Small Moves Boston

Price is set by the measured weight of your shipment, the destination, how much packing you want us to do, and access at both ends — stairs, elevators, and how close a truck can get to your door. Because we price the shipment rather than a truck minimum, a genuinely small load gets a genuinely small price. Every estimate is written and itemized before anything is loaded.

For a truck on most Boston residential streets, yes — the City of Boston issues street occupancy permits to reserve curb space, and they need lead time, not a same-week request. Give us your pickup address when you book and we will tell you whether your street needs one and how to sort it.

Yes, but book early. Half the city’s leases turn over on the same day, and trucks, elevators and permits all bottleneck in the last week of August. If your date is flexible by even a few days on either side, say so — it usually helps the price and always helps the schedule.

No — it is the default Boston pickup, not the exception. Give us the flight count with your inventory so the stairs are in the written estimate rather than added on the day.

No — Storrow and Memorial Drive have low bridges that catch box trucks every year. Our crews route around them. If you are comparing quotes, it is a fair question to ask any mover; a company that does not know the answer has not worked here.

No. We are an interstate carrier — our work starts when your shipment leaves Massachusetts. For an Allston-to-Southie move, an hourly local crew will serve you better and cost less.

150 pounds. That is deliberately low: a few boxes and one piece of furniture is a shipment most interstate carriers will not quote at all.

Yes — end-of-semester shipments out of Boston’s student apartments are exactly the size of job we exist for. A typical dorm or studio load lands well inside our 150–2,000 pound range, and we can coordinate pickup and delivery with whoever is at each end.

Yes — Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Quincy, Newton and the wider metro area, on the same terms as the city itself.

Buildings in the Seaport, Back Bay and downtown commonly require one before the elevator is booked. Mention it when you get your estimate and send us the building’s move-out requirements, and we will make sure it is handled before moving day rather than on it.

As a rough guide, a studio commonly lands between 800 and 1,400 pounds and a one-bedroom between 1,200 and 2,000 — so a larger one-bedroom can sit close to the ceiling. Tell us the inventory and we will confirm before you book.

Yes. The two things that change are access — a snow emergency parking ban can affect reserved curb space — and stairs, which crews work more carefully when iced. Flag a winter date when you book and we will confirm access with you the day before pickup.

It runs as a delivery window rather than a fixed date, because small shipments travel consolidated to keep the price down. You will know your window in writing before you commit, not after.