MovingPlace

This company has grossly mismanaged every single aspect of my cross country move. It has been 3 weeks since my items were loaded onto the container and the company has not bothered to ship my items yesterday despite telling me that they were going to be delivered today. Additionally, they were not packed according to my contract which stated that my items would be packed with moving blankets because Martin from moving place would not authorize the movers the budget to purchase the blankets. All of the employees I have talked to say that they will call back when they know more but they never do. Never use this company what a disaster!

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $5592

I had a great experience with Movingplace. Easy to quote and book. Chris and Andrew both had great service and were easy to work with. I saved thousands with Movingplace. Was 2k less than a Uhaul, 3k less than the next lowest quote elsewhere and 18k less than the highest quote I got. I went with this company purely because they were the lowest price. Driver showed up on time. Quoted 14 days to delivery and it showed up on time. I picked it up at their drop off facility because the trailer was too big to fit in my storage unit facility so I had to unload on to a Uhaul. That was all fine but the only issue was that there was no ramp to unload on. It must have been removed before drop off and that made it very difficult to shimmy my items down from the truck and onto the Uhaul ramp. Not sure who’s fault it is but Movingplace’s response was they will take measures so it doesn’t happen again. They gave me a $550 discount because they could not deliver it to my storage unit and I had to pay to get a Uhaul and drive it to and from the unload facility. (90 miles away from me). I liked working with this company and would recommend them to anyone. I moved 2k miles and wouldn’t have been able to do it without this company and their affordable prices. Many thanks to Movingplace.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $4157

My family and I moved from the Southwest to the Midwest. We priced multiple companies and Moving Place gave us the best price. We were a little apprehensive (not knowing much about them) but after some investigation, we decided to go with them.

Overall, we were delighted with them. They were very professional, the truck was great what we expected (this was our 5 cross country move, always using similar types of moving services), and they were cordial. I do think a bit more communication on the time of delivery and pickup would have been helpful (they told me one time by email but I called and got a little different time). But that was a minor inconvenience.

Move size: 4+ Bedroom Home Service cost: $2900

We had a really bad experience with moving place. 1) We negotiated for a 4 foot deep space for $1500 that was 9 feet tall and more than 9 feet across. Plenty of room for a studio apartment, when the driver arrived he told my daughter (dishonestly) that she actually purchased as much space as she wanted. So mistakenly thinking he was being honest she went over the 4 feed deep and then dishonsetly moving place charged her more than $4500. The only furniture items she had were 4 bookshelves, a double bed and a small love seat which could easily have been stacked on end but the moving company we felt intentionally tried to take advantage of my 27 year old daughter who was doing a cross country move to the first time. We felt that she was intentionally led make this mistake so that they could "overcharge her" unnecessarily over $3000 !! 2) Multiple items arrived damaged and broken. There was an oily grease all over the loveseat, a small stool all of the bookshelves and all drawers from the storage bed. This rendered the items unusable and broken in her new space. So now, they took $4500 from her but left her with NOTHING no usuable furniture and they will not pay a reasonable amount in a damage claim to replace the items. 3) They mised their scheduled delivery date 3 times. We blocked out a whole day of missed work each time only to have the driver never show up. When he finially did arrive he said that he would not come to the drop off location and wanted us to meet him at an area gas station. There was no way to do this as it was a live unload and we were unloading into a stoarge unit. / In summary.. buyer beware.. this company really treated us poorly and it felt like a bate and swithc to us.

Move size: Studio flat Service cost: $4500

I got a quote from Movingplace that was $1,000 less than their competition. It was also about the same cost as a one way rental truck would be. Not having to drive 900 miles was a huge appeal.

I researched them on Yelp, Google, BBB and other online resources. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive so I decided to use Movingplace.

The trailer arrived in the scheduled window and it was amazing! It was fairly new, totally clean and in great condition. It had pull down cross braces about every 18 inches. They could be used to hold back the contents and keep it from shifting. They can also be used to support a sheet of plywood to create an upper deck. That allows for fewer boxes to be stacked on top of one another so that the bottom ones aren't crushed. There were also 8 additional cross beams to use as needed. There were literally hundreds of mounting places for the beams.

The drivers and agents were professional and helpful. The destination was a storage facility which required a tricky maneuver to place the trailer where it needed to be. I couldn't be happier with almost every aspect of the move.

My only complaint is about the ramp. The ramp was good, but only about 12 feet long. The trailer deck was 5 feet high, so the ramp angle was a steep 25 degrees. Also, the ramp's grate openings were so large the 4" casters on our furniture dollies couldn't roll up the ramp - the wheels got caught in the large openings. So we had to carry furniture up the ramp instead of being able to roll it up.

We had loaded up 8 rolling metro shelf units to expedite the move. However, because the 5" wheels also couldn't handle the large grate on the ramp, we had to unload the shelves, put the shelf units in the trailer and then put the boxes back on the shelves. It added a lot of extra work and time at both ends of the move.

I really liked Movingplace's price, professionalism, the wonderful trailer and not having to drive. If Movingplace makes some major changes to the ramps, I'll use them again. If they don't, the low decks and solid ramps on U-Haul trucks will be my choice next time.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $2750

We did business with these people. They're extremely unprofessional and were often rude. They failed to confirm specific moving details which caused a great deal of confusion and difficulties at the job-site. The coordinators have absolutely no experience in the moving field so they have no idea of how to effectively deal with various issues that come up. They've partnered with another shady business, Hire-a-Helper, to provide corporate moves, so now you have "Shady" and "Shadier" at your service. If you go ahead and book these idiots, even after reading my warnings, then the outcome is on you. Good Luck!

Move size: Commercial Move Service cost: $1000

We booked a trailer with MovingPlace when they told me they had a trailer for the weekend we needed. Time was of the essence, as we were pretty last minute, and were very relieved to find that a trailer was available for our move date. A week passed by, and we finally got a call saying that our date was unavailable. This was VERY inconvenient to us, as now we are less than a week from our moving date, and now availability is next to none, and prices have gone up a lot. Thank you very much MovingPlace.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $3950