Local moving may be less complex and demanding that long distance moving, but it still involves a particular set of rules and regulations. Learning about these rules and regulations in advance can help you to experience a better move and even lower the cost of your relocation. In this new series of blog posts, we will examine some of the most important rules and regulations for local moving in the hope of clarifying a few useful and important questions for our customers and the general public.
Local Moving Costs – Determining the Price per Hour
Nearly all moving and relocation companies charge an hourly fee for local moving. The cost per hour depends on the number of movers and trucks you will need in order to complete your move. Smaller moves can be serviced with only three movers, while three or four bedroom houses will require between four and six movers to complete. Obviously, the more movers, the higher the cost per hour. On the other hand, the more movers, the less time it would take to complete the move.
Local Moving Costs – Calculating the Total Number of Hours
Once the charge per hour is determined, the rest depends on how many hours it would take to actually complete your local move.
Movers charge for the time it takes to pack and prepare the shipment, load the truck, drive to the destination and offload. On top of that, a fee called ‘travel time’ will be applied. Travel time is calculated according to the time it would take the movers to drive back to the warehouse from the destination location.
Because local moves are charged by the hour, the more packed and organized you are on the moving day, the faster would it take to load the truck. Therefore, it is recommended to start packing, disassembling and preparing for your local move as early as possible.
Alpha Moving & Storage
234 16th Street 2nd floor, Jersey City
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Bird, Sarge, Nemo did a great job moving us into our new place! Amazing attitudes from beginning to end. Very efficient and careful while moving all our … More things especially careful with our fragile items! Definitely would recommend them for future work. They’re the BEST!!! -
We had an exceptional moving experience with Alpha Moving when they handled the relocation of our 5 bedroom house to another state. From start to finish … More the service was outstanding. The team was punctual, professional, and incredibly efficient. They took great care in transporting our belongings, ensuring everything arrived intact.
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My husband and I have used Alpha for two moves—once from Manhattan to Jersey City and more recently from Jersey City to the Jersey Shore.
The first move … More was during Covid, but Alpha was super diligent and professional. The second move was on an incredibly hot and humid day, and our movers still worked so hard and fast.
For our second move, we also had to put our items in storage for a few weeks. Alpha made this super easy and had a thorough system for taking inventory of all our furniture and boxes.
I can't say enough about how great Alpha is. We would use them again and recommend them to anyone. Their office employees are very responsive and helpful, and the movers are extremely skilled and professional.
I've also found their prices to be much more reasonable than other companies in the area.
