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Hourly moves in Boston's southernmost neighborhood

2 movers: $159 to $199 an hour

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Who moves you in Hyde Park

Move & Care handles Hyde Park moves with our own crews and trucks, two movers at $159 to $199 an hour. We work out of the Boston office as the mover on your bill, not a broker, licensed as MA DPU 31854.

If a dresser gets scratched or a lamp breaks, the crew lists it on a Damage Report at the new door, before the truck pulls away. Every move carries basic coverage, which pays at most 60 cents for each pound an item weighs; Full Value Protection is an added charge. The hourly rate buys the crew, the truck, its fuel and tolls, and the screwdriver work when a bed frame will not fit through a door. Packing, boxes and hoisting ($40 per item per flight) are extra. Nothing is billed under 3 hours; past that, time counts by the quarter hour, and one $50 equipment charge is added.

For a 2-bedroom flat in a two-family house we usually plan three movers for 5 to 7 hours; a 3-bedroom house takes four movers about 6 to 8. Start in the form up top with your moving date, the number of bedrooms and the ZIP code at each end. We look at a big house first, by video or in person.

In winter, Hyde Park Avenue, River Street and Fairmount Avenue are posted snow emergency arteries, where a parked truck is towed during a declared emergency. If your building wants a Certificate of Insurance, forward its exact wording to us, and reserve the elevator with the manager.

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  • Licensed in MassachusettsMA DPU 31854
  • 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 Hyde Park move

Starting prices. From $159 / hour, 2 movers and a truck, for a studio or 1 bedroom. Busy date: $199.

Bigger crews

  • 3 movers and a truck$199 / hour 2 bedrooms
  • 4 movers and a truck$239 / 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 $129 / hour, 2 movers, your rental truck or pod. Busy date: $159.

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.

Three Hyde Park homes and the crew each one needs

Worked out at the Boston office's hourly rates from how long these homes usually take us. Yours is set from your item list, your date and both addresses.

Example estimates
Choose a home size

2-bedroom flat in a two-family house

About 31% of Hyde Park homes are in two- to four-unit houses

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

$1,045 to $1,7933 movers at $199 to $249 an hour, plus $50 once

The crew does

  • Three movers pad the furniture in each room, take the bed frames down, and walk the long pieces through the hall and the back stairs, which adds time but no fee.

You get ready

  • Tell us the floor and which stairway is wider. If your block has street cleaning that day, move the date or reserve the curb.

3-bedroom single-family house

About half of Hyde Park homes are single-family

Crew
4 movers and a truck
Usually takes
6 to 8 hours

$1,484 to $2,4424 movers at $239 to $299 an hour, plus $50 once

The crew does

  • Four movers split up: two empty the basement and the attic while two wrap the living room, then the heaviest pieces load first.

You get ready

  • Clear the driveway or reserve two street spaces with the city, and sort out what stays behind before the crew arrives.

1-bedroom in a building with an elevator

Buildings of 20 or more units hold about 1 in 10 Hyde Park homes

Crew
2 movers and a truck
Usually takes
4 to 5 hours

$686 to $1,0452 movers at $159 to $199 an hour, plus $50 once

The crew does

  • Two movers protect the elevator walls where the building asks, then run the boxes and furniture down in loads.

You get ready

  • Book the elevator and the loading door with management, and pass us any insurance wording the building sends.

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

Boston rules a Hyde Park move runs into

Hyde Park is part of the City of Boston, so the city's rules apply on moving day. Some you book yourself; others only change which date or curb works.

A permit holds two curb spaces for the truck
  • You apply
  • 15 days to 8 weeks ahead online

Boston does not require a moving truck permit, but one guarantees two legal spaces from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Apply online at least 15 days out, or at City Hall at least 3 days out. Someone has to post the signs 48 hours before 7 a.m. on the day and put fliers on nearby cars.

City of Boston, Office of the Parking Clerk (opens a new tab)

Street cleaning signs from April to November
  • Nothing to book
  • April 1 to November 30

Daytime sweeping runs April 1 to November 30 in most neighborhoods, and cars in the way are ticketed and towed. Read the sign on your own block before you pick the date. Main roads are also swept at night all year.

City of Boston, Public Works (opens a new tab)

Snow emergency arteries tow parked vehicles
  • Nothing to book
  • When a snow emergency is declared

Hyde Park's posted arteries include Hyde Park Avenue, River Street, Fairmount Avenue, Cummins Highway and West Street. A car with a Boston resident parking sticker can wait in Municipal Lot 11 behind 1269 Hyde Park Avenue or Lot 12 on Winthrop Street, listed at no charge, from two hours before the ban.

City of Boston, snow emergency parking (opens a new tab)

Old mattresses go out only by appointment
  • You book with the city
  • Before your trash day

The city will not take a mattress or box spring with the trash. Buildings of six units or fewer schedule a curbside pickup at no charge; bigger buildings go through the property manager. Put it out by 6 a.m. that day, or after 5 p.m. the evening before.

City of Boston, Mattress Recycling (opens a new tab)

Fridges, air conditioners and old TVs need a pickup
  • You book with the city
  • A few days ahead

Anything with Freon or a picture tube is collected only by appointment, five items at most per visit. Take the fridge doors off and empty it, or it stays on the curb. A couch or table you leave behind can go out with the regular trash on collection day.

City of Boston, Special Collection Items (opens a new tab)

September 1 is Boston's busiest moving day
  • Plan around it
  • August 31 to September 2

Most Boston leases turn over at the start of September. For those three days the city blocks off some common moving spots for truck drop-offs with no permit. Everywhere else, apply for your permit early and book the crew weeks ahead.

City of Boston, Moving guide (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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Services Hyde Park customers add to a move

All services
Packing servicesPackers by the hour, for a kitchen or a whole flat; boxes and wrap billed as used. Furniture disassemblyBed frames, cribs and desks taken apart when they will not fit a back stairway. Moving and storageSomewhere to keep your things when the old lease ends before the new one starts. Senior movesDownsizing from a family house, planned room by room with the family. Piano movingUprights and baby grands, priced before moving day. Long-distance movingLeaving Massachusetts: one flat price set from your item list.

Get your Hyde Park crew and rate in writing.Send the date, the home size and both ZIP codes; a large house gets a walkthrough first.

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Moving in Hyde Park: what the city expects

September leases, what to do with things you leave behind, and the paperwork after you arrive.

On this page
  1. Around September 1
  2. Clearing out before the truck comes
  3. Moving to Hyde Park from another Boston neighborhood
  4. Who licenses a move inside Massachusetts

Around September 1

Nearly half of Hyde Park homes are rented (Census ACS 2020 to 2024, ZIP 02136), and most Boston leases change hands at the start of September (City of Boston moving guide). Crews and trucks book up first for the last days of August and the first days of September. If you can, move a week earlier or later. If you cannot, apply for the street permit online the day the 15-day window opens, and give us the date as soon as the lease is signed.

Clearing out before the truck comes

Every hour the crew spends carrying something you planned to throw away is an hour on your bill. Boston takes furniture with the regular trash on collection day, set out after 5 p.m. the night before (Trash Collection). Mattresses and box springs need a booked pickup, and so do fridges, air conditioners and old TVs. Gasoline, propane and paint thinner cannot ride on our truck; Boston residents drop them at a Zero Waste Day with proof of address.

Moving to Hyde Park from another Boston neighborhood

A Boston resident parking sticker only works in the neighborhood printed on it. After the move you file a new application with your new proof of residency, and the car's registration has to show the new Boston address (Office of the Parking Clerk). Online, apply within 10 days of moving in. The Trash Day app gives the pickup day for your new street.

Who licenses a move inside Massachusetts

The city's own moving guide reminds you that every moving company working in Massachusetts needs a license from the Department of Public Utilities. Ours is MA DPU 31854. A move from Hyde Park to Providence or anywhere else out of state runs under our federal numbers, USDOT 3212621 and MC 1018431.

Hyde Park moving questions

Didn't see your question? Call (781) 790-4609, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 days.

A two-person crew with a truck runs $159 to $199 per hour, never under 3 hours.

Hyde Park moves are billed at the Boston office's rates: $159 to $199 per hour for a two-person crew and truck, with busier dates at the top of that range. Crews of three start from $199 per hour, crews of four from $239. The first 3 hours are always billed, every quarter hour after that counts, and the $50 equipment charge is added once. A 2-bedroom flat in a Hyde Park two-family usually needs three movers for 5 to 7 hours.

On our side: time past the 3-hour minimum, the $50 equipment charge, and only the extras you ask for, such as packing, boxes, Full Value Protection or a hoist. Back stairs in a Hyde Park two-family add time, never a stair fee. On the city's side, a street permit for the truck is your cost and is paid to Boston, not to us.

Our rate follows demand, so a weekday in mid-month lands near the bottom, where two movers run from $159 per hour. The last days of August and the first of September are our busiest in Boston, because most leases end then, and our rate is highest on those dates. Check your block's street cleaning sign too: a date when the curb is open saves the crew a longer carry.

You don't have to, since Boston requires no permit for a moving truck. A permit reserves two legal parking spaces from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for your date, which a Hyde Park side street packed with cars may need. Apply online at least 15 days ahead or at City Hall at least 3 days ahead, then post the city's signs 48 hours before and leave fliers on nearby cars. You apply and post the signs; we plan the truck around them.

Only off the posted arteries. During a declared snow emergency, vehicles parked on streets such as Hyde Park Avenue, River Street or Fairmount Avenue are towed. If your home is on one, keep a backup date. On a side street, a car with a Boston resident sticker can wait in Municipal Lot 11 or Lot 12 at no charge, so the truck can take the curb.

Yes, and a small move still bills our 3-hour minimum. If you have your own rental truck, labor only from our Boston office runs from $129 per hour, with a 2-hour minimum. A Hyde Park couch you would rather throw out can go to the curb with the regular trash on collection day.

Gasoline, propane tanks, fireworks, guns and anything else that can burn or explode stays behind. In Hyde Park, as anywhere in Boston, paint, motor oil and chemicals go to one of the city's Zero Waste Days, where residents show an ID, a utility bill or a lease. Disconnect the washer and the gas dryer before we arrive; our crews do not touch water or gas lines.

Guides for a Boston neighborhood move

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The team that plans your Hyde Park 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 (781) 790-4609

Hyde Park areas we move

Hyde Park is Boston's southernmost neighborhood, and the Neponset River runs through its middle. Where your street sits decides how the truck gets to the door.

  • Cleary Square

    Shops and homes on Hyde Park Avenue and River Street

    The neighborhood's main business square, with Hyde Park station on Pingree Street. Both main streets are snow arteries, so a home here moves from a side street or a reserved curb.

    Hyde Park, City of Boston

  • Logan Square

    The second business square at Hyde Park's center

    With Cleary, it makes up the center of Hyde Park, the City of Boston says. On a business street, a city permit for two spaces keeps the curb open for the truck.

  • Fairmount

    Streets around Fairmount station and Truman Highway

    Fairmount Avenue is a posted snow artery, and the station sits where it meets Truman Highway. In winter, plan the truck on a side street off Fairmount Avenue.

  • Readville

    Streets around Readville station on Hyde Park Avenue

    Readville station, at 1800 Hyde Park Avenue, serves three commuter rail lines. Tell us if the truck has to stop near the station entrance or a narrow street off the avenue.

Moving across Boston or out to a nearby town? Put both addresses in the form and we tell you the crew and the hours.

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