Simple Moving Reports Growing Demand for Hillside and High Rise Moves in Los Angeles

Simple Moving says hillside stair runs, canyon street access and high rise elevator and insurance rules now shape a growing share of its LA move schedule.

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, August 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Simple Moving, a licensed and insured relocation provider serving Greater Los Angeles, reports a steady rise in requests for two of the most access sensitive move types in the city: hillside homes and high rise apartment buildings. The company says these jobs now make up a growing share of its daily schedule, driven by dense infill development downtown and along the Westside, and by continued turnover in the canyon and foothill neighborhoods that ring the basin.

Both move types share the same problem. The belongings are ordinary. The path out of the building is not.

Hillside properties in Los Angeles routinely sit behind narrow single lane streets, blind switchbacks, long stair runs, hairpin driveways and curbs with no legal space for a full size truck. A crew that arrives without a plan loses the first hour of the job to logistics. High rise buildings create the opposite constraint. The street is flat and reachable, but the building controls the move: reserved service elevators, restricted loading dock windows, freight corridor protection and a required certificate of insurance filed with property management before anyone touches a box.

Simple Moving handles both by front loading the survey. Before the move date, the team confirms truck access and the closest legal staging point, measures stair and doorway clearances, checks whether an item needs to be disassembled to leave the room at all, and contacts building management to lock in an elevator window and file paperwork. For clients in doorman and managed buildings, the company issues a certificate of insurance for Los Angeles high rise moves on request, which is often the single document that decides whether a scheduled move happens on time or gets turned away at the loading dock.

"Nobody calls us because their sofa is heavy," a company spokesperson said. "They call because there is a long stair run, a gate that opens the wrong way, and a building manager who needs an insurance certificate before the truck arrives. The furniture is the easy part. Access is the job. We would rather spend twenty minutes on the phone the week before than lose two hours on move day."

The company's local movers in Los Angeles work these conditions regularly and plan for the specifics the city is known for: extreme traffic, permit and parking restrictions, high rise service entrances, and property types that range from studio apartments to hillside single family homes. Crews carry dollies, straps, tools, moving blankets and pads, shrink wrap and tape, all included rather than billed as extras, along with wardrobe boxes and TV boxes at no charge.

Pricing on these jobs follows the same structure as any other local move. Simple Moving bills local relocations hourly with a three hour minimum and publishes its crew rates openly, so a customer with a difficult access situation is not quoted differently on the day. Long distance relocations over 250 miles are quoted flat rate instead. Reservations require no deposit and carry no cancellation fee, which the company says matters in a market where lease dates, escrow closings and building elevator availability all move on short notice.

Beyond hillside and high rise work, the moving company in Los Angeles provides local and long distance moving, residential and commercial relocation, senior moving, labor only crews for customers using rental trucks or portable containers, last minute moves, packing and unpacking, disassembly and reassembly, loading and unloading, heavy item handling, piano and gym equipment moving, and hauling and removal. Scheduling is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including same day and next day service subject to crew availability.

Assel Kudabayeva
Simple Moving Company
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