Every question on this page is one real customers search or ask us, and every answer is the same policy that goes into your written quote. The short version of pricing: hourly or flat fee, quote-first, free estimates, and a written figure that caps the bill. If your question is missing, call or text (818) 391-8215, or send the quote form on the contact page.
Pricing is quote-first: hourly or a flat fee, set in a free written estimate before anyone lifts a box. The baseline crew is 2 movers with a 24-ft truck, larger homes get 3-4 movers, and each extra mover adds $40 per hour.
The written figure works as a cap, materials come included rather than itemized, and the quote spells out California Double Drive Time for any move over 10 miles. Those three policies answer most cost questions before anyone asks them.
Our deposit and reschedule policies fit in three sentences. No deposit on standard bookings. Same-day and last-minute bookings may require a deposit, confirmed with your quote.
Rescheduling a standard booking is free. And the estimate cap holds throughout: you will not be charged more than the original estimate you approved.
The hourly rate for movers in California moves with crew size, season and company, which is why we quote each job instead of publishing one number. What we do publish is the structure: 2 movers and a 24-ft truck as the baseline, $40 per hour for each extra mover, hourly or flat fee, quote-first.
California Double Drive Time belongs in any honest hourly rate in this state: on moves over 10 miles, the drive between addresses counts double in the hourly math, and it goes into the quote, never onto the final invoice as a surprise.
Red flags when hiring movers: license numbers you cannot verify, no written estimate, a large cash deposit demanded sight unseen, and drive time missing from an hourly quote. A mover who fails one of those tests usually fails several.
Our own answers are on this site: the license line USDOT 3610341 · CA 602741 · MC 1525501 in every footer, free written estimates, a figure that caps the bill, and Double Drive Time spelled out up front.
Packing can ride along with any move or stand as its own booking, priced the same quote-first way. Crews pack, label and unpack on request; paper, wrap, tape, speed-pack boxes and up to 8 loaner wardrobe boxes come included at no extra cost.
The included-materials list runs longer than most: door shields, floor runners, ramps and straps, unlimited wrap and tape, thick moving blankets. Nobody sells you tape by the roll on moving day.
Storage with us is crew-handled: we pick up, store and redeliver, short or long term, with climate-controlled space available. You never rent a unit, drive a truck or carry a couch through a corridor.
One written estimate covers the move out, the stored stretch and the redelivery. The storage questions below cover cost and how it compares with container pods.
Specialty items, pianos, pool tables, hot tubs and safes among them, are moved as part of your full household or office move, never booked as single-item jobs. Quote time sets the right crew size for the item.
Appliances follow one clear rule: We move appliances; we do not disconnect or reconnect them. Oversized furniture is normal work and needs no special booking at all.
Tipping is always your choice and never on the bill. Our guidance, when customers ask, is 15-30% of the job total (AG Moving&Storage guidance, 2026), split across the crew.
Move day runs inside working hours, 8am to 8pm, seven days a week. The crew that quotes your move is the crew that loads it, and the figure you approved in writing remains the most you will pay.
No deposit on standard bookings. Same-day and last-minute bookings may require a deposit, confirmed with your quote. That is the whole policy, and the quote itself is free.
No: you will not be charged more than the original estimate you approved. The written figure works as a cap, which is why we ask about access, stairs and inventory before quoting rather than after.
California Double Drive Time is a state billing rule for hourly moves: the drive between your old and new address counts double inside the hourly total. It applies to our moves over 10 miles, and we write it into the estimate up front, never onto the invoice afterward.
Yes: same-day and last-minute moves run seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, subject to crew availability. Same-day and last-minute bookings may require a deposit, confirmed with your quote.
Yes, rescheduling is free on standard bookings. Call or text (818) 391-8215 as soon as your date changes and we rebook the crew.
Included at no extra cost: door shields, floor runners, up to 8 loaner wardrobe boxes, speed-pack boxes, ramps and straps, unlimited wrap and tape, and thick moving blankets. Materials are part of the job, not a line item.
Yes. AG Moving&Storage is fully licensed and insured: USDOT 3610341 · CA 602741 · MC 1525501. We print the numbers in the footer of every page so you can verify them independently before you book.
We serve 34 owner-confirmed cities and areas across Los Angeles County, Orange County and an outer ring reaching Riverside, Temecula and Oceanside, from a base in Norwalk, CA. The full list, with local pages for six cities, lives on the service-areas page.
We move appliances; we do not disconnect or reconnect them. Have washers, dryers and refrigerators disconnected before the crew arrives, and your own installer handle the far end.
Local movers typically bill by the hour, and the real total depends on crew size, hours and access, which is why we quote instead of publishing ranges. Our structure: 2 movers and a 24-ft truck as the baseline, $40 per hour per extra mover, materials included, and a free written estimate that caps the bill.
Hidden costs with hourly movers usually mean materials sold by the roll, surprise stair or long-carry fees, and drive time added after the job. With us the materials come included, we ask about access at quote time, and the written estimate works as a cap.
A mid-month weekday is generally the calmest time to book movers anywhere, because leases and escrows stack up at month-end. Our rate structure does not change by the day, seven days a week, so a quiet day buys you schedule room rather than a discount.
A tip is welcome and always your call. Our guidance is 15-30% of the job total (AG Moving&Storage guidance, 2026), split across the crew; against that range, $100 per mover is generous on a short local job and reasonable on a full day.
On a $500 move our 15-30% guidance (AG Moving&Storage, 2026) works out to $75 to $150, split across the crew. Tipping is entirely optional; round to what the day deserved.
A packing service includes the crew, the materials and the method: paper, wrap, tape, speed-pack boxes and loaner wardrobe boxes, packed room by room and labeled. You can add unpacking, and packing can ride along with your move or stand alone as its own booking.
Paying for packing earns its keep when time is short or the fragile load is large: a practiced crew packs in hours what a household spreads over days, with materials included in the price. For a small place with flexible dates, packing yourself and booking labor for the heavy day can be the better split. The free estimate prices both ways.
We quote furniture storage as part of the move, not as a separate rental: we pick up, store and redeliver, short or long term, with climate-controlled space available. One written estimate covers the move out, the storage stretch and the redelivery.
Pods look cheaper on the sticker because you do the loading, and the comparison changes once you count your time, the rental period and the monthly storage fees. With a moving company you get the crew, the truck and one written figure; with us that figure is a cap, and crew-handled storage replaces the container in the driveway. Get the written quote and compare totals, not teasers.
A two-mover crew handles the standard household: furniture, boxes, appliances. Pianos, pool tables, hot tubs and safes need a bigger plan, and we take them on as part of your full household or office move with the right crew size quoted up front. We move appliances; we do not disconnect or reconnect them.
For long-distance moving in California, cost rides on distance, inventory and crew hours rather than a flat menu, so the honest number is the one on a written estimate. Our long-distance work stays within California, priced quote-first with the same cap: you will not be charged more than the original estimate.
