Moving and Storage in Manhattan Beach Sand Section

The Sand Section climbs the old dune Manhattan Beach was built on, running west from Valley Drive and Ardmore Avenue to the ocean. Its long streets are The Strand, Ocean Drive, Manhattan Avenue, Highland Avenue, Bayview Drive, Crest Drive and Bell Avenue, cut by numbered cross streets and narrow rear alleys, from Sand Dune Park on Bell Avenue in the north to the pier at the foot of Manhattan Beach Boulevard and beyond. Several of the numbered streets are pedestrian walk streets reached on foot, many ending in stairs or ramps down to The Strand. Houses on a walk street take their vehicle access from an alley or a side street, and the garage often sits under the house facing the alley.

That shapes every move here. The truck stages on the nearest street a vehicle can legally use, and everything is carried in along the walk, so carry distance, crew size and the price are settled at the first call. Taking any vehicle onto The Strand or a walk street needs its own Public Works special use permit from the City, on top of the Moving Van Permit. The rear alleys are the usual service route, but they are narrow, shared with rubbish trucks and deliveries, and often will not take a full-size truck or let it reverse out, so a smaller vehicle or a shuttle from a truck parked on a through street is the planned method. Houses are typically three levels with the living space on top for the view, tight internal stairs and roof decks, and pieces that cannot make the turns may need a hoist or a City crane permit.

These homes tend to hold art, designer furniture, electronics and surf gear, and constant salt air and blown sand are a reason to think about where contents wait between houses. Popeye Moving & Storage, in business since 1994 under CAL T 189749, offers White Glove Moving and Fine Art & Antique Moving for these contents, and climate controlled Vaulted Storage at our Mar Vista warehouse. Call (310) 823-9510, 6 AM to 9 PM every day, to book a free in-home or video estimate.