Southside Village, FL moving company
Southside Village sits between downtown and the bay around Osprey Avenue, next to Sarasota Memorial. It is one of the few genuinely walkable neighborhoods in the county, and the housing runs from small 1940s cottages to new infill builds on the same block.
Southside Village is a walkable Sarasota neighborhood centred on Osprey Avenue beside the Sarasota Memorial Hospital campus, mixing 1940s cottages with newer infill construction.
Two kinds of house on the same street
Southside Village has been redeveloping for years, so a 1948 cottage with narrow doors often sits beside a 2021 build with wide openings and a two car garage. The move is a different job depending on which one you are in.
Tell us the build era during the quote. It changes how much disassembly we plan for more than the bedroom count does.
Walkable means busy
Osprey Avenue carries restaurant, market and hospital traffic through the middle of the day, and the side streets have cars parked along them.
For a house on or near Osprey we take the first slot of the day, because the difference between 8am and 10am on that street is significant. Side streets are easier but still tighter than a suburban driveway.
Hospital proximity shapes the schedule
Sarasota Memorial is the largest employer in the area and a lot of this neighborhood works there, so move windows often have to fit around a shift rather than a standard day.
We would rather build the day around your schedule than have you take a shift off for it. An early start or a mid week date is usually easy to arrange outside of season.
Storage during a teardown or remodel
A good share of moves here are tied to construction: a remodel, an addition, or a teardown and rebuild on the same lot.
Those need storage in the middle, and the shipment should be packed for that from the start. Say so before we load, and keep out what you will need while you wait, because the tools and the coffee maker end up in storage every single time.
- Anything upholstered or wooden needs climate controlled space in this climate
- Label by the room it returns to, not the room it left
- Give us the expected gap so the load is stacked for how you will retrieve it
Neighborhoods and communities we cover in Southside Village
- Osprey Avenue village
- Hyde Park Street
- Hillview Street
- Near Sarasota Memorial
- Cherokee Park edge
- South Osprey corridor
If your community is not listed, it is almost certainly still in range. Call and ask.
What we do in Southside Village
Everything we do county wide, we do here. These are the ones Southside Village customers book most often.
Moving in Southside Village: common questions
Are Southside Village houses hard to move out of?
It depends which era you are in. A 1940s cottage on these streets has narrow original doorways that need disassembly, while a recent infill build has wide openings and a garage. Tell us the build era during the quote, because it changes the plan more than the bedroom count does.
What time should a Southside Village move start?
As early as we can, especially on or near Osprey Avenue. That street carries restaurant, market and hospital traffic through the middle of the day, and side streets have cars parked along them. An 8am start is a very different day than 10am.
Can you store our things during a remodel?
Yes, and it is common here with the amount of construction in the neighborhood. Tell us before we load, because a shipment going into storage and coming back to the same house is packed, labelled and stacked differently than one going to a new address.
Do you serve the streets right around Sarasota Memorial?
Yes. We move a lot of hospital staff and we can work around a shift rather than a standard business day. Mention the constraint when you book and we will build the window around it.