Moving and Storage in Manhattan Beach Tree Section

The Tree Section sits east of Valley Drive and Ardmore Avenue and west of Sepulveda Boulevard, between Rosecrans Avenue to the north and Manhattan Beach Boulevard to the south. It is a flat grid of avenues named for trees, Laurel, Palm, Poinsettia, Walnut, Pine, Elm and Oak, with Pacific Avenue running among them and Pacific Elementary School at 1200 Pacific Avenue. Veterans Parkway, the wood-chip trail on the old Santa Fe right of way, forms the western edge with Live Oak Park along it, and Manhattan Village lies to the northeast on Sepulveda.

Compared with the walk streets of the Sand Section, this is the easier half of the city to move in. The ground is flat, lots are larger than the beachfront grid, and many houses have a driveway and garage, while most blocks also have a rear alley that can serve as the loading route. Where the truck fits on a driveway the permit question often falls away; where it needs the street, the City of Manhattan Beach Moving Van Permit applies. The real constraint is the one the area is named for: mature street trees overhang the roadway and driveways on many blocks and limit vehicle height, so the route is checked for low branches before dispatch and a smaller vehicle is used under heavy canopy.

Two houses on the same avenue can be completely different jobs. An original post-war home is usually one storey or a modest two, with narrower original doors and lighter contents. A rebuild on the same size lot may run to three levels with tight stair turns, a roof deck, far more furniture and higher-value pieces, and its garage is often a gym or workshop. Families here plan around the school year, so summer dates book up early. Popeye Moving & Storage, serving Los Angeles since 1994 under CAL T 189749, offers Local Residential Moving, Full-Service Packing and Furniture Assembly & Disassembly for both kinds of house. Call (310) 823-9510, 6 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, for a free estimate in person or by video.