Downtown high-rises by the Metro, 1940s brick homes in Woodside and Four Corners, garden apartments in Wheaton and White Oak. One in-house crew, hourly billing, no add-on fees.
Silver Spring has some of the most varied housing in Montgomery County, and each type moves differently. Downtown, around Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue, most moves are in elevator buildings with loading docks and booked time slots. A few blocks out, in Woodside, Sligo Park Hills and Four Corners, you get older single-family homes with steep stairs, narrow doorways and finished basements.
We plan each Silver Spring move around that access. For a high-rise, it’s the elevator window and the walk from the dock. For an older house, it’s which pieces need to come apart to make the turn on the stairs, and where the truck can park on a residential street.
Our crews are full-time MVD employees, not day labor. Pads, shrink-wrap and furniture disassembly/reassembly are included in every job, and if you are moving across the line into Takoma Park or DC, we handle that as a normal local move.
An hourly rate for a 2- or 3-mover crew, plus a one-time 1-hour arrival fee for the truck and the drive to you and back to our office. No fuel or stair fees.
Example
A 2-mover crew works 4 hours from arrival to the end of unloading. You pay 4 hours of crew time + the 1-hour arrival fee = 5 billable hours at your crew’s hourly rate.
Because the total depends on the time actually worked, we don’t give fixed prices in advance. What we do give you up front is the hourly rate for your crew, so you can plan.
How our pricing worksYou choose a 2-mover or a 3-mover crew. Each has its own hourly rate, and you only pay for the time the crew actually works.
One hour added once per move. It covers the truck and the crew’s drive from our office to your Silver Spring address and back to the office afterwards.
The clock starts when the crew arrives at your job and stops when the last item is unloaded. That’s when your total is calculated — together, on the spot.
No fuel surcharges and no stair fees. Pads, shrink-wrap and furniture disassembly are part of the job.
Buildings near the Silver Spring Metro usually require a reserved elevator, a set move window and sometimes a certificate of insurance. Share the details when you book so the crew arrives at the start of your window.
Many homes in Woodside, Four Corners and Forest Glen were built in the 1940s–50s with narrow stairs. Large sectionals or box springs may need to come apart — tell us about them ahead of time.
On narrow residential streets, the truck needs a spot close to your door. Ask a neighbor to leave the curb open in front of your house, or move cars into the driveway the night before.
Construction around downtown Silver Spring and the Purple Line corridor can change routes from week to week. We check the route before the move so the truck doesn’t get stuck.
If your new home is in the District, a reserved curb spot usually means requesting temporary no-parking signs from DDOT in advance. Do that as early as possible — it can take several days.
Weekday mornings and mid-month dates are the easiest to schedule and usually mean less traffic on Colesville Road, Georgia Avenue and the Beltway.
ZIP codes: 20901, 20902, 20903, 20904, 20905, 20906, 20910
A downtown Silver Spring studio and a four-bedroom colonial in Colesville are completely different jobs. Here’s how we usually size the crew:
| Move | Typical crew | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Studio or 1-bedroom apartment | 2 movers | Elevator buildings: time depends on the elevator and the walk from the dock. |
| 2-bedroom apartment or small house | 2 or 3 movers | Walk-ups and basements usually call for 3 movers. |
| 3–4 bedroom house | 3 movers | Stairs, basements and more volume — 3 movers keep the total hours down. |
See apartment moves for more on elevators, docks and walk-ups.
Hourly moves across Montgomery County and the DMV.
Learn moreFull or partial packing by the same in-house crew.
Learn moreShort- and long-term storage between homes.
Learn moreDedicated truck and crew to any of the 48 states.
Learn moreAfter-hours office moves with COI for your building.
Learn moreElevators, loading docks, walk-ups and tight time windows.
Learn moreHourly rate for a 2- or 3-mover crew + 1-hour arrival fee. Your total is calculated after unloading.
