Buying the furniture is the easy part. Getting it home is where it goes sideways. The store will only leave it at the curb. The seller on Marketplace wants it gone by Saturday. The sofa you ordered months ago finally arrives, and the delivery window lands in the middle of a workday, at a condo with a booked elevator and a hallway with one tight turn.
Moving Co. does furniture delivery in Toronto and across the GTA. We pick the piece up from the store, the warehouse or the seller, carry it into the right room, take it out of the box, assemble it and place it where you want it. The packaging leaves with us, and if an old sofa, mattress or appliance is going out, we take it on the same visit. For furniture stores, designers and other businesses, we handle white-glove deliveries, single item runs and overflow on busy weekends.
Call 905-752-7787 or request a free quote. Send a photo or a link to the piece, the pickup address and the delivery address, and tell us about the stairs and elevators at both ends.
What our furniture delivery includes
- Pickup from anywhere. A store, a warehouse, a seller’s home, a storage unit or a relative’s basement.
- Wrapped for the ride. Furniture goes in moving blankets and stretch film, not bare onto a dolly. Glass, stone and finished surfaces get extra protection.
- Carried in, not dragged. Up the stairs or through the booked elevator, with floors and door frames protected.
- Unboxed and assembled. Bed frames, tables, dressers, wardrobes and flat-pack pieces put together properly.
- Placed where you want it. In the right room, against the right wall, not just inside the front door.
- Packaging gone. Cardboard, foam and plastic leave with the crew.
- The old piece out. The sofa, mattress or appliance being replaced goes out on the same visit.
Delivery for things you’ve bought
Most of our furniture delivery calls come from people, not stores. Here’s what they usually look like.
From a store or warehouse
Plenty of retailers deliver only to the curb or just inside the front door, and some don’t deliver at all. That’s fine for a lamp. It’s not fine for a sectional that has to go up three flights, or a wardrobe that arrives as two flat boxes and a bag of hardware. We bring it the rest of the way, up the stairs and into the right room, take it out of the box and haul the packaging if you want it gone. If the store has a pickup window, tell us the order details and the time, and we’ll plan around it.
Facebook Marketplace and Kijiji pickups
You found a great couch, dining set or dresser second-hand, and you have no way to get it home and up your stairs. This is one of our most common calls. We pick it up from the seller and deliver it into your place. Send us the seller’s address, what floor the piece is on, and what the stairs or elevator look like at your place, and we’ll quote it. Agree on a pickup time with the seller before you book, because a deal falls apart quickly if nobody’s home when the truck arrives.
From a family member
A dresser going to your kid’s first apartment, a dining table coming from a parent who is downsizing, a single heirloom crossing the city. One piece, one trip, done properly, without asking the whole family to give up a weekend.
Mattress delivery
Mattresses are awkward rather than heavy. A king folds, flops and has nowhere good to grab it, which is why it’s a two-person carry. We bring the new one in, put the bed frame together, and take the old mattress away on the same visit if you want. The old one is wrapped before it goes anywhere near the truck. Health Canada notes that new mattresses are often delivered in the same truck that carries away old ones. It advises that a new mattress be sealed before it’s delivered, so leave the factory wrapping on until it’s in the bedroom. See our mattress disposal page for removal on its own.
What white-glove delivery means on our jobs
White-glove is one of those phrases that gets stretched until it means nothing, so here’s what it means when we do it:
- The crew arrives on time, in Moving Co. uniforms.
- The building is protected first. Floor runners down the main paths, corner guards and padding on door frames and elevator interiors, all before the first piece comes in.
- The piece is wrapped and carried. Where carrying is the safer call, it’s carried rather than rolled on a dolly.
- Anything that has to come apart to clear a doorway is put back together by the same crew.
- The room is left clean. Packaging out, floor clear, piece placed where it was meant to go.
Damage to a lobby, a hallway or a door frame is the most common way a delivery goes wrong, and almost all of it can be prevented. The cheapest damage to deal with is the damage that never happens.
Delivery for furniture stores, designers and other businesses
For a retailer, the delivery is the last impression the customer has of the purchase. A scuffed wall or a scratched sideboard undoes the whole sale. We handle white-glove delivery for furniture and appliance stores across the GTA: wrapped for transit, carried in, taken up the stairs or through a booked elevator, unboxed, assembled and placed. The packaging leaves with us, and the old piece can go out on the same visit.
We also handle single item deliveries and step in as overflow during sale weekends, when your own drivers are booked solid and the delivery window still has to be met. Plenty of businesses use us exactly that way, as extra crews on top of their own team rather than as their only delivery option.
For interior designers, the risk is the last hundred feet. A custom piece that took months to build can be ruined in the ten minutes it takes to get it through a doorway. We receive, store and deliver furnishings so they aren’t sitting in a client’s garage waiting for install day. Then we handle the install itself: carry-in, assembly, unboxing, placement to the drawing, and every scrap of packaging taken away so the reveal is clean. Art, mirrors, lighting, stone and one-off commissions are wrapped and carried as their own category.
Businesses that deliver with us regularly can open an account through our enterprise logistics program. That gets you a dedicated account manager, preferred rates and volume discounts, Net 30 invoicing for volume partners, and certificates of insurance issued ahead of time for whatever building the delivery is going into. Every job comes with a clear written quote.
Before delivery day: measure the route
Most failed deliveries fail at a doorway, not on the road. Before you buy, or at least before the truck comes, measure:
- The piece. Height, width and depth. For sofas and armchairs, the store can often give you the diagonal depth too, which is what decides whether it tips through a doorway.
- Every door on the way in. The building entrance, the unit door and the room door. Measure the actual opening, with the door open.
- Hallways and turns. A long hallway with a turn at the end is the classic place for a sofa to get stuck.
- Stairs. The width, the headroom, and any turn or landing. A staircase with a hard turn at the bottom is common in older Toronto houses.
- The elevator. Inside depth, width and height, and the door opening. Ask whether the building has a larger service elevator for moves.
Send us the numbers or a few photos when you book. If something won’t make it whole, we’ll tell you before the day, and often the answer is to take legs or a back off and put them on again inside. That’s routine for us.
Appliance deliveries
A new fridge, washer or stove is a delivery with its own rules. A fridge should travel upright or close to it, because tipping it hard can move the compressor oil where it shouldn’t be. We move appliances on appliance dollies and protect the floor so nothing drags or scratches on the way in. Anything on a gas line has to be connected by a TSSA registered contractor, not by movers. Our appliance movers page explains what we connect and what we don’t.
Delivering into older Toronto houses
A lot of the housing in the old city was built long before anyone was carrying a sectional upstairs, and it shows. Victorian and Edwardian semis in neighbourhoods like the Annex, Cabbagetown, Riverdale and the Junction tend to have narrow staircases with a hard turn at the bottom, low ceilings at the landing and tight front halls. Basement apartments add a low doorway and a steep set of stairs.
None of that means the piece won’t go in. It means the crew needs to know in advance, so they arrive with the right plan and enough hands. Legs come off, cushions come out, and some sofas go in upright and turn on the landing. Send photos of the stairs and the turns when you book, and we’ll tell you honestly what will fit.
Condo and apartment deliveries in Toronto
Delivering into a condo is mostly about the building, not the furniture. Many towers want the elevator booked for large deliveries as well as moves, and they set a time window and a loading area. Some ask for a certificate of insurance from the movers. You book the elevator with your building, we help with what to ask for, and if a certificate is needed we send it ahead of the date. Our crews are insured.
Give us the booked window when you call. A delivery that arrives inside its window goes smoothly. One that arrives after the elevator booking ends can turn into a long wait or a second trip. Our condo and apartment moves page has more on how Toronto buildings handle this.
What to have ready on delivery day
- A clear path. Move rugs, shoes, plants and anything fragile out of the way from the door to the room.
- The spot picked out. Know which room and which wall, and clear the space where the piece is going.
- Room for the truck. A spot close to the door saves carrying time. In a condo, that’s usually the loading area you booked.
- The elevator booked. If your building requires it, with the time window sent to us.
- Kids and pets settled elsewhere. An open front door and a crew carrying a heavy piece don’t mix well with small feet or a curious dog.
- The old piece emptied. If something is going out, take everything out of its drawers and off its shelves first.
Assembly, placement and anchoring
A lot of furniture arrives flat. We assemble it where it’s going to live, so a finished wardrobe doesn’t have to be dragged across the room afterwards, which is how floors get gouged. Tell us which wall it goes on and which way the doors should open before we start.
Tall pieces like bookcases, dressers and wardrobes should be secured to the wall, and we do that when you want it, which matters most in homes with young kids or pets. Health Canada’s guidance on tip-overs recommends anti-tip devices such as angle braces or safety straps, fixed to a wall stud or with heavy-duty drywall anchors. It also points out that furniture assembled incorrectly isn’t safe to use. Plaster, drywall and concrete each need different anchors, so mention a wall mount when you book and the crew will bring the right ones. See our furniture assembly page for more.
Second-hand furniture: check it before it comes inside
Used furniture is a great way to furnish a place, but it comes with one risk worth taking seriously. Health Canada’s bedbug prevention advice is to check every item you bring into your home for the first time and to be very cautious with second-hand or refurbished items. It also says never to take a mattress or sofa from a curb.
Look the piece over with the seller before it’s loaded. On upholstered furniture, take off the cushions and check the seams, creases and zippers. On wood furniture, pull out the drawers and look inside and underneath. Black or brown spots and tiny pale eggs are the warning signs. If you’re not sure about it, walk away. Passing on a deal is far cheaper than treating an apartment.
Taking the old piece away
New furniture usually replaces old furniture, and the old piece has to go somewhere. We can take it away on the same visit as the delivery, so you’re not living with two sofas for a month. It’s priced like our junk removal: by how much space it takes in the truck, plus access and disposal. Pieces in good shape can go to donation where possible. See our furniture removal and junk removal pages for removal on its own.
Storing furniture until you’re ready
Sometimes the furniture is ready before the room is. The renovation is running late, the closing date moved, or the designer’s install day is still weeks away. We have our own storage, so the crew that picks the piece up can store it and bring it back when you’re ready. Storage is climate controlled, monitored and inventoried, and it’s priced on the space you use and the length of time you need it, plus the move in and the move out. See our storage page.
What furniture delivery costs
A single piece is priced like our single item moves: on the item, the route and the access at both ends. That’s often a straightforward flat price for the piece and the route, and we give it to you before you book. Several pieces at once are usually better value as a small move, priced on the time and the size of the load.
A few things change the number:
- The piece. Its size, its weight and how awkward it is to carry.
- The access. Stairs, tight turns, long carries and elevator bookings take time.
- The distance. Across town is one price. One piece to another city is priced on distance.
- Extras. Assembly is priced on how much there is to build. Taking the old piece away is priced like junk removal.
Our regular moving rates are on the pricing page. For businesses, rates depend on volume and frequency, and every job is quoted in writing.
Same-day and short-notice delivery
Single pieces are some of the easiest jobs to fit in on short notice, because they don’t tie up a big crew for a whole day. We can’t promise same-day every time, especially at month-end when half the city is moving, but call 905-752-7787 and we’ll give you a straight answer on what we can do and when. Our phone line is answered 24 hours.
Areas we deliver to
We deliver furniture across Toronto, including downtown, North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke and East York, and across the GTA in Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Oakville, Burlington, Pickering, Ajax and Whitby. We also deliver further afield, to Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa and other cities in Ontario, priced on distance.
How it works
- Tell us what’s moving. A photo or link, the pickup and delivery addresses, and the stairs and elevators at both ends.
- Get a price. A clear quote before you book, including assembly or haul-away if you want them.
- Set the time. We work around the store’s pickup window, the seller’s schedule and your building’s elevator booking.
- Delivery day. Wrapped, carried in, assembled, placed, and the packaging and the old piece gone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you deliver furniture from stores in Toronto?
Yes. We pick up from the store or warehouse, bring it into your home, unbox it, assemble it and place it where you want it. If the store only delivers to the curb or the front door, we can bring it the rest of the way.
Can you pick up furniture I bought on Facebook Marketplace or Kijiji?
Yes, and it’s one of our most common calls. Send us the seller’s address, the floor the piece is on and how we get into your place, and agree on a pickup time with the seller first.
What is white-glove furniture delivery?
On our jobs it means a uniformed crew on time, the building protected before anything comes in, the piece wrapped and carried, unboxed, assembled and placed, and every bit of packaging taken away.
Do you assemble the furniture you deliver?
Yes. Beds, tables, dressers, wardrobes and flat-pack pieces. We can also anchor tall pieces to the wall, which Health Canada recommends to prevent tip-overs.
Can you take away my old furniture when you deliver the new piece?
Yes, on the same visit. It’s priced like our junk removal, based on how much space it takes in the truck plus access and disposal. Mattresses are wrapped before they go on the truck.
How much does furniture delivery cost in Toronto?
A single piece is priced on the item, the route and the access at both ends, often as a flat price. Several pieces are usually better as a small move. We give you the price before you book.
Do you work with furniture stores and designers?
Yes. We handle white-glove deliveries, single item deliveries and sale-weekend overflow for stores, and receiving, storage and install-day delivery for designers. Regular partners can set up a business account with a dedicated account manager and Net 30 invoicing for volume.
Do you deliver appliances?
Yes. We move fridges, washers, dryers and stoves on appliance dollies and keep fridges upright. Anything on a gas line has to be connected by a TSSA registered contractor.
Can you deliver into an older house with narrow stairs?
Usually, yes. Send photos of the stairs and turns when you book. Many pieces fit once the legs or cushions come off, and the crew plans the route before they arrive.
Can you deliver the same day?
Often, for a single piece, but not every time. Month-end is the hardest. Call 905-752-7787 and we’ll tell you honestly what’s possible.
What if the sofa won’t fit through the door?
Measure the route before delivery day and send us the numbers or photos. Many pieces fit once the legs or the back come off, and we put them back together inside. If something truly won’t fit, it’s far better to know before the truck leaves the store.
Tell us what you bought and where it’s going, and we’ll get it there in one piece. Request your free quote or call 905-752-7787.