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Here the house is below the road, and carrying down is worse than carrying up.
Pully sits east of Lausanne where the ground drops from the road to the lake. That single fact sets it apart from almost every Swiss address, because here the carry usually goes down to the property rather than up to it.
It sounds like it should be easier. It is not. Carrying a wardrobe downhill means controlling the weight against gravity the whole way, on steps that were built for people, frequently with a turn at the bottom and no room to set anything down.
On this stretch of shore a good many houses sit below the road on ground that falls to the water, reached by a stepped path or a steep private drive. The vehicle stands on the street above and everything goes down from there.
Say what is between the road and your door: how many steps, whether there is a turn, and whether a small vehicle could get down instead. Those answers decide the crew size and the length of the day.
Pully also appears as Lavaux and Lausanne East. Whichever version you searched for, this is the same city and the same page. Give the mover the address exactly as it appears on your Swiss lease.
How many steps, whether the path turns, and whether any vehicle could get down instead of the crew walking. Those three decide almost everything about a Pully delivery.
Some properties have a private drive rather than steps, which changes the job completely. If yours does, say so and give the width and the surface, because a drive a car uses comfortably may not take a loaded van.
Where the property is at the water itself, access can be limited further still, and it is worth photographing the approach rather than describing it.
These three are the ones that actually get asked about on a Pully move.
Furniture carried down a stepped approach.
Why the descent changes the number.
Packing, when everything has to be carried.
Pully is its own commune with its own administration, immediately east of Lausanne and running into it without a visible break. Registration and any parking application go to Pully.
It is the same pattern as Renens on the western side of the city, and as Steffisburg beside Thun. The town people name in conversation is not always the commune that grants the permission.
Everything is French speaking. The name is unambiguous and the postcode settles the address.
Going up, a crew works with the weight behind them and can rest on a landing. Going down, the weight is ahead and gravity is helping it. Every step is controlled rather than climbed, and the risk of losing an item is higher.
On a stepped path with a turn at the bottom, a large wardrobe or a sofa may have to be handled by more people than the same piece going up an equivalent flight.
That is why a lakeside house below the road can cost more to deliver into than a third floor flat, and why the question is worth answering honestly at survey stage.
An in home survey and a pre move survey are the same visit under two names. Search for movers in Pully and you will be shown pages using either. Same crew, same paperwork, different letterhead. Full service packing, a moving truck at the door and moving companies in the plural are all the same picture.
Because the weight is ahead of the crew and gravity is helping it. Going up, a crew works with the weight behind them and can rest on a landing. Going down, every step is controlled rather than climbed, and a large piece may need more people than the same piece going up.
Three things: how many steps between the road and your door, whether the path turns, and whether any vehicle could get down instead of the crew walking. Those decide the crew size and the length of the day more than the size of the house does.
That changes the job completely, and for the better. Give the width and the surface though, because a drive a car uses comfortably may not take a loaded van, and finding that out on the day means the crew walks anyway.
It can, and often does. A stepped descent with a turn at the bottom, handled carefully with a heavy item, takes longer than a lift and a landing. The house is not harder because it is a house, it is harder because of what sits between it and the road.
No. It is its own commune with its own administration, immediately east of the city and running into it without a visible break. Registration and any parking application go to Pully, the same pattern as Renens on the western side.
If the property is near the water, yes. Access at that level can be limited beyond what any description conveys, and a photograph of the path from the road settles in seconds what an email exchange takes days to establish.
French, in the canton of Vaud. The commune, your lease, the utilities and any parking application all work in French. Give the address exactly as your Swiss lease writes it rather than translating any part of it.
Collection address, the Pully delivery address, a room by room list and the window you can work with. One vetted moving company from our network checks the route and the access, then comes back to you.
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Written by Darren Benjamin, founder of International Removals Companies, who has run the business since 2010. Last checked 5 August 2026.