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Brockton, MA Movers

Moves by the hour, from three-decker flats to ranch houses

2 movers: $159 to $199 an hour

Prices and Brockton rules checked

Who does your move in Brockton

Brockton moves with Move & Care go on our own trucks with our own movers, billed from $159 to $199 an hour for a two-person crew. We are a carrier, not a broker, under Massachusetts license MA DPU 31854.

A job is billed for 3 hours at minimum, then by the quarter hour, plus one $50 equipment charge. Gas, road tolls and the truck sit inside the rate, and so does taking a crib or bed frame apart when it is too wide for a doorway. Extras appear only when you order them: packing, cartons, Full Value Protection, or hoisting a sofa past a narrow stair at $40 per item for each flight; ordinary stairs only add working time.

More than four in ten Brockton homes have three bedrooms (Census ACS 2024), and a move that size usually needs three movers for 6 to 9 hours; a 2-bedroom flat atop a three-decker takes three movers about 5 to 7. The form at the top of this page starts with your moving date. Any damage is listed on a Damage Report at the new home while the crew is still there.

From December 1 to April 1 the city bans parking from midnight to 7 a.m. on the even-numbered side of its streets, and on both sides of main roads such as Main and Pearl Streets, so a truck cannot sit at the curb overnight. Buildings that need a Certificate of Insurance send us their requirements, and we issue it.

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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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By the hour

Your Brockton 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 Brockton homes and what moving them takes

About half of Brockton's homes are single-family houses and about a quarter sit in buildings of two to four units (Census ACS 2024 1-year). The three below follow that mix, at the Boston office's rates.

Example estimates
Three Brockton homes and what moving them takes
HomeCrewUsually takesExample estimate
3-bedroom ranch on a slab foundationThe 1960s streets on the city's outer edges 3 movers and a truck 6 to 9 hours $1,244 to $2,291
Who does what

The crew does

  • Three movers work one floor with no basement stairs, rolling furniture on dollies from the bedrooms to the driveway. Beds and tables come apart only when they will not clear a door.

You get ready

  • Book the city pickup for anything you are leaving at least 2 business days before your trash day, and keep the driveway clear for the truck.
2-bedroom flat on a three-decker's top floorOlder streets; a third of Brockton homes were built before 1940 3 movers and a truck 5 to 7 hours $1,045 to $1,793
Who does what

The crew does

  • Three movers wrap the furniture inside the flat and carry it down the building's stairs. The three flights are billed as working time.

You get ready

  • Tell the tenants downstairs your date, and keep the front of the house open for the truck if the street allows parking that day.
1-bedroom in a converted mill or elevator buildingFormer mills at the edge of downtown, or newer buildings in the northeast 2 movers and a truck 4 to 5 hours $686 to $1,045
Who does what

The crew does

  • Two movers wrap each piece where it stands, then take the elevator down during the window management gives you.

You get ready

  • Reserve the elevator and a loading time with management, and pass us the building's insurance wording.

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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Brockton rules that shape moving day

Parking, trash and home-sale rules from Brockton's Traffic Commission, Public Works and Fire Department, and who takes care of each one.

Winter nights: the even side stays empty
  • Nothing to book
  • December 1 to April 1

From midnight to 7 a.m., the even-numbered side of a Brockton street is closed to parking, unless the street already allows parking on one side only. On main roads the city lists, among them Main, Pearl, Montello and Belmont Streets and Warren Avenue, both sides are closed. A rental truck or container cannot wait there overnight.

Brockton Traffic Commission, Winter Parking Ban (opens a new tab)

Snow emergency: no parking on any street
  • Watch for city alerts
  • When the Mayor declares one

When the Mayor or the Public Works commissioner declares a snow or weather emergency, parking is banned on every Brockton street until it ends, and the city can add towing costs to the ticket. If one is declared for your moving day, call us: until it ends, the truck can load only from a driveway or private lot.

Brockton Traffic Commission (opens a new tab)

Book the city pickup for furniture you leave
  • You book it
  • 2 business days before trash day

The city takes one bulky item or appliance per household each week, set beside the cart on trash day. Couches, mattresses, box springs and TVs are paid items, paid ahead online or at the Recycle Depot, and a fridge goes out with its doors off. Schedule at least 2 business days before your trash day, so the old pieces are gone before the keys change hands.

Brockton DPW, Bulk Items (opens a new tab)

Condos book the association's hauler
  • Ask your manager
  • Before you sort what stays

City trash and recycling covers homes of one to five families that pay the trash fee. Condominiums get no city service, so a couch or mattress left behind goes out through the association's hauler or a private one. Ask the manager how early to book it.

Brockton DPW, Trash and Recycling (opens a new tab)

Selling? The smoke and CO certificate first
  • The seller books
  • 20 business days before closing

The Fire Prevention Office wants the inspection booked at least 20 business days before the closing. One- and two-family homes are normally inspected on Tuesdays and Thursdays, condos and buildings of three or more units on Wednesdays, and the fee is paid by bank check or money order only. Set the closing, book the inspection, then pick the moving date.

Brockton Fire Department, Smoke and CO (opens a new tab)

Boxes go in the cart in 2-foot pieces
  • Nothing to book
  • After you unpack

Flatten the moving boxes and cut them to about 2 feet by 2 feet so they fit the recycle cart, or drop them at the Recycle Depot on Oak Hill Way, open Monday to Saturday. Carts go out after 5 p.m. the night before collection or by 7 a.m. that morning.

Brockton DPW, Trash and Recycling (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 Brockton

All services
Long-distance movingLeaving Massachusetts? One flat price, set from the list of what you are taking. Senior movingA move into a smaller apartment or senior housing, at an unhurried pace, packing included if you want it. Furniture disassemblyBunk beds, cribs and sectionals taken apart for a tight stairwell and put back together upstairs. Commercial movingShop fixtures, desks and file cabinets, moved by the same hourly crews. Last-minute movingA crew for this week, if one is still open on your date.

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

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Moving in Brockton: what to know

Where the move goes from Brockton, what the truck leaves behind, and your first weeks at a new Brockton address.

On this page
  1. From Brockton to Boston, the Cape or another state
  2. What the truck will not carry, and where it goes
  3. Your first weeks at a Brockton address

From Brockton to Boston, the Cape or another state

Inside Massachusetts, the state's Department of Public Utilities issues mover licenses (DPU guide), and ours is MA DPU 31854. Moves around Greater Boston and the South Shore are local and billed by the hour, the same way as a move across Brockton. A move to another state is handled under USDOT 3212621 and MC 1018431 and priced once, from what you are bringing and how far it goes.

What the truck will not carry, and where it goes

Our crews do not load gasoline, propane tanks, paint thinner or other flammable liquids. Brockton's Recycle Depot takes propane tanks, car batteries, motor fluids and tires, has donation bins for clothes and linens, and accepts liquid paint from April 1 to October 31 (Trash and Recycling). The city's curbside service will not take doors or renovation debris, and a full house cleanout goes to a private hauler.

Your first weeks at a Brockton address

A home of one to five families that pays the trash fee gets one barrel of trash per family each week, up to 50 pounds. Anything more goes out in the green Brockton bags sold in stores, at City Hall and at the Recycle Depot. Set barrels out after 5 p.m. the night before or by 7 a.m. on the day, and bring them in by 11 p.m.; the city's schedule search gives your street's day.

Questions about moving in Brockton

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

$159 to $199 an hour for a crew of two, plus a one-time $50.

Our Boston office prices Brockton moves by the hour. A crew of two with a truck runs $159 to $199, and the date decides where in that range you land. With a third mover the rate starts at $199; with a fourth, $239. The bill covers 3 hours at minimum, counts later time in quarter hours, and adds the $50 equipment charge a single time. A 3-bedroom home usually keeps three movers busy 6 to 9 hours, and the table of example moves multiplies that out.

Our rate moves with demand inside the $159 to $199 range for two movers: weekdays away from the first and last of the month land near the bottom, summer Saturdays and month-end dates near the top. In Brockton, moving a day or two after your trash day lets the city collect a scheduled couch or dresser first. Between December and April a declared snow emergency can close every street to parking, so keep a backup date in mind.

Our invoice lists the crew's hours (never fewer than three, then by the quarter hour), the $50 equipment charge, and any extras you ordered, such as packing, boxes, Full Value Protection or hoisting. The costs people miss come from the city: Brockton charges for picking up a couch, mattress or TV, and trash beyond your weekly barrel has to go in the green city bags.

Anything that can burn or explode stays behind: gasoline, propane cylinders, paint thinner, lighter fluid and fireworks. Brockton's Recycle Depot on Oak Hill Way takes propane tanks, car batteries and motor fluids year-round, Monday to Saturday, and liquid paint from April through October.

In the day, wherever the street's signs allow. The overnight ban (midnight to 7 a.m., December 1 to April 1) closes the even-numbered side of Brockton streets and both sides of the main roads on the city's list, among them Main, Pearl and Montello Streets, Belmont Street and Warren Avenue. A driveway is the safest spot on any winter date, and during a declared snow emergency it is the only one.

Yes. Interstate moves are covered by our USDOT 3212621 and MC 1018431 registrations and get one flat price, set from your item list and the miles; a slow day on the highway does not add to it. Moves from Brockton to Boston, Quincy or the South Shore are local and stay hourly at $159 to $199 for two movers.

The seller books the smoke and carbon monoxide inspection with the Fire Prevention Office at least 20 business days before closing; one- and two-family homes are normally seen on Tuesdays and Thursdays, condos on Wednesdays. If furniture is staying out of the move, book the city's bulky pickup at least 2 business days before the last trash day you will be there. Then set the moving date with us.

Guides for a local move

Talk to the Boston office

The team that plans your Brockton 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 (781) 790-4609

Where in Brockton you are moving

Choose your part of Brockton. Each note says what the city's own plans and parking rules mean for where the truck stands.

Choose a neighborhood

Downtown and Trout Brook

The homes
Apartments in former mills and older blocks
Getting the truck in
Several old mills at the edge of downtown now hold apartments. Main Street and Warren Avenue lose parking on both sides on winter nights, so the truck uses the building's loading door or a side street.
Before moving day
Ask management which door and elevator the move uses, and send us their insurance wording.
Housing Strategy Plan

Campello

The homes
The south end around the Campello rail station
Getting the truck in
The city is planning Campello around its commuter rail station. Main Street runs through it and is on the both-sides winter list, so a December to March move loads from a side street or a driveway.
Before moving day
Tell us the nearest cross street, so we can pick where the truck stands.
City planning, Campello

Montello

The homes
The north end, homes beside shops and industry
Getting the truck in
The city describes Montello as a mix of homes, businesses and industry. Montello and North Montello Streets close both sides to parking on winter nights, so the truck needs a side street or a driveway there.
Before moving day
If a business lot sits next door, ask the owner before we plan to use it.
City planning, Montello

Lovett Brook and Oak Street

The homes
Northwest, around Good Samaritan Medical Center
Getting the truck in
Near Routes 24 and 27, Oak Street and North Pearl Street are lined with businesses, and both are on the both-sides winter list. Several 1970s housing developments stand along the Oak Street corridor.
Before moving day
If your building has a loading area or set moving hours, tell us before the date.
City planning, Lovett Brook

Three-decker streets

The homes
Freestanding three-deckers, many from before 1940
Getting the truck in
Brockton's three-deckers usually stand on their own lots between lower houses, the city's housing plan notes, so the truck can often pull up beside the building. A top-floor flat means three flights of stairs.
Before moving day
On a both-sides ban street in winter, plan the truck for after 7 a.m.
Housing Strategy Plan

Ranch streets on the outer edges

The homes
1960s single-story ranch houses on slabs
Getting the truck in
About 7,500 small ranch houses went up on Brockton's outlying land in the 1960s, set on concrete slabs. One floor and no basement stairs usually mean a short, level carry to a truck in the driveway.
Before moving day
Tell us the driveway length and whether two cars will still be parked there.
Housing Strategy Plan

The northeast corner

The homes
Contemporary low-rise apartment buildings
Getting the truck in
The housing plan puts most of Brockton's contemporary low-rise apartment buildings in the northeastern corner of the city, so building management usually sets where the truck parks.
Before moving day
Ask the office where a moving truck may stand and whether moves have set hours.
Housing Strategy Plan

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

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