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Vieux-Nice
The old town puts our two most common difficulties in the same place: a building you can only climb on foot, and a lane no vehicle can reach. Neither is an obstacle in itself. Both have to be organised beforehand, not on the morning of the job.
The buildings
Seventeenth and eighteenth-century buildings, four to six floors, narrow winding stone stairs, almost never a lift. Terracotta or cement-tile floors, often under later coverings. Walls between flats are thin, so the work is kept to normal working hours out of consideration for the neighbours.
The access problem
Most streets are pedestrian or too narrow for a van. Equipment and everything removed is carried to the nearest square or quay, usually between forty and eighty metres. A parking slot is booked with the city for the removal day, and the work is arranged so the lane stays passable during busy hours.
A job typical of this area
A fourth-floor flat with no lift, to be cleared for a sale. Sixty metres of carrying to the nearest square, sorting done on the landing to cut the number of trips down, removal spread over two days. Papers and photographs had been set aside within the first half-day and given to the heir before anything else left the building.
An illustrative case, reconstructed from real work. Nothing that could identify a person or an address is published.
How long it takes
Three to five days for a furnished one-bedroom flat, longer if the staircase only allows one person to pass at a time. The parking permit sets the removal date and has to be requested one to two weeks ahead.
Observed duration for this kind of property. It depends on the volume, the state of the place, and when the written instruction reaches us.
Tell us where the property is.
We know the local obstacle before we arrive: the lane no van can enter, the hill road, the residence where access depends on the building manager. You do not have to be in France for us to start.
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