One flat figure, settled up front
Here’s how a straight quote gets built. Walk us through the start and end points, the stairs at each end, the date, and the complications, and Sara hands back one price, in writing.
That number is what you owe
The stairs don’t move it. A piano doesn’t move it. A quarter-mile gravel driveway doesn’t move it. The miles to Seattle don’t move it.
A rough sense of scale
Your written figure is built around the move actually in front of us, never copied off a rate sheet — but to set expectations:
| Move | Typical figure |
|---|---|
| 2-mover crew | $120/hr (2-hr minimum) |
| 3-mover crew | $165/hr (2-hr minimum) |
| Studio / 1 bedroom | $450–$650 flat |
| 2 bedroom | $900–$1,400 flat |
| 3 bedroom | $1,700–$2,600 flat |
| 4 bedroom | $2,800–$4,000 flat |
What to have on hand
A fuller picture at the outset means a tighter number coming back.
- Both addresses, with the stairs and the driveway grade at each end
- The date you’ve locked in, or roughly the window you’re aiming at
- A rough room count, plus a note on anything heavy or awkward to carry — a piano, a gun safe, a gun safe quoted on weight
- Whether the far building wants a COI on file or an elevator held for you
- Whether you’ll also want packing, or climate-controlled storage for a spell
Pass it along and the flat figure follows shortly; once it’s on paper, we don’t budge from it.