How Much Does A Professional Mover Cost?

So How Much Does It Cost to Hire A Professional Mover?

It's a valid question! Should you do it yourself with a UHaul Truck and friends or hire someone like Fairprice Movers for the job?

Perhaps understanding the 4 major parts of moving costs will help!:

1st: Labor - This is the cost of the time it takes a mover's employees to load and unload the truck with your boxes and furniture, disassemble, reassemble your furniture, wrap your furniture in protective blankets, shrink wrap and tape. Most professional movers have a 2 or 3 hour minimum for labor. This is hard for people just moving 1 item, or small studio or 1 bedroom moves.

2nd: Double Drive Time - This is the cost of the time it takes the employees to travel in their truck from your old house to your new house, times two, at the same per hour rate as labor.

3rd: Gas - This is a surcharge to pay for fuel for the truck. Fairprice Movers charges 8% of the total if the move is over 20 miles from your old house to your new house. Each mover does this differently.

4th: Materials other than Shrink Wrap and Tape - This is the cost of boxes, packing paper, bubble wrap to protect glass items, mattress covers, lamp boxes, picture boxes, dish packs per use. To save on costs for full packing jobs, you can provide your own materials if you wish, they are easily found at any hardware store and most UHaul stores.

There are some other costs associated with unique move situations like having to hoist a couch or other heavy object that doesn't fit through your home's front door over a balcony to get it in, there would be a fee for this extra effort.

Stairs are only additional per flight when you have a super heavy or bulky item to bring up or down them. About $75 per flight.

Pianos and other really large one off items are a flat rate fee usually.

Hopefully all of this helps you understand the pricing structure that professional moving companies have.

Prices do fluctuate between Winter and Summer months as well as on weekday and weekends. Ask your moving company how this affects you.

Warmest Regards,

Nancy