Whether you’re moving cross-country or up the street, when it comes to shifting your stuff, it’s best to leave it to the professionals.
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It’s often said that moving home is one of life’s most stressful events. The logistical challenges of relocating all your worldly possessions – not to mention deciding what to keep and leave behind – can be overwhelming, especially if you take on the task without any professional support. In Boston there are a wide number of companies that specialise in home moves. We’ve picked out 5 of the best.
Gentle Giant Moving Company
This acclaimed Boston-based company with over 4 decades of experience have 20 locations across the country, and have earned widespread recognition – including multiple awards – for their dedicated moving services. Indeed, such is their popularity that they claim that direct referrals account for 80% of their business. Whether it’s a local or long-distance move, their team of specialists promise a stress-free transition from old home to new. As well as modes of transportation, they also offer piano-moving, storage facilities, and packing/unpacking services.
Safe Responsible Movers
Safe Responsible Movers has provided award-winning moving services in Boston, Ma for over a decade. The company has been voted ‘Best Movers in Boston’ by the Improper Bostonian magazine, and has been featured in a number of other online and offline publications, including Boston.com, Banker and Tradesman magazine and Boston Magazine, as well as on NBC Boston. It also carries a 5-star rating on Yelp and Google, as well as receiving an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. Known for household moving services, Safe Responsible Movers also offers apartment, college and commercial office moves, using 16ft + 26ft moving trucks. For those in need of moving labor, the company also provides rental truck loading and unloading, pod loading/unloading, in-home moving services, labor-only movers, and Peloton moving services.
Deathwish Piano Movers
If you’ve got a big, cumbersome piece of furniture that needs shifting, then Deathwish Piano Movers are your go-to guys. Established way back in 1971, they have spent the years since moving the biggest and heaviest of Boston’s finest pianos from location to location. With care and precision, everything from Spinnets to concert grands are expertly moved from some of the area’s highest and tightest spots. They dismantle pianos, pad them, strap them to a piano board and move them to their new homes. As well as pianos, they also offer their services in the event of other furniture companies refusing to make deliveries of oversized pieces because of unanticipated obstacles such as a tight turn in the staircase.
Charles River Movers
With decades of experience behind them, Charles River Movers provide a wide variety of services to cater for your specific moving needs, including both local and long-distance moving services. They also offer a variety of packing supplies and boxes for your convenience, or they can pack for you. If you’re short on space, they have safe and secure storage warehouse options. They also offer Senior Services, designed to make moving less stressful for the elderly. This includes the option of storing your unused belongings in their warehouse until the kids (or grandkids) are ready to make use of them, or they can dispose of your unwanted furniture and other items if preferred.
All About Moving
Local and family-owned, All About Moving bring more than 25 years of experience to the arduous and stress-inducing process of moving home. Their one-stop shop services cater for every need, from moving down the road to a different part of the East Coast, with no job too big or too small. No matter what you want to move, they can be relied upon to handle it, be it home contents, safes, pianos or other personal items. They also offer storage facilities, as well as a wide array of packing and moving supplies that’ll help keep your items safe and undamaged until they’re delivered to your final destination.