A real Delhi 2 BHK quote walkthrough
Take a 2 BHK on the second floor of a builder house in a West Delhi colony, with two beds, a sofa, a dining table, a fridge, a washing machine, a TV, a wardrobe and around 30 kitchen and clothes cartons. The lane is wide enough for a chhota hathi but not a 17 ft truck, and there is no lift. A fair quote here usually lands around Rs 14,000 to Rs 19,000 once the stair carry and the shuttle are written in.
The line that moves this quote most is the floor. Carrying a double bed, a fridge and a loaded wardrobe down two flights by hand takes a four-person crew real time, so a mover who priced it as a lift building will revise upward when the team arrives. Spell out the floor number and the staircase width before booking, and ask whether bed and wardrobe dismantling is inside the quote or billed as extra carpenter work.
The second factor is the gali. If the tempo cannot stand outside the gate, the crew walks every carton to the main road, which is pure added labour time. A good Delhi mover will ask for a photo of the lane and confirm whether a shuttle run is needed, instead of discovering it on the morning and turning it into a waiting charge. If your home also has glass-top tables, mirrors or framed art, ask for crate-grade packing as a separate written line, the same way a 3 BHK move would.