Commercial Moving FAQ's

1. When is the best time to move my company or business?
2. How do I handle delicate inventory or machinery?
3. How do I keep large inventory organized during the move?
4. How do I choose a moving company to relocate my company or business?
5. Where do I get boxes from?
6. Do you provide packing service?
7. Do you provide storage facility?
8. Do you have capabilities to move out of state?
9. Can you move us after business hours or over the weekend?
10. Do you provide insurance coverage for the value of my inventory or office furniture?
11. Do you provide building insurance?
12. How do I get a parking permit?
13. What is a binding moving cost?
14. How do I get a binding moving cost?
15. Where do I start and how do I plan the move?
16. Do you provide protection for marble or carpet floor?
17. Do you dissemble and reassemble furniture’s?
18. How do you handle a move with a long walk from the building to the truck?
19. How do you handle cubicles and partitions?
20. Do you provide unpacking service?
21. How do you handle a piano move?
22. How is the moving cost determined?
23. How do you determine how many movers and trucks to use for the move?
24. Do you provide 30 days billing for a moving job?
25. What type of payment do you accept?
26. Is your company insured and licensed?
27. Are your movers insured?
28. I have a lot of inventory that will need to be disposed. Do you provide any type of service for that?
29. Our company or business is moving from two or more locations into two or more locations: How do we coordinate the move?
30. Is there an increase in the moving cost if the move is after business hours or over the weekend?
31. Do you provide a last minute moves?
32. What size moves do you handle?
33. Do you offer any commercial moving discounts?
34. Do you provide internal moves?

1. When is the best time to move my company or business?
When considering the best time, plan around your business hours to save money. Either move after hours or during the weekend to optimize your business operations, ease of the move and the cost.

2. How do I handle delicate inventory or machinery?
The right moving company will be able to provide you with the necessary moving equipment and packing supplies to protect your inventory during the move. We use special crates, carts and when necessary customized crate for specific items. We also use thick moving blankets to wrap and protect your goods during the move.

3. How do I keep large inventory organized during the move?
If you are moving into storage or to a different state, we will use moving stickers and inventory lists to document your entire inventory. Each sticker carries a lot number (for your job) and a number from 1-200. Each item will be labeled and documented on the inventory list according to the sticker number. If you move locally, we will provide you with moving labels. Larger than the moving stickers, there is more room to mark on each label the type of inventory or the person in charge of each item and the location the item will be placed in the new location.

4. How do I choose a moving company to relocate my company or business?
Contact several LA movers or LA moving companies to provide binding moving estimates and then choose a company according to a few elements: price, availability, company record with the BBB and referrals from company’s they moved before.

Read more about selecting the right moving company for your office move.

5. Where do I get boxes from?
After choosing a LA mover or LA moving company, request to buy boxes from them, most of the moving companies will provide you with a box delivery service.

6. Do you provide packing service?
We provide partial and full packing service to meet the needs and budget of our clients. Please meet with our moving consultant to determine the packing services to meet your needs.

7. Do you provide storage facility?
Short and long-term storage is provided for any size moves. Our storage facilities are secure and safe. The facilities are water and fire proof, climate controlled and have an alarm system.

8. Do you have capabilities to move out of state?
We move to all points in the US, and special arrangement will be made before the move to meet your schedule. We provide standard deliveries (within 15 business days from the day of the pick up) and express delivery’s (next day to three days from the time of the pick up). The price for each delivery service is based upon the size of the move, the distance and the necessary delivery time period.

9. Can you move us after business hours or over the weekend?
We provide moving services 7 days a week and 24 hours a day to ensure your business’ optimum operations.

10. Do you provide insurance coverage for the value of my inventory or office furniture?
We provide insurance of up to $250,000.00 for your inventory’s value. Insurance is adjusted accordingly to meet with your goods value. If your inventories’ value exceeds this amount we refer you to an insurance company that specializes in moving insurance.

11. Do you provide building insurance?
After reservations are made with us for your move, you will provide us with the information for the management company of the building you are moving to and from. Our insurance agency will contact the buildings’ management and will provide them with the proper insurance documents for your move.

12. How do I get a parking permit for my move?
There are two options available if you need a parking permit. We can provide a letter allowing you to use our bond for the moving day. The letter must be taken to city hall to purchase a parking permit (normally it’s between $20-$30), or we can get the parking permit for you at a higher cost ($70-$80).

13. What is a binding moving cost?
A binding moving cost is a moving cost that is not exceeded. It includes all the services you been provided and the list of your inventory that is to be move. At all times, the binding moving cost is to protect the customer from any additional costs. Any additional item or service is reflected through the final cost. The final cost can be discounted if your service needs change, such as deciding not to move items on the list or deciding to wave some services we agreed upon in the binding moving cost.

14. How do I get a binding moving cost?
Setting up a binding cost is as simple as meeting with our moving consultant. They will visit your office or business to visualize all your moving needs and then provide a custom plan and a binding moving coast accordingly.

15. Where do I start and how do I plan a large office move?
You can start by reading our article How do I coordinate a large office move? Then you can call us at 1-888-668-3761 and we can design a relocation plan to meet your needs.

16. Do you provide protection for marble or carpet floor?
We provide protection to floors when necessary. We have a special wood protector that we lay down on the floor while moving your goods in and out of the building. This protection holds a lot of weight and guarantees to leave no marks on the floors.

17. Do you dissemble and reassemble furniture’s?
We have all the necessary tools to disassemble and reassemble your furniture if needed. Be aware that disassembly for some furniture is not recommended for different reasons. If you happen to have furniture that cannot be disassembled, we will find alternative ways to move it.

18. How do you handle a move with a long walk from the building to the truck?
We use carts, dollies and two wheelers for a quicker, more efficient move. In some cases we also add more movers to the crew.

19. How do you handle office cubicles and office partitions?
We have special crew that disassemble and reassemble all types of cubicles and partitions such as: weird partitions, partitions topped with glass, and those with built in desktop and shelves. Additional charges will apply, according to the quantity, size and type of the cubicles.

20. Do you provide unpacking service?
We provide partial and full packing to meet with your needs and budget. We also provide disposal service for the empty boxes.

21. How do you handle a piano move?
Moving a piano is dependent on the type of piano that is being relocated. Some parts of the piano may need to be taken apart before the move, but in most cases the legs are the only part necessary to be taken off. Baby grand pianos require their wing to be taken off. After the baby grand is wrapped properly, it is placed on a piano board, securing it with straps. The piano board has handles on all of its sides that our movers use to lift the piano and carry it easily to the truck.

22. How is the moving cost determined?
The moving cost is determined by the size of the move, the amount of movers and trucks needed, the amount of hours, if it is a local move, the size of shipment if it is an interstate move, and other services such as: packing labor, packing supplies, storage or disposal services.

23. How do you determine how many movers and trucks to use for the move?
The number of movers and trucks necessary for a move is determined by the size of the move, evaluated by the cubic feet and weight of inventory.

24. Do you provide 30 days billing for a moving job?
30 days billing is provided to our clients according to their credit, and only to those clients that are moving within New England.

25. What type of payment do you accept?
We accept: cash, postal money order, company check or major credit cards as: Visa, Master Card and American Express.

26. Is your company insured and licensed?
We are a fully licensed and insured moving company (MDPU# 30293), US-DOT number:0060857. We can provide the necessary documentation upon reservation for your move.

27. Are your movers insured?
Our movers are fully insured in case of injury during a move. They are also provided with a working compensation.

28. I have a lot of inventory that will need to be disposed. Do you provide any type of service for that?
We can provide a disposal service. If requested we drop off a dumpster at your business location and load the waist in to the dumpster. Arrangement for this service must be prior to the move and the volume of the waist determines the cost for this service.

29. Our company or business is moving from two or more locations into two or more locations: How do we coordinate the move?
29. To move your company or business from more then one location into more then one location is possible. Dependent on the size of the move and the locations you moving from and to, we may send several crews at the same time to your business location; or we simply split the move into a few day, each day we will move to a different location.

30. Is there an increase in the moving cost if the move is after business hours or over the weekend?
The moving cost is not dependent on what time of day or what days you decide to move. We want to work at your convenience, enabling a cost efficient move for your business.

31. Do you provide a last minute moves?
Last minute moves are provided dependent on our availability on the day you call.

32. What size moves do you handle?
We handle all size moves, from very small, a 5 boxes move, to very large, such as 10 trucks or more. The price for each move will be estimated accordingly.

33. Do you offer any commercial moving discounts?
Occasionally special discounts are offered on our website. On each commercial job we book, different types of discounts and savings can apply to meet your budgetary needs.

34. Do you provide internal moves?
We provide internal moves, which are normally fairly easy. They require a large amount of two or four wheelers and typically a small number of movers.