How Much Will Your Move from New Jersey Cost?

The short answer

No honest mover can price your move without seeing what you own and how it leaves the building. One one-bedroom apartment holds a bed and twenty boxes. The next holds a piano, a wall of books and a storage cage. That is why we do not post prices online. What we can show you is what drives the number, so you can read any estimate with a clear eye and spot one that does not add up.

Five things that set the price

1. How much you move. Furniture, boxes and heavy single pieces. The volume decides the truck and the size of the crew.
2. Access at both ends. Stairs, walk-ups, a long carry from the truck to the door, elevator waits and loading dock rules all add time.
3. Distance and route. Across town, across the Hudson or across the country.
4. Services. Packing, crating, piano handling, storage and furniture disassembly.
5. Timing. Your date, your building’s move window, and whether you need a crew at short notice.

Local moves inside New Jersey

On a move from Hoboken to Jersey City, or from Fort Lee to Englewood, time is most of the cost. The crew’s hours depend on how fast things come out of one home and go into the next. A fourth-floor walk-up takes longer than a house with a driveway. A building that gives you one elevator slot sets the pace for the whole day.

You get a free written estimate for every local move, with the hourly rate and terms in writing, and we tell you our estimate of the hours up front. Weekends and holidays cost the same as weekdays with us, so you can pick the day that suits your work.

Moves between New Jersey and New York City

Crossing the river adds real costs: bridge and tunnel tolls, and the time a truck spends at the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel or the Holland Tunnel. A good estimate builds the crossing into the price instead of adding it later. New York buildings have their own rules as well. Many ask for a COI and a reserved elevator, and some allow moves only in set hours. Those rules shape the schedule, and the schedule shapes the price.

Our trucks start in Brooklyn and work on both sides of the river. See NYC to New Jersey moves for how we plan a crossing.

Long-distance moves

For a move from New Jersey to another state, the price rests on the size of the shipment, the distance and the services you add. Interstate moves also come under federal rules. Your mover must give you the federal booklet “Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move”. Read it before you sign. It explains estimates, valuation and how to file a claim. More on long-distance moves from New Jersey.

What extra services add

Tell us at the estimate which services you want, so the written price includes them from the start:

• Full or partial packing and unpacking, with packing materials delivered ahead
• Crating for glass, marble, art and antiques
• Piano moving, uprights and grands
• Short- or long-term storage through affiliated self-storage facilities
• Furniture disassembly and reassembly

How to get a price you can plan around

Book a free estimate in person or by video. We do them seven days a week, in the day or the evening. Show every room, closet, balcony and storage unit. Point out what stays behind. Tell us about stairs, elevators, parking and building rules at both addresses. The more we see, the more exact the number.

Be careful with any price given without a look at your home. A number that was a guess tends to grow when the truck arrives.

How to keep the cost down

• Sell, donate or throw out what you will not use. Less volume means fewer hours.
• Pack the easy rooms yourself, and book packing only for the kitchen or fragile items.
• Reserve your building’s elevator early, so the crew does not wait.
• If your date is flexible, ask for a price on two dates.
• Have every box packed and sealed before the crew arrives.

For more on how our written prices work, read moving prices.