Your furniture is in storage. Here’s how to get it back into your home

You can hire movers to collect furniture and boxes from inside your storage unit and deliver them into your house or apartment.

When booking, include carrying at both addresses, transportation, and whether you’re emptying the unit or collecting selected items.

That last detail changes the job. Bringing home a couch buried behind boxes may involve moving other belongings aside and putting them back. Emptying the unit means accounting for everything inside it, including the shelving and loose items you added after moving in.

Start with what you want brought home. Then give the mover enough information to collect it without leaving you with the heavy lifting.

Decide what leaves the unit before pickup day

If everything is coming home, photograph the unit from the entrance and make a list of the large pieces and approximate box count. Include items hidden behind the first row.

The unit’s dimensions help describe the space, but they don’t tell the mover how much is inside. A partly filled unit and one packed to the ceiling need different arrangements.

If you only want certain belongings, identify them clearly. Label the boxes that should leave and photograph the furniture you want collected.

Tell the mover if those items are difficult to reach. Ask whether the booking includes moving other belongings aside and returning them to the unit. That work needs to be understood before the crew arrives.

Visit the unit beforehand if you no longer remember what is in it. Finding another dresser behind the mattress on pickup day can change the vehicle space and labor required.

Book from inside the unit to inside your home

Describe the complete job when requesting a price:

“Collect one sofa, a dresser, a mattress, and twelve packed boxes from inside my storage unit. Transport everything to my apartment and carry it inside. I cannot help lift.”

This is an example request, not a completed move or price quote.

Then describe the route out of storage. Is the unit drive-up, or inside a building? Is it upstairs? How far is it from the loading area? Does the furniture need to use an elevator?

At home, specify where the belongings should go. A mattress delivered to the building entrance still leaves you needing help getting it into the bedroom.

If you already have a suitable vehicle and driver, you may only need loading and unloading labor. Otherwise, ask for transportation and carrying together.

Arrange access to the unit before sending a crew

Plan who will open the gate, building, and unit. If you cannot attend, ask the facility what authorization is required for someone to collect your belongings.

Do not assume the office will unlock your unit or supervise the pickup. Confirm the arrangement with the property manager, including how the collector will access the unit’s lock.

Check the loading arrangements too:

• Where can the moving vehicle stop?
• Is the elevator available during the planned pickup?
• Are carts available, or should the mover bring equipment?
• Must the vehicle and crew leave by a particular time?

For example, Public Storage says customers can find their facility’s access hours in their account or app. Its help page also says gates lock after closing and customers must allow enough time to exit. Confirm the hours at your own facility before scheduling collection.

Choose a pickup time that leaves room to load and leave. If your apartment also requires an elevator reservation, coordinate both locations before booking.

Keep the parts that make the furniture usable

Before loading begins, locate the pieces that belong together.

A bed frame may have slats, rails, and a separate bag of hardware. A dining table may have detached legs. A sectional may have cushions stored elsewhere in the unit.

Group those parts with the furniture and label them. Tell the mover which pieces belong together so a small bag or separate panel does not remain behind.

Check any packing that has loosened while in storage. Reclose open boxes and identify fragile contents before collection. If furniture needs fresh wrapping, agree on who supplies and applies it.

Also settle assembly separately. Bringing a disassembled bed home does not establish that putting it together is included.

Get a price for what is coming home

Ask for a total based on the inventory and access at both addresses.

For an hourly booking, check the minimum, how travel is billed, and how waiting or extra work affects the charge. For an upfront price, confirm that the listed items and carrying requirements are included.

Describe any sorting or rearranging needed inside the unit. Otherwise, you may be comparing a price for collecting ready-to-load belongings with a job that still needs preparation.

You don’t need to empty the unit to bring a few pieces home. Make the smaller pickup explicit so the provider can assess that job.

Arrange your storage-to-home move with Laborhutt

Start with your storage facility’s address and your home address in Laborhutt, then select the belongings you need moved.

Laborhutt’s booking flow displays your total before booking and says a vetted mover is assigned after payment. Include the storage access details, the carrying required at home, and whether the pickup covers everything or selected items.

Confirm any restricted loading or delivery window before paying. Have the unit accessible and the selected belongings identified when the mover arrives.

Emptying the unit? Finish the move-out after loading

Collecting a few items and closing the storage rental are different tasks. If you are keeping belongings there, secure the remaining contents and lock the unit.

If you are vacating, follow the facility’s notice and closeout process.

Public Storage, for example, currently instructs customers to schedule move-out at least seven days ahead, remove all belongings, tidy the unit, remove their lock, and notify the property manager. The property team then inspects the unit and completes account closeout. Those are Public Storage’s published instructions; check your own rental’s requirements.

Once the last item is loaded, check the corners, shelves, and floor. Photograph the empty unit and keep your move-out confirmation.

At home, have the route clear and decide where the large pieces belong before unloading. Your booking should get the furniture from its place in storage to its agreed place in your home.

Storage policies and Laborhutt’s booking flow reviewed November 10, 2026.