Moving in Glendale: Hourly Starts at $99/hr

Loading on Allen Avenue

Streets and neighborhoods differ on permits and curb rules, so the one thing we needed settled before the day was a legal loading spot. The client was well informed about that and confirmed it on the call. Morning suited him, it was his day off. We took the 26-foot box truck for this one.

We arrived at the agreed time. The spot the client had confirmed was there waiting, so the truck went straight to it. Cone out by the ramp, liftgate already down to run the dolly in and out.

The client let us in and walked us through what was going. Floor runners went down over the old floors before anything moved. Maxim took the bedroom where the loveseat was. Small enough that it did not need to come apart, so it went into moving blankets and the two of us carried it down the stairs to the truck.

David took the other bedroom and started running the 15 household boxes out on the dolly. The three fragile ones got their own space in the truck. He loaded by weight. The dresser came out on the dolly as well. Then the dining table came apart, a tabletop and four legs, all of it wrapped in moving blankets along with the chairs.

I took the hall, where the client pointed out the 50-inch TV and the PlayStation. He had kept the original cartons and wanted them packed that way. He had told us on the call that the TV was not wall-mounted, so there was nothing to take off a wall. Both went back into their own boxes and then into moving blankets before they were loaded. After that I brought out the 5 wardrobe cartons, the microwave, and the 3 nightstands.

The client walked the apartment with Maxim before the doors shut, to be sure everything was on the truck.

Delivery to Raymond Avenue

Raymond Avenue is a few blocks away, still Glendale. Legal spot at the curb again. This end was the easier half: a one-story apartment with ground-floor access and no stairs at all.

The TV and the PlayStation went in first, still in blankets. David carried them with me and the customer showed us where in the hall they were going. David also brought in the 3 nightstands, the household boxes, the wardrobe cartons, and the dresser.

Maxim and I took the loveseat. The microwave went into the corner of the kitchen. The small dining table and the 4 chairs went to the kitchen too, and the table was put back together there, tabletop in place and the legs back on.

Stairs at One End, None at the Other

The load itself was an ordinary one bedroom. What set the crew size was the flight of stairs at the pickup, and knowing about it before the day is what kept the morning short. The client said as much afterwards, about the pace and about the wrapping.

Apartment moves inside Glendale are most of what our crews do here. Stairs, walkways and curb access are the things worth telling us when you book. More on the neighborhood is on our Glendale movers page, the rest of the coverage sits under Los Angeles movers, and packing and unpacking has its own page.

Loading on Bellevue Drive

Once access was confirmed we built the timetable around the traffic, because getting to the pickup on time meant staying out of rush hour. The client agreed to a morning slot.

We took a 26-foot truck for this one. Bellevue Drive is wide, there was room to bring it in, and none of the turns were tight. We parked legally at the curb and put a cone by the ramp, liftgate down for the dolly.

Inside, all three of us had something to do. Floor runners went down first. Kostya took the hall where the TV was. He repacked the OLED back into its original box, then put a moving blanket over that. It rode as a fragile item, upright and secured against the truck wall. Kostya also ran all 20 household boxes out on the dolly, the fragile ones in their own space, loaded by weight.

I went to the bedroom for the queen bed. It had to come partly apart before it left the room. Box spring and frame pieces separated and wrapped, mattress wrapped too, all of it out to the truck. Then the living room, where Kostya helped me with the two-seater sofa. Small enough that nothing needed to come apart.

There was a small fridge, which went out on the dolly over the runners we had already laid, and got its moving blanket outside like everything else.

The customer showed us the dining table, and Dima took that one with me because a table needs a different approach. It came apart into five pieces, a tabletop and four legs. The legs were wrapped and carried as one unit. Then Dima came back with the dolly for the wrapped tabletop and loaded it. He carried the dresser out on the dolly as well, blanketed before it left the house, and after that the two nightstands and the 10 chairs.

While Dima was finishing, Kostya and I walked the house to check nothing had been missed.

Delivery to Watson Street

Watson Street is a couple of blocks down the road, another single-story house, access already confirmed. Kostya helped me carry the 85-inch TV in, still in its carton and blankets, to where the client pointed. The two-seater sofa went in there too. Dima and Kostya unloaded the 20 boxes, fragile ones first, sorted by room. Dima came back for the dresser and took it to the bedroom. The fridge went to the spot the client picked in the kitchen.

The dining table was put back together, tabletop in place and the four legs back on, and the client asked for it and the chairs in the dining room.

The bed came in last, in pieces, and went back together in the bedroom. The frame first, always, then the box spring, then the mattress on top.

The OLED Was the Piece to Plan Around

Nothing here was complicated by the street. Bellevue Drive gave us room and the delivery was a level walk. What the client was actually worried about was the 85-inch TV, which is why it went back in its own box before it went anywhere. Telling us about a piece like that at booking is what lets us plan it instead of improvising on the day.

House moves inside Glendale are steady work for our crews. More on the neighborhood is on our Glendale movers page, the wider area sits under Los Angeles movers, and if you want the boxes done too, that is packing and unpacking.

Loading on North Central Avenue

The client wanted a morning, so that is when we set the arrival. A legal parking spot was the thing to settle first, and he had it confirmed on the call well ahead. We took an 18-foot box truck out for this one.

All three of us got there at the agreed time and parked where the client had confirmed. Cones out behind the truck, liftgate down.

Inside, each of us had a different job. The client wanted extra floor protection, so the runners went down before anything moved. I took the hall and started on the wardrobe cartons, out on the dolly along a path we had already covered. That walkway from the courtyard to the truck is long, and it is where the time went. The rest of the job was straightforward.

Most of it the client had packed himself, which saved us time on the day.

Back inside, I loaded the fifteen or so boxes onto the dolly, nothing left behind. A few needed their own space, so I treated them as fragile and put them in their own corner of the truck.

Roman went to the bedroom where the client pointed out the boxed mirror. It was already packed, and the only thing that mattered was keeping it that way. Alik and I brought it out and put a moving blanket over the box for good measure. In the truck it stood on its edge against the side wall, clear of anything that could come down flat on it.

Alik carried the mattress, covered in a moving blanket before it left the apartment.

We walked the place once more before driving off, checking everything was loaded.

Delivery to East Doran Street

East Doran Street is close by, a ground-floor apartment on a residential street, and we had a legal spot confirmed there too. The wardrobe cartons and the packed boxes went in first, Alik carrying them to the bedroom with me.

The mattress came in on the second run. The mirror stayed boxed and on its edge in the truck the longest, because we waited on the client to say where it was going. Roman carried it in with me.

The client had expected the walkway and the mirror to be the hard parts of the day. Neither turned out to be.

The Walkway Set the Crew, Not the Load

This was a small inventory. What decided three movers was the distance between the front door and the curb, and the fact that all of it curved. A long carry does not show up on an item list, which is exactly why it is worth mentioning when you book.

Garden-style complexes run the length of Glendale, and long walkways come with them. More on how we work the city is on our Glendale movers page, the wider coverage is under Los Angeles movers, and packing and unpacking is separate if boxes are part of it.