Burbank Movers: From $99/hr for 2 Movers

Permits and street rules

A temporary no-parking permit might save you both time and money on moving day. You will need to arrange it, if your street is tight or you need to park the truck at a curb for a long time.

Once you have that permit, send us its date, hours and curb location. Public Works Street Use Permit desk is the organization that helps people in Burbank with those. Their phone is (818) 238-3950 and you can call them to ask about a temporary no-parking permit for a moving truck. Our clients handle the permit, application, and any required posting. We are ready to explain what would be a good spot for a truck, so you can request the right place. It might take some time, but on the older residential blocks and off Magnolia Boulevard a posted no-parking zone can allow us to pull right up to your door and save you a 30-foot carry distance. The counter is open weekdays, their working hours are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a lunch hour, and they close at 3 p.m. on Fridays. This application needs to be done in advance. They are located at 150 North Third Street, and booking an appointment is encouraged. Another reason why a weekday move is simpler on a block with no driveway is that street use permits run up to five days, Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday use is reviewed case by case.

Keep in mind that it is banned to park within 20 feet of the approach to a crosswalk. Even where the curb is not painted red, the city considers any corner with a curb ramp or a stop sign as a crosswalk. A corner house can lose the curb out front, so tell us if you're on one. We also recommend checking your block's street-sweeping sign. Let us know the scheduled day. We need this information, since street sweeping runs Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and we won't be able to park during that window.

Studio-lot and Media District access

Usually when people move into or out of an office, they find out that the building or lot has its own rules. It is true for offices near Warner Bros, Disney, or the Burbank Studios. Adept moving can't arrange it on your behalf, so it's the tenant's task to clear the drive-on or vendor pass through the lot. Our clients often have to reserve an elevator, book a loading dock, and prepare a certificate of insurance, especially when moving in and out in the Media District. We ask you to handle the reservations and the building's COI requirements, and we coordinate to that schedule and provide a standard general-liability COI for commercial jobs. If custom additional-insured wording is needed, we quote it separately, so we ask to inform us about any special requirements early. It is a common practice for Media District buildings to only allow commercial moves off-hours, so weekdays 6 PM-6 AM, or sometimes all day on weekends. Usually the elevator slots fill during February pilot season as well as May-July production, so we ask you to reserve these 2-3 weeks in advance.

Burbank Hills access

Up in the Burbank Hills above Glenoaks, the streets get steep, narrow, and curvy, and a 26-foot truck can't always make the turns or sit safely on a grade. For example, this truck often is not able to reach addresses above Sunset Canyon Drive or in the Castaway Cove area. Sometimes hillside driveways are too steep for our liftgate, which is one of the reasons we recommend the client to walk the route before move day. In such cases we use our 18-foot box truck. It is the smallest we run and fits where the big one won't. If you are moving a large load, we might need to make a second trip. But this is certainly better than parking a few blocks down and carrying everything uphill by hand. If you tell us the address and roughly about the furniture and items you're moving, we will be able to choose the right truck before move day so the crew shows up in time and doesn't spend time on a tight hillside drive. There are some areas in the Verdugo foothills that are identified as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone by the Burbank Fire Department. There, parking is difficult because of steep slopes and limited access. We might have to find a legal place to park elsewhere, since these streets must remain passable.

Apartments Downtown and older homes

There is a mix of newer and older housing in Burbank. On streets like Magnolia Park and on some blocks near Verdugo Avenue there are lots of 1930s and 1940s homes that have small driveways, narrow doorways and tight stairwells. There it will be harder to relocate a large sectional or some other bulky furniture. In other areas like the San Fernando Boulevard corridor and Downtown, mid-rise condos and apartments with shared elevators and loading zones are located. If your building has an elevator, plan to reserve it for the moving day, and we will plan around the time slot that you get. We ask you to measure the narrowest doorway and the stair turn, so we can understand whether your furniture will fit through the available space and plan the move accordingly. Either way, we lay runners on the floors and wrap furniture in moving blankets to protect the trim and the corners.

Best days and times

School schedules shaped how families with kids move in Burbank. Usually weekend windows fill up faster than workdays. Many families tend to move between late May and August, since Burbank Unified's 2026-27 school starts from August 13, 2026, and ends around May 27, 2027. Spring break is going to be from March 22 to 26, 2027. The 5 and the 134 are where all the traffic is located, and both fill up at rush hour. We recommend starting your move mid-morning, after the early crush clears. That way the drive between locations is short and the hourly clock is honest. At apartments and condos the weekdays are quieter. It is also easier to book elevators and loading zones midweek than on a Sunday. If you live in a building that requires you to reserve an elevator or a dock window, in most cases that means you will need to choose a weekly slot anyway. When we will be putting your quote together, we will talk about this timing and make sure that our arrival time matches your access.