House, Three-Decker, and Victorian Moving
No two South Shore houses move alike, and the price tag should reflect that. Hauling a load down the tight triple staircase of a Wollaston three-decker is a wholly different day from working a Milton Victorian that doglegs at the landing, or a Hingham waterfront colonial sitting at the end of a long, narrow lane. So we send our own W-2 crew, scale the flat rate to the real stairs and the real house in front of us, and put that figure on paper before move day rolls around.
The House Types We Move Every Week
Three-decker and Victorian walk-ups in Wollaston, Quincy Center, and Houghs Neck, with their skinny stairwells and tight side streets, are bread and butter for us. So are the Braintree and Weymouth colonials and split-levels, the older Victorians up Milton way, and the harbor homes in Hingham, Cohasset, Scituate, and Hull that catch a nor’easter dead-on off the Atlantic. Marcus has been running these crews ten years and could find every one of those stairwells and driveways blindfolded.
What Your Flat Rate Includes
It buys the truck and the fuel, the pads, the dollies and straps, and movers who wrap and pad your furniture before any of it nears the ramp. Beds, tables, and the heavy case goods come apart at the old house and get rebuilt at the new one. Runners go down across both floors and we cap the doorframes and corners, since the original woodwork and refinished boards in these old homes are gone for good once they are gouged.
| House size | Typical flat band |
|---|---|
| Two-bedroom | $1,500 to $2,500 |
| Three-bedroom | $2,500 to $4,100 |
| Four-bedroom | $4,000 to $6,400 |
The Stairs and the Weather
That triple staircase is exactly where the bargain outfits either inflate the invoice or chew up the plaster. We map the carry ahead of time, pad every turn, and walk the couch and the fridge up three flights without leaving a mark. On the harbor houses we keep an eye on the sky, because a nor’easter off the Atlantic will soak an exposed load in minutes, so we keep everything sheeted and dry.
Quincy-Based and Family-Run
I came up in Wollaston lugging furniture up these very stairs as a teenager, so I know firsthand what a genuine South Shore house move asks of a crew. That is the crew that turns up at your door, and that is why the number printed on the page is the number you hand over.
