Removalist recommendations?

We're moving house soon, from one northside suburb to another, and have been shocked by the removalist quotes. We don't have a huge house or heaps of furniture, but we're getting quotes of over $3k! Admittedly, I've not used removalists before and maybe this is the norm, but some of my colleagues have moved states for less than what it would cost us to move 20mins across Canberra.

So, hoping you all might have some recommendations for good removalists? We've thought about doing it ourselves, but we're moving to a house with stairs and it seems a bit shit to be moving bookcases etc up flights of stairs, and my partner and I would like to still be friends after this whole ordeal.