Advance Australia Removals
63 reviews
Financially & emotionally disaster – It was a disaster from start to finish took a huge toll both financially and emotionally at pick up they smashed a glass sliding door in our home and refused to pay for it or even meet us half way, every item of furniture has damage and we had lost and broken items. Delivered our items a day earlier before settlement so dumped all of our things… Read more
in a storage facility I had to organise whilst travelling them dumped items in another unlocked shed that wasn’t ours and didn’t tell us. The truck driver was very unfit and unhealthy chain smoking the whole time and leaving butts every where. Cheaper is not better don’t try to save a few bucks go with a nationwide recognisable company save your self the pain. Tried to charge us more money than what was quoted by saying we had more items lucky I had the list I sent through to them and asked them to show me what was extra? They were unable to do this so they did not get extra money. Our neighbours at both ends complained to us about their disrespect and foul language, cigarette butts once again left. To say it was a disaster would be a understatement
Delivered in time without damage – Very happy with Advance Australia removals, who I contracted through Across Australia Removals. Even though they came a day early to pick up, they delivered on time. They were courteous and careful. Very happy everything arrived in same condition as when it left my previous home. Would recommend. Moved from Gold Coast to Ayr. Show details
Terrible – Pickup from Cairns went smoothly but delivery to Brisbane was awful. 30 out of 36 boxes damaged due to “poor quality boxes” and large furniture items dirty and needing professional cleaning. Boxes appeared to have been slashed, items haphazardly placed into secondary box without proper packing. Vanity broken with zero acknowledgement. Only… Read more
highlight was that it arrived in short period of time. No apologies or accountability, entire blame placed on customer. Pricing was on average with other companies. Would never recommend.
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Disgusting – Townhouse from Yorkeys Knob to Moffat Beach Queensland 1800 klms. My property was treated appallingly, it was to be stored for a few days in a storage area it arrived in a terrible state the boxes were wet and covered in mud and insect debris, boxes marked fragile were carted upside down, many breakages then on arrival in the teaming rain only the… Read more
driver turned up as his offsider didn’t turn up due to ??? My daughter had to help the driver unload and carry everything out and down to the house the rain was torrential and horizontal I paid $4000 for this transport, I contacted Mary Anne multiple times the company has offered no apologies or why this happened or a refund for my poor daughter being their work horse. Plus Doug was rude and completely off hand about the whole thing, take it from me keep well away from Advance Australia Removals go with someone reputable!
Positive reviews
Job well done! – Advance Australia provides good old-fashioned service. Mary Anne was prompt and efficient with the quote for our move from Mackay to the Gold Coast and Stuart and his team bring a can-do attitude to getting the job done right. We'd like to thank Stuart, Jay and Chris for taking good care of our furniture, which involved moving out of a 3rd… Read more
floor, 3 bedroom apartment with lift access on both ends of the move. Our load was well wrapped and secured and delivered to a storage facility with Stuart taking care of the logistics and keeping us informed as we could not be in attendance on the day. Great team + great truck = positive experience!
Do yourself a favour, get Mary Anne and Stuart to move you – Hervey Bay to Townsville, prepack and move 3brm house and shed. Stuart and Reggie packed and loaded everything and went above and beyond (all in my absence). Less than 24 hours later they were unloading. Hastle free, friendly and efficient. Very experienced and can't recommend highly enough. I've been lucky with removalists over the years,… Read more
probably because I deal with family owned businesses. So do yourself a favour. Just remember, it's hard work and long hours, so don't be afraid to lend a hand!
Such a wonderful experience – Such a professional team. they stay in contact with you throughout the whole process and fast efficient and most of all very cost effective! My removalists Brett and Steve were both wonderful people and very careful of all of my belongings, would use again in a heart beat.
Negative reviews
Very disgusting!!! – If I could give this company zero star I would!! First of all this company has bad communication! They will tell you anything you want to hear when you get the quote. They will not give you updates about pick up! They will will also show Up late, not only that they will damage your property and not take responsibility! I relocated from NSW to… Read more
QLD 12 January 2023 I hired these Removalists to take my furniture and they damaged my property! I called and emailed them about my damaged property. [Name Removed] said she was going to call me back once the driver ([Name Removed]) is back. After a week not hearing from [Name Removed] I called her back and she told me she’ll give me a call back once [Name Removed] was back.
[Name Removed] called me back after a week of reporting my damaged property in the care of advance Australia removals. She got me on the phone with the driver ([Name Removed]) who was handling my furniture during my move. He denied ever damaging my property and said “how do I know the property was not damaged before we picked it up”. [Name Removed] kept denying ever damaging my property and he was yelling at me over the phone and he was so rude! (Which is not the first time he had done that over the phone). He was Unapologetic about the whole situation. And when I had mentioned how rude he was, he hung up the phone on me!
Before hand on the day of delivery at the storage [Name Removed] arrived and there was a bit of a delay with the storage as the storage had to be changed. [Name Removed] called me and yelled at me over the phone. And according to the receptionist at the storage [Name Removed] had also made some racist remarks. I’m so disappointed with this behaviour and treatment from this company.
[Name Removed] has refused to do anything about the damages of my property and has denied ever damaging it. He’s refused to speak to me when I spoke to him about his behaviour ( he hung up on me).
I am now in a process of opening a case with fair trading! IF YOU VALUE YOUR PROPERTY DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY!
No communication and had to load the truck myself with one removalist – I booked this company for my move from Townsville to Gold Coast and they gave me an estimate of dates they would be coming and said they’d let me know closer to the day. When it was one day away and I hadn’t heard anything I contacted them and was told they’d be coming the next day between 7-9am. I rang at about 9am the next day as they hadn’t… Read more
arrived and asked how far away they were. I was told they were still a few hours away and would be there about 11:30am now. I rang again at about 12:20 as they still hadn’t come and he said he was still a couple of hours away and sounded annoyed that I was ringing him. I was supposed to work in the afternoon and had to cancel. One guy ended up showing up at 2:30pm. As annoying as it was that I had to wait around for them for over 8 hours, it’s the fact that there was no communication that bothered me. If I hadn’t of called them I doubt they would have even let me know I’d be waiting 8 hours. As well as this, when the removalist arrived, I had to load the truck with him as there was only him. I’d already boxed and packed and wrapped everything but then I had to spend over 2 and a half hours loading the truck. Half the reason I paid someone was so that I didn’t have to do it and then I had to do it anyway. I was told I would receive a discount for helping and then after the job was complete I receive an invoice for the full amount. After writing back refusing to pay the full amount I was offered a $150 discount.
Few headaches but they got the job done – Thought I'd leave an honest review on my experience with this company. We moved 15m3 from Far North Queensland to Central Queensland and they were by far the cheapest available (I'd normally be happy to pay a bit extra for quality service but we were tight for cash after buying our first house so went with them). [Name Removed] was very helpful… Read more
on the phone and organised storage of our furniture for a few days so they could deliver on the day we needed it. When they arrived to collect the furniture one of the fellas smelt like booze and didn't really look up to the task of moving furniture which was a bit concerning. They loaded all our furniture without providing an inventory list which had me pretty worried. I was pretty sure (especially after reading a few reviews) that that would be the last we would see of a lot of our stuff (or at least in one piece).
I had to call them a couple of times to confirm when our furniture would be delivered (they dropped it to their colleague in Gladstone to deliver to us on the day we needed as it didn't fit with their normal runs) so without my phone calls to them (and also the man delivering the furniture) we wouldn't have had any info. I then got in touch with the fella who was delivering the furniture who was also pretty helpful and ended up being a really good guy. We had a bit of a drama with him not receiving payment from them and wanting to deliver a day later than we needed. After making a few phone calls myself to [Name Removed] in the office (who was actually pretty helpful) we were able to get it sorted and got it delivered on the day we needed it. All our furniture arrived on the day we needed it, we had no major breakages and weren't missing any items. We had packed everything pretty well and apart from breaking approx. 10 drinking glasses (I feel like that's almost expected when moving?) it all arrived in pretty good condition (few smudges etc aside).
All in all - I was pretty stressed after they picked up our furniture but it all got delivered within the time frame I specified with minimal breakages and I just had to do a bit of leg work ringing around etc. I guarantee you won't be able to find cheaper than them and if you're not looking for 5 star service and just want the job done and are happy to make a few phone calls etc then based on my experience that's what you will get with these guys. Thanks [Name Removed] and the team for accommodating our needs and delivering all our furniture safely.
Recent reviews
Fantastic price and service – 4bd home into a 3bd 1500km away. Picked up on Monday, ready to be delivered Wednesday morning. Nothing was too hard. Nothing broken, no bumps into walls, super flexible even with everything and the price was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic to deal with from booking with Mary Anne right through to the last team of men who unpacked us. Couldn’t recommend highly enough. We will definitely use again. Thanks again team!
Wonderful team. Took all the stress out of our big move – Stuart and the team from Advance Australia Removals made sure that our move from the Sunshine Coast to Cairns was stress free and that our items arrived on time and safely. We would highly recommend them. They were professional, friendly and an absolute pleasure to deal with.
BEST REMOVALIST’S EVER! – ADVANCE AUSTRALIA REMOVALS We cannot say a bad word about these guys. Terry, Joe & Doug were the ultimate professionals. Patient, careful, polite, efficient & very hardworking. They went above & beyond to look after us & our furniture, even setting up our washing machine. We were absolutely impressed and would highly recommend ADVANCE AUSTRALIA… Read more
REMOVALS on (1300 66 55 35). From the first phone call you will be looked after. We would definitely use them again. Thank you so much for making our move a smooth process. Paul & Sonya
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Great Service – We just used Advance Australia Removals for a move from Townsville to Beenleigh and the service was very prompt and efficient. We contacted them on 4/1/22 and they arrived to picked up on 5/1/22. The two fellows who loaded our belongings were very careful and surprisingly cheerful although the temperature was around 34 degrees and very humid. Our load arrived in good condition and on time. We couldn't be happier with the service.
fantastic – advance Australia removals were fantastic. moved from Western Sydney nsw to Northern Gold Coast qld during a pandemic. they were fabulous and kept me informed and my items arrived intact!! great communication!!
Above Expectation – We recently had Advance Aust Removals do our move from Brisbane to Tamworth. I could not be happier with their service. They went above and beyond to help me get my whole house moved during these crazy covid times and my items arrived without any damage at all. The meticulous way all the furniture was wrapped was beyond my expectation and the boys… Read more
that loaded and unloaded the truck were super friendly and obliging. I will definitely be calling on you again for our next move Many many thanks for getting us into our new home. Michelle
Worst, worst, worst – Don't want to rate even 1star. They lost our expensive items and when we contacted them, they don't even bother to answer properly. Called them, emailed them everyday for last 2 weeks, nothing happened as if it's not their responsibility that they lost our items. No one should choose this trash company....
Fantastic and fast removals, friendly workers – I'll tell ya what, I can't recommend these guys enough! They made what was a daunting situation, a 3 bedroom house, moving from Newcastle to Brisbane, a breeze! Next day delivery as well. Stuart and the blokes were wonderful and hard-working, made it look effortless and got it all in and out in no time. I will be telling everyone I know who is… Read more
moving to use Advance Australia Removals in the future. This was hands down the best removalist experience I've had over my many moves.
THE WORST – house move from Townsville to Brisbane aug 2020, Broken furniture, goods just thrown into the storage shed, didnt lock the storage shed , door was open when I arrived. wont answer calls or emails. Abused the lady at the storage sheds and tried to increase my load from 25-28m3 to 42m3 to get more money. NEVER AGAIN!!!!
Exceptional service from beginning to end – The way they went about moving my things from Sydney to Brisbane was exceptional. Setting things up was relatively straightforward and having them picked up on Thursday and delivered on Friday could not have been any better. My sister on the receiving end said that they were all received without damage, and I'm not surprised considering the way in… Read more
which they were exceptionally wrapped and stacked. I had plastic boxes that don't travel all that well and there was not an issue with them at all. The two guys who picked everything up could not have been more helpful. I tried to have everything ready for them and nothing was too hard for them. They went about their business and got it done super efficiently. Couldn't be more pleased.
Faultless Experience – Recently relocated from Brisbane to Bundaberg and had the easiest of moves ive ever encounterd as a result of the fantastic service and professional attitude of Advance Australia Removals. Not one bit of damage or even a scratch. Everything is wrapped up patiently, they even wrapped up my fire bucket. Great people to deal with from the booking,… Read more
right through to the conclusion. Will always use them from now on and couldn't recommend them more highly.
Couldn't be happier – So happy with the service received recently with my move from Wollongong to the Tweed Coast. The boys were so patient while I was still packing, and took amazing care of all my delicate and high value items. Would highly recommend the team at Advance Australia Removals.
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Excellent Service – The guys from Advance Australia Removals were super helpful. Took so much care with my stuff even when lifting it over the balcony when it wouldn’t fit down the stairs. Cant thanks them enough! Would use them again.
Wished my experience had been better – Moved interstate with a 3 bedroom house into storage then again into our new home. Unfortunately I dealt with an employee who damaged items and said he’d replace after ‘speaking to the boss’. Took one item for said repair and promptly disappeared. Also have had several items disappear (one being a $600 oroton handbag) and was unable to have the… Read more
matter resolved completely as only one item replaced and part money provided to replace item from part taken by employee. How silly I was to trust this company with my home contents.
Brilliant service – Moved from Hervey Bay to Cairns and the guys did a brilliant job. Totally wrapped the gear up heavily(way better than I would have and it's my gear). Definitely would use this service again and thanks Mary-anne for making our first experience easy.
Outstanding service and very efficient work – Outstanding service and very efficient work. These guys worked so hard to make sure everything was moved not only safely but with the outmost care. They worked so hard and fast that we came under our original quote by about 20%. I am extremely satisfied with their work.
Hats off to the whole staff of Advance Australia Removals – We just moved and used these guys based on all the great reviews. The 6 gentlemen worked hard and got it all done without damaging anything. Hats off to the whole staff of Advance Australia Removals
Outstanding service. The workers were prompt and patient – Outstanding service. The workers were prompt, patient and extremely careful. I have no hesitation to recommending Advance Australia Removals to all of my friends and family.
My experience was nothing short of impressive – Advance Australia Removals is amazing. This is the second time using them and my experience was nothing short of impressive. Hopefully I won't have to move for a while but if I do, I will definitely be calling Advance Australia Removals.
The whole crew of Advance Australia Removals was absolutely fantastic – The whole crew of Advance Australia Removals was absolutely fantastic. They started with an estimate which was very reasonable. They even helped move furniture around from room to room. Exactly what you would want from a moving company? Thanks guys you are Awesome!
Advance Australia Removals is amazing – Advance Australia Removals is amazing. They were referred to me by my brother. These guys were awesome and fast. The best part was their reasonable pricing. They moved bedroom items, lounge and garage with loads of heavy equipment within 6 hours from start to finish. I will definitely use them again in the future.
Advance Australia Removals is the best when it comes to moving house – These are the real deal. You can stop looking for any other moving company now. The whole experience was so awesome and job they did was flawless. Advance Australia Removals is the best when it comes to moving house.
Fast, Friendly and Professional Experience with Moving Staff – I recently hired Advance Australia Removals for my move and had a fast, friendly and professional experience with moving staff. They packed and wrapped any items that I missed and were very efficient getting the entire move completed in less than 5 hours.
They will always be my go-to moving company – I hired Advance Australia Removals for the third time. Each time is just as awesome as the first. All the staff are very talented and they know the art of moving heavy stuff from one location to another without causing a scratch. I highly recommend them and they will always be my go-to moving company. I hired Advance Australia Removals for the… Read more
third time. Each time is just as awesome as the first. All the staff are very talented and they know the art of moving heavy stuff from one location to another without causing a scratch. I highly recommend them and they will always be my go-to moving company.
I have never experienced a more seamless move in my life – I have never experienced a more seamless move in my life, everything ran smoothly and efficiently. Advance Australia Removals were very cautious and aware, they are VERY friendly as well. Thank you for making the situation that can be very tedious moving and turning it into a simple and stress-free experience. I will definitely be hiring Advance Australia Removals in the future and will refer them to my friends and relatives. Thank you again!
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