Movers for Escala.

Escala is a 42-storey concrete high-rise at 1788 Gilmore Avenue in Burnaby, completed in 2019 by Ledingham McAllister. The address register lists about 369 homes at this address. It stands with the lower-rise Terra homes at 1728 to 1768 Gilmore, and building databases that quote 520 units are counting the whole development rather than the tower. Moving here needs a clear plan for the loading point and the elevator. We settle both and confirm one flat rate before the truck rolls.

The tower and the corner it sits on

The building is on Gilmore at the Dawson Street end, in the stretch of Burnaby where the industrial blocks along Still Creek give way to towers. Gilmore Station is the SkyTrain stop, not Brentwood Town Centre, which sits about a kilometre east along Lougheed. That distinction is worth making before move day, because a crew or a driver sent to "Brentwood" will head for the mall and lose twenty minutes getting back.

Gilmore itself carries steady traffic between Lougheed and the industrial blocks north, and the curb outside the tower is not generous. We position the truck so it does not block the building's access points or the commercial traffic beside it, and we check the route close to your date: this part of Burnaby has been a construction zone for years and the curb lanes change.

Loading and staging

The loading arrangement at Escala depends on the tower's specific access points, so we confirm where the loading bay or dock is and what clearance the truck has before we quote the job. If the truck cannot sit close to the entrance, we plan the carry distance into the crew size rather than discovering it on the morning.

Our crew arrives early to stage items inside your home, wrapped and padded, before the elevator window opens. That preparation is what makes the booked time productive: the lift is for heavy furniture, not for organising cartons in a common area.

Booking the elevator

In a tower this size the elevator reservation is the critical piece. With about 369 homes the service lift is in demand, and you have to book your window through the strata management or the concierge desk. We do not book it for you, but we tell you exactly how long a window your inventory needs, then align the crew with that time. If your strata wants a certificate of insurance naming the corporation, send us the strata name at booking and we issue it ahead of move day.

Booking the move

We scope the job on the access at both ends and the floor you are on, then confirm a flat rate that covers the whole process, from staging to final placement. Call or text for a flat rate quote.