Why Delta’s three areas need different moving plans
Delta isn’t one neighbourhood, or even one kind of neighbourhood. Ladner, on the north side, has a historic village core with narrow streets and older homes, surrounded by newer subdivisions further from the water. Tsawwassen, to the south, is mostly detached family homes with straightforward driveway access, home to the BC Ferries terminal and the Boundary Bay waterfront. North Delta, closer to Surrey than to either, sits on higher, hillier ground with split-level homes and sloped driveways that neither Ladner nor Tsawwassen has much of. Each of the three needs its own plan — heritage street access in Ladner, driveway access in Tsawwassen, grade and stairs in North Delta.
What we handle that out-of-Delta movers don’t think about
Ladner Village and historic Ladner
Ladner Village’s older core has narrower streets, tighter on-street parking, and homes with original stair runs that don’t always suit a standard hand truck. We size the dollies and hand trucks we bring to this kind of stair run, and we scout street access before move day rather than finding out with the truck already parked on a narrow block.
Tsawwassen and the ferry-terminal community
Tsawwassen is mostly detached homes on wider streets, with straightforward driveway access that makes for some of our most predictable Delta moves. It’s also home to the BC Ferries terminal, and we regularly move families relocating for the ferry-commute lifestyle. Boundary Bay’s waterfront streets sit at the edge of the same service area, low-lying and close to the dyke system that protects much of Delta’s farmland and shoreline.
North Delta’s hillside neighbourhoods
North Delta, including Sunshine Hills, Scottsdale, and Annieville, sits on noticeably higher and hillier ground than Ladner or Tsawwassen, closer to Surrey than to the water. Split-level and hillside homes are common here, with sloped driveways and interior stairs that a flatter Ladner or Tsawwassen bungalow doesn’t have. We size the crew and route the truck for the grade rather than assuming every Delta address is flat.
Low-lying terrain
Delta’s low-lying farmland and waterfront communities sit behind an extensive dyke system, a consequence of the delta geography the city is named for. We match the vehicle to the street, and we check access before move day rather than finding out with the truck already parked.
Neighbourhoods we serve in Delta
- Ladner: Ladner Village, Ladner
- Tsawwassen: Tsawwassen, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay
- North Delta: North Delta, Sunshine Hills, Scottsdale, Annieville
Beyond Delta — what we serve from here
Delta sits at the south end of our service area, directly across the river from Richmond and a short run up the Alex Fraser Bridge from Surrey. We also cover Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, and New Westminster and Queensborough further up the Fraser, all estimated the same way as a Delta job.
