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Huntington Beach, CA Movers

Hourly moves for Harbour homes, fourplexes and mobile homes

  • Not a broker
  • Our own trucks and crews
  • Billed in 15-minute steps

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Who does your move in Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach moves with Move & Care run on trucks we own and crews of our own, charging $139 to $179 an hour for a two-person crew. Your job stays with us, the carrier, not a broker.

The city counts 18 mobile home parks with just under 3,100 homes in its draft Housing Element, so if you live in one, ask the park office where a truck may stand before moving day. A 2-bedroom manufactured home is usually a 3 to 5 hour job for two movers, and a 4-bedroom house inland takes four movers 7 to 10. For a price, give the form your date, your bedroom count and both ZIPs; a large house gets a look first, over video or on site.

Your hourly rate buys the movers and our truck together, with fuel, tolls, pads and the tools to take a bed apart. Three hours is the least we bill, then time runs in quarter hours; one $50 equipment charge covers pads, dollies and tools. Crews come from our Irvine office. You pay extra only for packing labor, cartons or Full Value Protection. Damage gets noted on a Damage Report while the crew is still there, and basic coverage is 60 cents per pound per article.

In a complex or a gated park, send us the manager's certificate of insurance wording and we produce the COI. Gate access, the elevator and the loading spot are yours to arrange.

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  • Our own trucks, not a brokerUSDOT #3212621, MC #1018431
  • Billed by the hour3-hour minimum, then 15-minute steps
  • Own trucks and crewsNo broker hands your move on
  • Basic coverage60 cents per pound per article

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Starting prices by the hour. A busy date costs more than a quiet one, and your written estimate shows the rate for your date.

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Your Huntington Beach move

Starting prices. From $139 / hour, 2 movers and a truck, for a studio or 1 bedroom. Busy date: $179.

Bigger crews

  • 3 movers and a truck$179 / hour 2 bedrooms
  • 4 movers and a truck$219 / hour 3 bedrooms or a house

How it's billed

  • Minimum3 hours Then 15-minute steps
  • Equipment charge$50 Once per move
  • Stairs, elevatorsNo fee Counted as time
How is my price set?
  1. Tell us your home and your dateHome size, both addresses, stairs and elevators.
  2. Get your crew and rate in writingWith the minimum, before you book.
  3. Pay for the time we workIn 15-minute steps after the minimum.

Added items or services can change the price.

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By the hour

Your labor-only move

Starting prices. From $109 / hour, 2 movers, your rental truck or pod. Busy date: $139.

How it's billed

  • Minimum2 hours
  • Stairs, elevatorsNo fee Counted as time

Different from a full move

  • Truck and fuelYours Rent a truck or book a pod
  • DrivingYou drive
  • Blankets, dollies and strapsIncluded
How is my price set?
  1. Tell us what loads and whereYour truck, pod or storage unit, and the home size.
  2. Get your rate in writingWith the minimum, before you book.
  3. We load, you driveIn 15-minute steps after the minimum.

Added items or services can change the price.

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  • The end of the month and the summer book up first, so those dates cost more. Drag the truck on the receipt to see how far a rate can move.

Huntington Beach homes we move, compared

Nearly half the city's homes are detached houses, one renter in four lives in a building of three or four units, and close to 2,900 homes are mobile homes (Census ACS 2020 to 2024). Three moves like these, at the Irvine office's rates.

Example estimates
Huntington Beach homes we move, compared
HomeCrewUsually takesExample estimate
2-bedroom manufactured home in a parkOne of the city's 18 mobile home parks 2 movers and a truck 3 to 5 hours $467 to $945
Who does what

The crew does

  • Two movers wrap the furniture indoors, take apart anything that will not clear the doorway, and load from the spot the park office names.

You get ready

  • Ask the park office which hours and which spot a moving truck may use, and let us know if the park wants our insurance certificate.
2-bedroom unit in a fourplexA three- or four-unit building off one of the arterials 2 movers and a truck 4 to 6 hours $606 to $1,124
Who does what

The crew does

  • Two movers stage the boxes by the front door, carry the furniture down the shared stairs, and keep the walkway to the truck clear for the neighbors.

You get ready

  • Tell the other tenants the date, and check whether your street is in one of the city's permit parking districts.
4-bedroom house on an inland tract streetA street of detached houses from the 1960s or 1970s 4 movers and a truck 7 to 10 hours $1,583 to $2,840
Who does what

The crew does

  • Four movers split into pairs, one taking beds and dressers apart in the bedrooms while the other loads the garage and the patio furniture.

You get ready

  • Leave the driveway open for the truck, and take paint, fuel and propane to the county drop-off before we come.

How we get the numbers: the crew's hourly rate times the hours, plus the one-time $50 charge. The low end is a quiet weekday and the shorter time, the high end a busy date and the longer time. Stairs and elevators add time; there is no stair fee.

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What every price includes

A local move is billed by the hours the crew works; a move to another state has one flat price. Both come with everything on this list.

Two Move and Care movers wrapping a dresser in a moving blanket
We pad and wrap each piece while it is still in the room.

  • The movers

    The crew size on your estimate loads, drives and unloads.

  • Truck, gas and tolls

    Transportation is part of the rate.

  • Blankets and wrap

    Furniture is padded before it leaves the room.

  • Disassembly and reassembly

    When a piece has to come apart to fit.

  • Basic coverage

    Up to 60 cents per pound per item.

Priced separately

  • Packing service
  • Boxes
  • Storage
  • Pianos and safes
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Your Huntington Beach move, counted back from moving day

From permit streets two weeks out to the first trash day after: what the city, its hauler and the county ask of a move, and who does each step.

Steps before and after moving day
Step 1 of 6

Check for a permit parking district

  • You ask a resident or the city
  • Two weeks before

Huntington Beach has 19 permit parking districts. Only residents and owners on those streets can buy permits, up to 4 for vehicles and 2 guest passes per address. If your street is one of them, use a guest pass for the truck or ask Public Works, which runs the program, before the day.

City of Huntington Beach, Residential Permit Parking Program (opens a new tab)
Step 2 of 6

Get a city permit for a pod or bin on the street

  • You apply to Public Works
  • Before it arrives

A storage container or a dumpster that sits in the street needs the city's Obstruction/Storage Bin Permit, which Public Works issues for 7 days at a time. If the pod sits in your driveway instead, tell us, because our truck then needs the curb.

City of Huntington Beach, Master Fee and Charges Schedule (opens a new tab)
Step 3 of 6

Book a bulk item pickup for what you leave

  • You book with Republic
  • The week before

Republic Services, the city's trash hauler, gives every home with cart service four bulk item pickups a year, up to 10 items each. Use one for the old mattress, the couch or the patio set, so they are gone before the crew walks in.

Republic Services, City of Huntington Beach guide (opens a new tab)
Step 4 of 6

Drop off paint, fuel and propane

  • You drive it to Nichols Lane
  • The week before

Our crews cannot carry flammable liquids, gasoline or propane. The county's Huntington Beach center at 17121 Nichols Lane, Gate 6, takes household hazardous waste Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., up to 15 gallons or 125 pounds a trip. It closes on major holidays and when it rains.

OC Waste & Recycling, collection centers (opens a new tab)
Step 5 of 6

Downtown, plan past the 2-hour meters

  • We plan the truck spot
  • Moving day

Metered spaces in the Downtown Business Area allow 2 hours at most, enforced from 6 a.m. to midnight. A downtown load usually runs longer than that, so tell us the building's loading area or garage, and we plan the truck around it.

City of Huntington Beach, Downtown Parking Map (opens a new tab)
Step 6 of 6

Unpacking trash goes inside the carts

  • You set out the carts
  • The first collection day

Republic asks for carts at the curb by 6:30 a.m. on your collection day, and it does not take anything left outside a cart. Break down the boxes so they fit, or keep a few for the next pickup.

Republic Services, City of Huntington Beach guide (opens a new tab)

Rules change, so each one links to the office that sets it.

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Moving services in Huntington Beach

All services
Local movingHouses, condos and mobile homes in Huntington Beach, by the hour. Senior movingMoves into or out of a 55+ community, billed by the hour like any local move. Packing servicesPackers billed by the hour, for the kitchen alone or every room. Moving and storageStorage between closing on one home and getting the keys to the next. Long-distance movingOut of California at one flat price, set from your list of items.

Know your Huntington Beach moving price before you book.Your crew size and hourly rate in writing, before moving day.

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Moving in Huntington Beach: what to know

Mobile home parks, pods and bins on the street, and downtown in Airshow week.

On this page
  1. Moving into or out of a mobile home park
  2. Pods and dumpsters on the street
  3. Downtown in Airshow week

Moving into or out of a mobile home park

The city's 18 parks hold just under 3,100 homes, about four percent of its housing. Each park sets its own rules for trucks: the hours, where a truck may stop, and sometimes an insurance certificate from the mover. Get those from the office a week or two ahead and pass them to us. If a sofa or a bed frame will not clear a narrow door, it leaves in pieces, and we plan that time into the hours.

Pods and dumpsters on the street

If you rent a pod or a dumpster and it will sit on the street, the city's Public Works department issues an Obstruction/Storage Bin Permit good for 7 days. If the pod goes on your driveway instead, our truck needs the curb in front of it, so tell us where it will sit before we schedule.

Downtown in Airshow week

The Pacific Airshow usually falls at the end of September or the start of October, and practice flights start as early as the Monday of that week, according to the city's 2024 environmental study. Staging takes over Main Street between Walnut Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway and the 300 block of 1st Street. If you live downtown, pick a date outside that week.

Questions about moving in Huntington Beach

Didn't see your question? Call (213) 423‑0458, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 days.

$139 to $179 an hour for two movers with our truck, 3 hours at least.

In Huntington Beach we bill a local move by the hour: two movers and the truck run $139 to $179, a crew of three from $179 and a crew of four from $219. The date decides the point in that range, and busier dates cost more. Three hours is the least we bill, after which time goes in 15-minute blocks, plus the $50 equipment charge once. A 2-bedroom unit in a Huntington Beach fourplex usually takes two movers 4 to 6 hours.

With us the minimum is 3 hours, and every extra is on the estimate.

Our minimum is 3 hours, not 2, and after that the bill grows by quarter hours of real work. The extras are the $50 equipment charge, boxes, packing labor and Full Value Protection, each listed on your estimate. A long walk from a Huntington Beach curb or a flight of fourplex stairs adds time, not a separate fee. Have your own rental truck? Then hire hands only, at $109 to $139 an hour for at least 2 hours, as crews allow.

Dates that do not fill early, away from month-end and summer weekends.

Our rate climbs on dates that fill early, like the final days of each month and summer weekends, and dates outside those are billed closer to the low end. In Huntington Beach, also watch the Pacific Airshow week at the end of September or the start of October if you live downtown, when staging takes part of Main Street and 1st Street.

In Huntington Beach's 19 permit parking districts, only residents and owners on the street can buy permits, and each address can hold 2 guest passes. The easy route is a guest pass from you or a neighbor; otherwise ask Public Works, which runs the program, before moving day. We plan the crew size around how close the truck can get.

We cannot carry flammable liquids, gasoline or propane, firearms or explosives, and we may refuse items that are not sanitary. In Huntington Beach, the county center at 17121 Nichols Lane, Gate 6, takes household hazardous waste such as paint and fuel, Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

If your Huntington Beach home has Republic cart service, you get four bulk item pickups a year with up to 10 items each, so book one for the week before the move. Do not leave extra bags beside the cart: Republic does not take anything outside it.

Guides for a local move

Talk to the Irvine office

The team that plans your Huntington Beach move.

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Our quote form takes two short steps.

  1. Move date, home size and ZIP codes
  2. Your name, email and phone
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Or call (213) 423‑0458

Huntington Beach neighborhoods we move

The city's General Plan puts detached houses in the inland neighborhoods and most attached housing downtown, along the coast and along busy corridors. What that means for the truck, area by area.

  • Huntington Harbour

    Bayfront homes on six islands, built from the mid-1960s

    The Harbour has more than 500 bayfront homes and over 3,000 private boat slips. List dock furniture, kayaks and boat gear when you book, so the crew size covers them.

    Harbour Commission overview

  • Sunset Beach

    About 700 homes on lots of roughly 2,700 square feet

    The city's plan for Sunset Beach describes narrow streets, a 15 mph limit and heavy street parking. Expect a longer carry, and ask the neighbors to keep the curb in front of your home open that morning.

    Sunset Beach plan, draft

  • Downtown

    Mostly attached housing in and next to Downtown

    Condos and apartments cluster in and next to Downtown. Meters there allow 2 hours, so send us the building's loading spot or garage, and avoid Airshow week if you can.

    Downtown parking map

  • Inland tract neighborhoods

    Detached houses, most built in the 1960s and 1970s

    Most of the city's homes went up between 1960 and 1979 (Census). Clear the driveway for the truck, and point out any piece too wide for an older hallway.

  • Mobile home parks

    18 parks with just under 3,100 homes

    Each park has its own office and its own truck rules. Get the hours, the parking spot and any insurance wording from the office, then send them to us before the date.

Not on the list? Put both addresses in the form. We tell you if we cover it.

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