Downtown Manhattan is everything below 14th at once: cast-iron lofts, converted-office condos, and old walk-ups on streets the grid never reached. Our crews book the freight, count the stairs, and plan the tight streets, so your move below Canal or off Broadway runs clean.
Below 14th Street the buildings change block to block: cast-iron lofts, converted-office condo towers with reserved freight, and prewar walk-ups on narrow, sometimes cobblestone streets. Since 2013 we have moved all of them across Lower Manhattan. The downtown manhattan movers who get it right know when a job needs a freight window and COI and when it just needs a crew that does not mind five flights.
A crew sized to the building, blankets in the price, and the logistics locked before the date. A tower gets its freight window and COI; a loft or walk-up gets its stairs counted and its truck spot planned on a tight street.
We figure out the building and the street first, because downtown both change from block to block. Four steps, no guesswork.
Lower Manhattan is the widest range of buildings in the city on the smallest map. A crew that only knows towers or only knows walk-ups gets caught out downtown, where you might do both in a week.
Our movers are in-house W-2 staff who work all of Lower Manhattan, so a cast-iron loft, a converted-office condo, and a prewar walk-up are all familiar ground. We book the freight, count the stairs, file the COI, and plan the truck on a narrow street. Since 2013 that range keeps our downtown moves on schedule whatever the building turns out to be.