With a condo or apartment, the deciding factor is seldom the couch, it is the logistics, and Colorado Springs makes those interesting. We handle these every week, from the garden-style complexes near Academy and along Powers to the downtown mid-rises and the newer buildings around UCCS and Old Colorado City. Hauling the sofa up the stairs is the simple part. The headaches are the insurance file, a freight-elevator slot reserved under your name, and a property manager who keeps the truck off the dock until that certificate is in hand.
That entire scramble belongs to us. The certificate goes over to whoever manages the property well in advance at no cost, your window on the elevator or rear entrance is held, and dock access plus enough curb is locked in so nobody ends up circling the block. Once inside, the elevator car gets padded and the lobby floor gets a runner, because handing a building back spotless is what springs your deposit loose. Whoever shoulders your couch carries a Checkmate W-2, never a face waved over from a sunrise labor line, and if a digital piano or a screen-filled study is moving, each one threads the doorways with the care you would give a curio cabinet.
Walk-ups, downtown towers, and tight Springs stairwells
A fair number of the older buildings around Old Colorado City and downtown have no elevator whatsoever, and carrying furniture up to a third- or fourth-floor unit is just an average shift for the crew. We bring enough bodies that a long stairwell draws extra hands while the tempo holds and your billable hours stay lean. High-rise or walk-up alike, we time the carry to skirt a sudden squall off the Peak, since hauling a sofa down an open breezeway in spring snow does nobody any favors. Muscling a gun safe or an upright up to a fifth-floor unit is precisely the grind that earned our name.
What lands outside an apartment job
A few items sit beyond the base move. Any fee the building charges you, an elevator deposit among them, belongs on the building’s bill, not ours. Hazardous goods, potted plants, and animals do not ride along. And any oversize specialty piece, a grand piano or a safe, takes a separate line on the estimate so the proper rigging turns up and the dock holds no surprises.
Apartment pricing
Run the meter, rig and gear rolled in, and two movers come to $130/hr, three to $175/hr, four to $230/hr, with the drive and the elevator baked into the plan from the first minute. Or pin down a flat number: a studio runs $400–$620, a one-bedroom $620–$1,000, a two-bedroom $1,000–$1,700. Nothing buried for building access, and a $1M cargo coverage layer over every load.
Lining up a condo or apartment move? Phone (888) 711-4778 for a hand with the insurance file, the elevator booking, and a flat number.
What Checkmate Brings
- Your certificate of insurance filed with the property office in advance
- A held slot on the freight elevator or the rear entrance
- Loading-dock clearance and a span of curb arranged with the building
- An elevator car padded out and a runner mat down the lobby
- A crew at home with high-rise logistics and long stairwell carries both
- Beds and furniture disassembled and rebuilt to fit cramped units
- A fixed number that hides no charge for getting into the building
What You'll Pay
Local crews from $130/hr — or a flat written rate
Two-mover crew, the truck, pads, and dollies all included.
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