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Seal Beach Movers

Hourly moves for Leisure World units, condos and houses

2 movers: $139 to $179 an hour

Prices and Seal Beach rules checked

Who does your move in Seal Beach

Move & Care sends its own truck and two movers to homes across Seal Beach at $139 to $179 an hour, run from our Irvine office. We are the carrier on the job, not a broker.

Two bedrooms is the usual home size here: two movers finish one in 4 to 6 hours, while a three-bedroom house needs three movers for 5 to 7. Start with the form: date, number of bedrooms, both ZIP codes. A whole house gets a look by video call or a visit before we price it.

Each hour pays for the movers, the truck with its gas and tolls, and basic coverage, plus taking apart any bed or table too big for a doorway. The bill starts at 3 hours and then counts every 15 minutes; blankets, dollies and tools carry a one-time $50 equipment charge. Packing, cartons and Full Value Protection are extras. Point out damage before the crew leaves; it goes on a Damage Report, and the coverage included in the rate settles it by weight: 60 cents for each pound of the damaged piece.

The city bars vehicles over 16 feet from its three Main Street lots, and every truck we run is longer, so near Old Town plan on curb space by your door. Leisure World residents put the crew on the gate list first. A building that asks the mover for a COI gets one once you send its wording; booking the elevator stays with you.

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  • 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 Seal 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.

Leisure World to College Park: three Seal Beach moves

Three in four Seal Beach homes are lived in by their owners, and more than half went up in the 1960s; two bedrooms is the most common size (Census ACS 2020 to 2024). The three moves below use the Irvine office's rates.

Example estimates
Choose a home size

2-bedroom unit in Leisure World

Inside the gated senior community entered from Seal Beach Boulevard

Crew
2 movers and a truck
Usually takes
4 to 6 hours

$606 to $1,1242 movers at $139 to $179 an hour, plus $50 once

The crew does

  • Two movers pad and load only the pieces going to the new place, bring them out to the truck at the carport or the curb, and leave behind whatever you marked for family or donation.

You get ready

  • Register the crew with Security as temporary visitors, label what stays behind, and check the move rules with your Mutual's office.

3-bedroom house in College Park East

A house from the 1960s building boom on a residential street

Crew
3 movers and a truck
Usually takes
5 to 7 hours

$945 to $1,6533 movers at $179 to $229 an hour, plus $50 once

The crew does

  • Three movers split the work: one wraps furniture room by room, one clears the garage, and one stacks the truck in the driveway or at the curb.

You get ready

  • Box the garage shelves ahead, and take the grill's propane tank to a county drop-off, since the crew cannot carry it.

1-bedroom apartment near Main Street

A small building in Old Town, a short walk from the pier

Crew
2 movers and a truck
Usually takes
3 to 4 hours

$467 to $7662 movers at $139 to $179 an hour, plus $50 once

The crew does

  • Two movers take the bed frame apart, carry everything down the stairs, and load at the curb nearest the entrance, which keeps the job close to the 3-hour minimum.

You get ready

  • Put a guest permit on the plate of any car helping that day, and tell us which side of the building the entrance faces.

The low end is a quiet weekday and the shorter time. The high end is a busy date and the longer time. Both include the one-time $50 charge.

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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
See packing options

Moving-day rules in Seal Beach

The city, Leisure World and the trash hauler each set rules that touch a move. Each card says who handles it and how far ahead.

Leisure World: put the crew on the gate list
  • You call Security
  • Before moving day

Security admits only residents and guests it has on record, so register the crew as temporary visitors by phone or through the Proptia portal; a temporary pass lasts one to seven days. The Main Gate on Seal Beach Boulevard at Golden Rain Road never closes. St. Andrews Gate and the North Gate open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., so an early start goes through the Main Gate.

Golden Rain Foundation, Leisure World gates (opens a new tab)

Guest permits for the cars that help
  • You buy them online
  • Before moving day

Seal Beach checks resident and guest parking permits by license plate, so nothing hangs on the mirror. Each household may hold two guest permits a year, valid November 1 to October 31, bought through the city's permit account, one account per address. If family is driving over to help on a permit street, register that car's plate as a guest first.

City of Seal Beach, Parking Permits (opens a new tab)

Keep the truck out of the Main Street lots
  • City rule
  • Daily, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The three Main Street lots bar vehicles over 16 feet, which rules out a moving truck. Cars there pay by plate from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., stay 2 hours at most, and may not re-park within 150 feet for 4 hours. A long load-out near Main Street needs curb space by the door, and helpers do better with a guest permit on a residential block.

City of Seal Beach, Main Street Parking (opens a new tab)

Book the curbside pickup for what stays behind
  • You call Republic Services
  • 48 hours before trash day

Republic Services, the city's hauler, collects large items at the curb by appointment: two items a year per household, one per pickup, each no longer than 6 feet and no heavier than 100 pounds. In an apartment complex the property manager books bulky pickups. Leisure World uses a different hauler, so residents there ask their Mutual's office. More items cost extra, or rent a temporary dumpster.

Republic Services, Seal Beach newsletter, summer 2026 (opens a new tab)

Take propane in before the day
  • You drop it off
  • The week before

Our crews cannot carry propane, gasoline or other flammable liquids. Propane tanks never go in Seal Beach trash or recycling carts; the Orange County household hazardous waste centers accept tanks of five gallons or less, which covers a standard grill tank.

Republic Services, Seal Beach newsletter, summer 2026 (opens a new tab)

We plan the crew around these rules Tell us the building's hours and where the truck can park. The crew size and the time on your estimate follow from them.

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Moving services in Seal Beach

All services
Local movingHourly moves inside Seal Beach and to nearby towns, from a Leisure World unit to a family house. Packing servicesPackers by the hour for a kitchen or a whole house, with cartons billed on their own. Moving and storageA place for furniture while a house sale closes or the next home gets ready. Office movingSmall offices and shops, with desks, files and equipment wrapped and labeled. Piano movingUprights and grands, with the crew size set by the steps and the weight. Long-distance movingOut of state at one flat price, worked out from your item list.

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

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Moving in Seal Beach: what to know

Downsizing after many years in one house, setting up water and power, and picking a date around holiday trash weeks.

On this page
  1. Downsizing after many years in one house
  2. Water, power and gas
  3. Picking a date

Downsizing after many years in one house

Six in ten Seal Beach households are headed by someone 65 or older (Census ACS 2020 to 2024), and the city's Housing Element counts close to half of all households as one person. Many moves here go from a house to something smaller, so the hours depend on what you keep more than on the size of the old home. More than half the homes went up in the 1960s, and a garage filled over that many years can take a crew as long as a bedroom. Sort before we arrive: tag furniture for the new home, for family and for donation. Our crews leave gas and water lines alone, so have a plumber or the gas company disconnect a gas dryer or stove first. If the new place is not ready yet, storage can hold the furniture in between.

Water, power and gas

Seal Beach bills water itself, through the city's utility billing office, not a private water company. Power comes from Southern California Edison and gas from Southern California Gas Company. Set the stop and start dates a week or two before the move so the old home is not billed after you leave.

Picking a date

Two movers cost $139 to $179 an hour, low on quiet dates and high on busy ones; month-end and summer weekends fill first. Holiday weeks change the trash pickup: collection slips one day in the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, so bins you fill while packing sit at the curb a day longer.

Questions about moving in Seal Beach

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

Two movers with our truck: $139 to $179 an hour, set by the date.

For a local move in Seal Beach, two movers with our truck cost $139 to $179 an hour; quiet dates sit at the low end, busy ones at the top. A crew of three costs from $179 an hour, a crew of four from $219. Add the $50 equipment charge, billed one time per move. In Old Town a one-bedroom often fits in 3 to 4 hours, near the 3-hour minimum.

On an hourly move the bill is the crew's rate times the hours worked, with a 3-hour minimum and then 15-minute steps. We set the crew from your bedroom count, the big pieces and the access, such as a Leisure World gate or a long carry from the curb. There is no stair fee; stairs and distance only add time. For a whole house in College Park or Marina Hill, we see the rooms first on video or in person.

Packing is billed by the hour, like the move, and cartons are charged separately. It pays off most when time is short or lifting is hard, which matters in a city where a third of households are headed by someone 75 or older. Boxes our packers fill fall under basic coverage; for items you pack yourself, we are not responsible for damage unless you add Full Value Protection.

Our crews cannot carry flammable liquids, firearms, explosives, or cans of gasoline or propane. They can also refuse unsanitary items. In Seal Beach, a grill's propane tank goes to an Orange County household hazardous waste center, which accepts tanks of five gallons or less. Gas appliances must be disconnected before we arrive, since movers do not touch gas or water lines.

Yes. Leisure World is gated, so the resident registers our crew with its Security office as temporary visitors before the day. The Main Gate on Seal Beach Boulevard is open around the clock; St. Andrews and the North Gate close at 8 p.m. Ask your Mutual's office about carport and loading rules, and tell us the building when you book so we send the right crew.

Tipping is up to you, and it never shows up on our bill. If you do tip, let the day guide it: a packed garage in College Park or a long carry from the curb in Old Town is more work than a short apartment move. Our tipping guide for the Los Angeles area covers what crews here commonly receive.

Guides for a local move

Talk to the Irvine office

The team that plans your Seal Beach move.

Get your moving estimate

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

Moving in your part of Seal Beach

The city's zoning maps divide Seal Beach into these areas. Pick yours to see what it means for the truck and the crew.

Choose a neighborhood

Old Town

The homes
Homes and small apartment buildings near the pier
Getting the truck in
The blocks around Main Street and the pier. Permit parking and the 2-hour Main Street lots leave little room, so the truck parks at the curb closest to your door.
Before moving day
Put guest permits on helpers' plates, and tell us which side street is nearest your entrance.

Leisure World

The homes
Units in the senior community opened in 1962
Getting the truck in
A gated community that brought about 9,000 senior residents when it opened, run by the Golden Rain Foundation and its Mutuals. Only crews on Security's visitor list get through the gate.
Before moving day
Register the crew as temporary visitors, and use the Main Gate if we start before 8 a.m.

College Park East

The homes
Houses from the 1960s boom on residential streets
Getting the truck in
Built in the same years as Leisure World, mostly single-family houses. A driveway often gives the truck a spot near the garage, and a full garage can take as long as a bedroom.
Before moving day
Box the garage shelves ahead, and send photos of large items such as a workbench or a safe.

College Park West

The homes
Houses from the same 1960s building wave
Getting the truck in
Another neighborhood from the 1960s build-out, zoned as its own area. Moves here are usually whole houses, so we often send three movers and look at the rooms first.
Before moving day
Book a video walkthrough so the crew size and hours on the estimate fit the house.

Surfside

The homes
Homes at the south end of the city's beach
Getting the truck in
The city's 1.5 miles of beach run from 1st Street through Surfside, a community annexed in the same growth years. How close the truck can get to a beach home decides how long the carry takes.
Before moving day
Ask how the truck reaches your door and where it may stop, then send us the answer with your booking.

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

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