Carefully?
My housemate is moving some of her furniture out, and we realised that it won't fit in the lift. With 7 floors of stairs involved, the idea of carrying heavy stuff down the stairs did not appeal.
What's the solution? Well in traditional Amsterdam houses you used a furniture hook, and a block/tackle. But Out building had them removed to reduce maintenance.
If the lift inside the building is too small, stick one outside the building...
First load going down.
Truly impressive parking!
This was a lift thingy that goes up the side of the building. It's mounted on the back of a transit van chassis. You load it up at the top, wave to the man, he brings it down, and loads it into the back of your waiting van.
It's just a platform in the sky. What surprised me is there is absolutely no mechanism for lashing the load down. It just sits there under gravity. Which considering it was quite windy today, I had not expected. The sides fold up, so you can make it into a more box like affair.
All up, it cost €90 for an hour. And it was really quick and simple. Just load up, wave at the guy, wait until it comes back up.
I do wonder if in the UK you'd need to cone off the area, and have stuff to fix it all down etc...
Based on reactions on twitter, I thought some of the Brits would find this interesting.
J