Furniture moving in Al Qurainiyah, Jeddah
An apartment district in south Jeddah where the staircase, not the distance, decides how long your move takes. Wththab brings a winch, a dismantling crew and a written price before anyone climbs a step.
Short answer: cost and timing in Al Qurainiyah
A studio or single room starts at SAR 350, a two-bedroom flat at SAR 500, and a three-bedroom flat at SAR 800. In this district the variable that moves the price is rarely the volume of furniture. It is the floor and the lift. A fifth-floor flat in a building without a lift needs either extra crew on the stairs or an external winch, and both are priced and written down before the job begins. Send photos on WhatsApp, including one of the staircase and one of the balcony, and the quote comes back the same day.
What the buildings here are actually like
Read the building before you book the truck.
Al Qurainiyah sits in south Jeddah, with Al Fadilah, Al Sanabil, Al Fayha, Al Thaghr, Abraq Al Rughama and Al Safwa among its neighbours. The housing stock leans clearly towards apartment blocks, flats and studios rather than villas, and that changes the entire shape of a moving day. Movement is vertical instead of horizontal, the entrance is shared with other residents, and where a lift exists it is usually a passenger lift too small to take a three-seat sofa or a full wardrobe door.
Internal streets are narrow and fill with parked cars in the evening, so we prefer to load in the early morning when the truck can stand close to the entrance. The working rule is simple: every extra ten metres between the flat door and the tailgate adds minutes to every single item, and the sum of those minutes is the difference between finishing at noon and finishing after dark.
Prices in Saudi riyals
One published list, used across every Wththab page.
| Move size | Price range (SAR) | What the price covers |
|---|---|---|
| Dyna / few items | 80 – 250 | Loading, unloading and securing inside the truck |
| Studio or single room | 350 – 600 | Bed and wardrobe dismantling, packing, transport, reassembly |
| Two-bedroom flat | 500 – 900 | Full dismantling and assembly plus glass and mirror packing |
| Three-bedroom flat | 800 – 1,400 | Larger crew, full packing and placement at the new address |
| Four to five bedrooms | 1,200 – 1,900 | Two or more trucks and a separate assembly team |
| Small villa | 1,500 – 2,500 | Phased move with majlis and appliance packing |
| Large villa | 2,500 – 4,000 | Extended crew, scheduled over more than one day if needed |
Ranges are indicative. A free survey fixes the figure and you get it in writing before any work starts.
See the Jeddah moving cost calculator or our south Jeddah moving page to compare.
Winch lifting and upper floors without a lift
The service this page is built around.
When a winch is genuinely cheaper
From the third floor upward, and whenever a large item will not clear the stairwell. Four men carrying a three-seat sofa up five flights costs more working time than lifting it once from the balcony.
What actually gets lifted
Large sofas, mattresses, fridges, washing machines, full wardrobe doors and marble tabletops. Small items stay on the stairs, because winching them saves nothing.
Safety conditions
We need a balcony or window of adequate width, a clear area below the building that can be closed during the lift, and the agreement of the caretaker or owners association. All three are checked at survey, not on the morning.
When a winch is not possible
Deeper dismantling: the sofa comes apart into frame and cushions, the wardrobe into panels, the bed into base and headboard. A single large item becomes several that two people can carry.
Protecting the shared entrance
Blankets go down on the stair turns and wall corners are wrapped. Damage to a shared entrance lands on your account with the owners association, not on the mover, so we treat it as part of the job.
Full service details
How the winch works and what it costs is on furniture lifting by winch in Jeddah.
Measure the stairs and the lift before the day
Five minutes that save an hour.
- Measure the flat door, the lift door and the lift height, and compare them with your widest single item.
- Measure the narrowest turn in the staircase. That turn, not the doorway, is what usually stops a sofa.
- Check whether the lift is a goods lift or passenger only, and whether the owners association blocks it at certain hours.
- Ask the caretaker where a moving truck may stand and for how long.
- Photograph the balcony from the street if you are considering a winch. That photo is enough for us to confirm feasibility.
Stairs or winch: an operational comparison
The comparison that decides the shape of your day, not the one in the quote.
| Criterion | Carrying up the stairs | Lifting with a winch |
|---|---|---|
| Suitable floors | Up to the second or third | Third floor and above |
| Suitable items | All small and medium pieces | Large sofas, fridges, mattresses, wardrobe doors, marble |
| What drives the cost | Crew size and number of trips up | Number of items lifted and winch standing time |
| Main risks | Scuffed walls, crew fatigue, corners damaged on turns | Needs a suitable balcony and a safe closed area below |
| Time behaviour | Grows with every floor and every tight turn | Roughly constant regardless of floor |
This table is operational, not a price list. The figure for your case is written into the quote after the survey.
We do not propose a winch because it looks professional. We propose it when it is faster and safer for the furniture and the building. For many first and second floor flats here it is simply unnecessary, and we say so.
Studio and small-flat moves
The most common booking in this district.
Photos instead of a site visit
A few quick photos on WhatsApp are enough to quote a studio or single room without a physical survey.
Packing on site
We bring cartons and bubble film and pack the kitchen and wardrobe in front of you, so nothing has to be bought in advance.
One trip
A studio normally fits in a single vehicle, which keeps the price at the bottom of the published range.
Assembly and clearance
The bed and wardrobe go back together and we take the empty cartons away instead of leaving them in your new flat.
More detail on apartment furniture moving in Jeddah.
Dismantling, packing and storage between two leases
The gap that catches most tenants.
| Dismantling and assembly job | Price range (SAR) |
|---|---|
| Complete bedroom set | 150 – 300 |
| Sliding wardrobe or IKEA wardrobe | 100 – 250 |
| Aluminium kitchen | 200 – 400 |
| Whole-flat dismantling and assembly package | 400 – 900 |
These figures apply when you book dismantling and assembly on its own, without transport.
A very common pattern in apartment districts is a lease ending a week or two before the new flat is ready. Instead of leaving furniture with relatives or in a parking bay, we collect it wrapped, store it, and bring it back on the agreed date.
| Volume stored | Monthly rent (SAR) |
|---|---|
| One to two rooms of contents | 150 – 300 |
| A full flat | 250 – 450 |
| A villa | 400 – 800 |
Monthly storage includes basic wrapping and a photographed inventory at intake.
See furniture storage in Jeddah and furniture packing services.
Al Qurainiyah moving questions
What tenants and owners in this district ask most.
SAR 350 to 600 including bed and wardrobe dismantling, packing, transport and reassembly. A studio usually fits one vehicle, which keeps it at the lower end.
It costs more because of either extra crew or a winch, and in most cases it still sits inside the published range. The exact figure is set at the survey and written down, never added at the end of the day.
Third floor and above, or when items will not clear the stair turns: large sofas, fridges, mattresses and marble tops. Smaller pieces stay on the stairs.
Usually yes, and we prefer to have it before the day rather than on the morning. We also need a balcony or window of adequate width and a safe area below that can be closed during the lift.
Yes. Blankets go on the turns and the wall corners are wrapped. Damage to a shared entrance becomes your problem with the association, so we treat prevention as part of the work.
We identify the nearest workable point during the survey and prefer early morning loading. Where necessary a smaller vehicle shuttles items out to the main road.
Yes, and it is one of the most common requests here. Monthly storage starts at SAR 150 for one to two rooms of contents, and shorter periods can be agreed.
Yes, and a short move inside the district is the cheapest case because it is a single trip. The price is then driven by dismantling jobs and the floor.
It comes apart. Frame, cushions and legs separate, turning one large item into pieces two people can carry. The same applies to wardrobes and beds.
Yes, but in apartment blocks we prefer early morning, when the entrance and lift are quieter and the street is clearer for the truck.
Get a written price for your Al Qurainiyah move
Send photos of the flat, the staircase and the balcony on WhatsApp. We will reply with a written quote and tell you plainly whether you need a winch.