Moving in the Cinque Vie district: furniture and access in Via Santa Marta

At the Cinque Vie, a move can cover a home, a creative studio or a small activity with very different furnishings. The preparation must start from what you move and how you will use it in the new home. The only amount of furniture tells only one part of the work: they count fragility, bulk and delivery order.

By DUDA Traslochi

DUDA Traslochi — Move at the Cinque Vie: furnishings and accesses in Santa Marta

A district to be read civic by civic

YesMilano identifies the Cinque Vie with the meeting of Via Santa Marta, via del Bollo, via Bocchetto, via Santa Maria Fulcorina and via Santa Maria Podone. It also describes the presence of galleries, crafts and design. To organize a move these indications are a context: they do not show that each building has the same door or the same access conditions.

It is important to locate the input actually used. A commercial premises can have a window on the street and a different operating access; an apartment can be located beyond a courtyard not visible from the street. The site visit connects the position on the map to the concrete route of the objects, including any ramps and turns.

Making an inventory by features

For particular furnishings, a functional description should be added to the normal list: unique or removable structure, presence of glass, delicate finishes, suspended parts, components to be maintained together. A frontal photograph does not always show the elements that make a piece fragile. Side images and connections are also useful, without attempting disassembly before evaluation.

If the transfer involves an atelier, distinguish the furniture from the works or materials that require a specialist service. The load socket must be explicitly defined: not all objects can be automatically included in an ordinary handling. For each particular element it is useful to ask how it will be prepared, transported and delivered.

Decide what must first come

A working environment is not simply reopening by downloading the boxes. The operating table may need to be mounted before the shelves, while the storage containers require an accessible position. Agreeing the order means avoiding the useful materials to finish behind furniture still to be assembled.

Even for a home the sequence is important. Separate the furniture intended for a possible deposit from the necessary immediately avoid corrections during the unloading. Labels must indicate the final environment with recognizable words; names such as “study” and “camera two” only work if everyone uses the same layout.

Prepare a clear request

In the request to DUDA indicates via and ombuds of both seats, floor, connection with the door and availability of lifts. Attaching photos of the route helps to evaluate an important furniture before organizing staff and equipment. It also signals delivery deadlines, openings to the public or works still in progress.

The program can thus distinguish packing, dismantling, handling and reassembly, with any special needs separated. A move in the Cinque Vie prepares well when the furnishings are not treated as an indistinct volume and when the organization respects the actual conditions of each entrance.

Sources and useful checks

Check the current requirements for your situation before arranging access or applying for permits.