The flats between Santa Monica and Wilshire are laid out on a generous grid with service alleys behind most blocks. That is why the city's free alley collection exists and why it works there. For us it means a truck can get close, the carry is short, and a job moves quickly.
Above Sunset the geometry changes completely. Long private driveways, gates and intercoms, motor courts that a large truck cannot turn in, houses set well back, and hillside roads north of Benedict and Coldwater with no shoulder. We choose a vehicle that fits the drive rather than the load, and we shuttle when we have to. Staff entrances, service routes and floor protection are normal requirements and we work to them.
Discretion is part of the job here. Unmarked staging where asked, no photographs, crews who work quietly and leave the site clean. On estate work we sort with the family or the executor rather than making decisions for them, and we will hold items back for an appraiser. See estate cleanouts.