Playter Estates-Danforth Movers, Toronto
Cactus has completed over 130 residential moves across southeast Toronto: Playter Estates-Danforth and the 32 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Or call (647) 525-5855 nowMovers in Playter Estates-Danforth: what we know about moving here
Playter Estates-Danforth is small and layered rather than dominated by one kind of home. Apartments in tall buildings and apartments in low-rise ones take roughly equal shares of it, with detached houses well behind, and tenure sits close to even. Households are small and a large minority of homes hold a single person, so the loads behind most doors are light. What is not light is the access. The middle home was built in 1960 or before, and in low-rise stock of that vintage a lift is not something to count on, so a third-floor walk-up is an ordinary possibility here rather than an edge case. It is the detail most worth mentioning when you book, because the flights are what the clock is measuring.
The move figures below cover the wider group of southeast Toronto communities this neighbourhood sits within.
Moving costs around Playter Estates-Danforth, by the numbers
This is a small neighbourhood with too short a record to publish, so the figures come from its surroundings: 32 southeast Toronto communities and 133 residential moves. The middle bill was $719 with tax and the middle day 3.25 hours on site, with half the bills between $567 and $1,138 and half the days between 3 and 5 hours, and 82% of it graded small. Wellington Place accounts for 21 of the pooled moves, Downtown Yonge East 15 and Harbourfront-CityPlace 11. Most of Playter Estates-Danforth was standing in 1960 or before, and 42% of its households are one person.
- The comparison set
- 32 neighbourhoods · 133 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.25 median
- How big those moves are
- 82% small · 16% medium
- Busiest months
- August, June and March
- What those moves cost
- $719 median
communities in southeast Toronto: this one and every community next to it
half ran 3–5 hours · 133 moves
August 17, June 16, March 16
half fell between $567 and $1,138 · based on 133 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does a move in Playter Estates-Danforth cost?
$719 with tax at the middle of 133 residential moves in the southeast Toronto communities around Playter Estates-Danforth, with half of them between $567 and $1,138. Cactus bills a local move by the hour. Nothing is added for travel inside the city, and the rate is written into the agreement before anything is carried.
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What kind of home is a Playter Estates-Danforth move from?
Usually an apartment, though not usually a tower. 30% of homes here are in a building of five storeys or more, 29% are low-rise apartments and 17% are detached houses. The low-rise share is the one to check, because a lift is not guaranteed, and in stock built in 1960 or before the staircase is often the whole job.
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How long does a move in Playter Estates-Danforth take?
3.25 hours at the middle of the 133 pooled jobs, with half of them between 3 and 5 hours and 82% graded small. Households here hold 2.1 people and 42% are one person, so the loads are light. What adds hours is the carry out to wherever the truck can stand.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Playter Estates-Danforth?
Worth asking, since few of these homes have a driveway. Toronto publishes no page that covers a moving truck standing at a residential curb, and its street occupation permit is written for containers, so 311 is the number for your own street. On a narrow older block, ask before the week of the move.
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Which neighbourhoods sit behind the Playter Estates-Danforth figures?
Thirty-two southeast Toronto communities that adjoin one another, this one included, and the 133 completed residential moves between them. Wellington Place carries 21, Downtown Yonge East 15 and Harbourfront-CityPlace 11, with three more at 9 apiece. This boundary alone does not clear the floor at which a figure gets published.
Call Toronto or get a quote online. Either works.
Playter Estates-Danforth neighbourhood guide for moving day
Old low-rise housing is the thing to plan around. Where there is no lift in the building, everything is carried, and the number of flights is what the hours are made of, a fact worth stating at the booking rather than discovering on the day. For the homes in buildings of five storeys or more the reverse holds: reserve the lift and the loading door with building management, and the day gets shorter and more predictable. The City's published permit covers containers only, leaving a parked moving truck undocumented, so treat 311 as the source of truth for your own street.
Most homes in Playter Estates-Danforth were built 1960 or before
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 7,680
2021 federal census
- Homes
- 3,645
- What people live in
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- 30% apartments in buildings of five storeys or more
- 29% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 17% single-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 30% of homes
- Owned or rented
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- 48% owned
- 52% rented
- One-person households
- 42%
People per household
2.1
2021 federal census, 25% sample
2021 federal census, 25% sample
Toronto publishes no page that covers a moving truck at the curb, and its Street Occupation Permit names moving containers only. Confirm with 311 whether your street needs a permit.
Not sure what the City wants on your street before a truck parks on it? We move in Playter Estates-Danforth every week and we will tell you who to ask: talk to our Toronto team
Figures come from Cactus’s own completed residential moves (business and high-frequency accounts excluded) and from official municipal open data; they are medians and quartiles, never averages, every published figure rests on at least five moves, percentages are rounded, and all-time counts are floors because some older pickup and drop-off addresses were never geocoded.
Real Customers. Real Movers. Real Reviews.
Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside Playter Estates-Danforth’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
5 out of 5
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5 out of 5
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5 out of 5
My experience with Cactus Moving was exceptional. Everyone at Cactus Moving was friendly and helpful. Faye who booked the move to Alex and Sam who moved us. Alex and Sam our movers worked hard and efficient in getting our belongings moved and in place in no time. Look no further. Highly recommended!
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Toronto
- Wellington Place 21 moves
- Downtown Yonge East 15 moves
- Harbourfront-CityPlace 11 moves
- South Eglinton-Davisville 9 moves
- St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands 9 moves
- The Beaches 9 moves
- Bay-Cloverhill
- Birchcliffe-Cliffside
- Blake-Jones
- Broadview North
- Cabbagetown-South St. James Town
- Church-Wellesley
- Danforth
- Danforth-East York
- East End Danforth
- Greenwood-Coxwell
- Kensington-Chinatown
- Leaside-Bennington
- Moss Park
- Mount Pleasant East
- North Riverdale
- North St. James Town
- Oakridge
- Old East York
- Regent Park
- Rosedale-Moore Park
- South Riverdale
- Taylor Massey
- Woodbine Corridor
- Woodbine-Lumsden
- Yonge-Bay Corridor
- Yonge-St. Clair
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