:Elevator goes to top floor of shaft and is locked out and disabled.

Doors are open to expose shaft at floor with sofa.

Sofa is packaged up and secured in a harness.

Sofa is placed in shaft and lowered with block and tackle gear to floor where it will be removed from building.

Profit.

LOL. At this point, it would be cheaper for them to buy OP a new sofa. The man hours and safety measures to dangle the sofa down the shaft would be cost prohibitive.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 22:49     Subject: Re:Explain to me how you can move a sofa down an elevator shaft because sofa won't fit in elevator box.
Anonymous wrote:Oh no don’t get Pottery Barn involved you’ll be waiting for months.


Op here. Haha, I know we waited more than a YEAR for chairs.