Moving and Storage in Bluff Park, Long Beach

Bluff Park is a City of Long Beach historic district, designated on 29 July 1982 and bounded by Junipero Avenue, Loma Avenue, Ocean Boulevard and 2nd Street, in ZIP 90803. Alamitos Beach adjoins to the west, Belmont Heights to the east and Bluff Heights to the north. The city park of the same name runs 13.2 acres along the bluff top from 20th Place to 36th Place, and the Long Beach Museum of Art stands at 2300 East Ocean Boulevard. The houses are substantial early twentieth century Craftsman, Mission Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and period revival designs, with some period apartment buildings and later infill. The designation governs exterior alterations, not moving, so it places no restriction on a move.

Inside, these houses set the pace. Raised foundations put front steps up to a porch, original doors are heavy with narrow openings, stairs turn tightly against plaster, and built-in cabinetry, hardwood and tile floors, leaded glass and period banisters damage easily. None of that shows on an inventory, so we walk the route through the house before lifting anything and price floor, doorway and banister protection in from the start. Many jobs are full-house moves with pianos, antiques, art, large mirrors, collections and libraries, where handling and volume set the hours. Outside, Ocean Boulevard carries through traffic and beach visitors, side streets have limited kerb, and Long Beach bars commercial vehicles over three tons from parking in residential areas, so the truck's legal position is planned along with any oversized vehicle permit. Some properties have narrow rear alleys that work for loading.

With CAL T 189749, a BBB A+ rating as an accredited business and more than three decades in Los Angeles and surrounding areas since 1994, Popeye Moving & Storage plans these jobs carefully. For Bluff Park we quote Custom Crating, Piano Moving and Fine Art & Antique Moving as line items, and offer Vaulted Storage in our climate-controlled Mar Vista warehouse for antiques and period furniture. Call (310) 823-9510, 6 AM to 9 PM seven days a week, for a free in-home estimate.