Upright piano in Cardiff
£150 to £350
Most jobs of this kind settle around £240. Three people, proper kit and a planned route out of the room.
What we need to know before we quote
The make and rough age, because an old overstrung upright is a great deal heavier than it looks. The floor it is on and what the stairs are like. Whether there are steps up to the front door, which matters more than the ones inside. And whether the room it is going into can actually take it, which is worth checking on an upper floor of a conversion.
Photos of the piano, the hallway and the front approach get you a firm price. A description on its own usually does not.
Cardiff houses and the stairs problem
The city has a lot of Victorian terraces with a turn halfway up the stairs, and that turn is the thing that decides whether a piano can go to a first floor room at all. In Roath, Cathays and Riverside we would rather look at it first than promise on the phone.
The larger period houses in Llandaff, Pontcanna and Penarth usually have the width but often have steps up to the door and a tiled hall that will not forgive a dropped corner. Both get planned rather than improvised.
Afterwards
A piano needs to settle before it is tuned, usually a couple of weeks in its new room, so book the tuner for after that rather than the same week. Moving one always knocks it out, however carefully it is carried.
Keep it off an outside wall and away from a radiator if you can. It is the same advice a tuner would give you and it costs nothing to follow on the day.
What the price includes
- The van, the fuel and the driver
- A driver who carries, loads and stacks rather than watching you do it
- Blankets, straps and trolley to protect what is being moved
- Loading and unloading at both ends, including stairs
- The parking sorted before the day rather than argued about on it
What moves the number
- Floor and lift access. A third floor walk up in Cathays takes longer than a ground floor flat in Rhiwbina, and time is what the price is made of.
- Where the van can stop. A bay outside is one price, a hundred metre carry from the nearest legal loading point in the city centre is another.
- How much there actually is. Lofts, garages and sheds are where quotes go wrong, so count them in when you tell us.
- Whether it needs two people. Wardrobes, sofa beds, American fridge freezers and pianos usually do.
Other single items
Prices for everything else we move one at a time.
| Job | What it covers | Indicative price |
|---|---|---|
| Sofa or armchair | Collected and delivered across the city, or taken away for disposal. | £45 to £95 |
| Mattress or bed | Moved between addresses, or collected and disposed of properly. | £45 to £90 |
| Wardrobe or flat pack | Dismantled if it has to be, moved, and rebuilt at the other end. | £55 to £110 |
| Washing machine or appliance | Disconnected, moved and reconnected where the fittings allow. | £45 to £90 |
| American fridge freezer | Two people and a stair climber, because these do not go down stairs alone. | £70 to £140 |
| Upright piano | Three people, proper kit and a planned route out of the room. | £150 to £350 |
| Pool or snooker table | Slate beds come apart and go back together, which is most of the job. | £180 to £400 |
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