The Meadows, FL moving company
The Meadows is a 1970s and 1980s golf community northeast of downtown, off Honore and Longmeadow. It is condos, villas and single family homes spread across a lot of separate associations, and the association is the part that decides how your move day actually goes.
The Meadows is a master planned golf community in Sarasota, FL developed from the 1970s, made up of multiple separate condominium and villa associations each with its own move rules.
Every association has its own rules
There is no single policy across The Meadows. One association waves a truck through, and the next wants the mover registered, a certificate of insurance on file and the move inside posted hours.
Call your association first and get the move hours and the insurance requirement in writing. Send both to us with your booking and the gate is expecting the truck rather than deciding about it at 8am.
Narrow interior roads and mature landscaping
The community is nearly fifty years old and the landscaping has grown into the roads. Interior lanes are narrow, turning circles are tight, and low branches over the road are common.
For villa and condo clusters especially, we check whether a full size truck can reach the unit or whether it has to stage and shuttle. Finding that out with a loaded truck at the entrance is the expensive version.
- Some villa clusters cannot take a 26 foot truck at all
- Carport clearances rule out a box truck in a few sections
- Guest parking is often the only staging area, so we arrange it in advance
Downsizing, which is most of this market
A large share of these moves are people moving into something smaller, or families settling a parent's home. Both are slower than the box count suggests and both deserve more time than a standard job.
Decide what is not coming before moving day rather than in the driveway. Moving a piece you then have to remove costs twice, and we can take the difference on the same visit.
Seasonal residents and storage
Many units here are seasonal, which means moves cluster hard around the start and end of season and storage is often part of the plan.
Book early for anything between December and April. If the household is going into storage rather than to a new address, say so before we load, because that shipment is packed and stacked differently.
Neighborhoods and communities we cover in The Meadows
- Longmeadow
- Weybridge
- Papillon
- Chatsworth Greene
- Sheffield Greene
- Meadowlake
- Honore corridor
If your community is not listed, it is almost certainly still in range. Call and ask.
What we do in The Meadows
Everything we do county wide, we do here. These are the ones The Meadows customers book most often.
Moving in The Meadows: common questions
Does The Meadows require a certificate of insurance from movers?
It depends on your specific association rather than the community as a whole. Ask yours for the posted move hours and the certificate requirement, then send both to us when you book and we handle the certificate before the day.
Can a full size moving truck reach my villa in The Meadows?
Not always. Interior roads are narrow, turning circles are tight and some carport clearances rule out a box truck. Give us the association and address during the quote so we plan a smaller truck or a shuttle rather than finding out at the entrance.
How long does a move within The Meadows take?
A villa to villa move inside the community is usually a half day when the storage areas are sorted beforehand and a full day when they are not. Lanai furniture and stored hurricane shutters are the volume people forget to count.
Do you handle estate and downsizing moves here?
Yes, and we schedule extra time for them. Families usually need to make decisions during the move itself, and a crew waiting on the clock is the wrong pressure on a hard day. Tell us it is an estate move when you book.