Commercial Moving in Manhattan Beach, CA

Moves that start and end inside California are regulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS), not the CPUC, which stopped regulating household movers on July 1, 2018 under Senate Bill 19. Popeye Moving & Storage operates under CAL T 189749 for moves inside California, holds USDOT 1472924 and MC 498816C for interstate work, and is fully insured. You can check any mover's permit with BHGS at bhgs.dca.ca.gov or on (916) 999-2041 before you book, and complaints about a California household mover go to BHGS.

Yes. Estimates and quotes are free, including in-home and video estimates, and a video survey lets Popeye give you a guaranteed binding price. On a move inside California the price is set in writing before anything is loaded, with a Not To Exceed figure that caps the bill unless you agree to a written Change Order For Services for added work. A verbal rate over the phone is not an estimate. For offices and warehouses we usually walk the space with you, or review it by video, so the estimate reflects the actual inventory, elevators and dock access. Call (310) 823-9510 - the office is open 6 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, including Sunday.

Yes, that is part of planning. Evening and weekend windows are discussed at the estimate, and the final schedule depends on what both buildings allow, since many property managers set fixed freight elevator and loading dock times. The office takes calls and schedules moves from 6 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, so you can plan with us outside your own working day.

Popeye is fully insured, and Manhattan Beach property managers commonly ask movers for a certificate of insurance before they release a freight elevator or dock. Send us each building's requirements, including any wording they need on the certificate, as early as possible so it can be arranged before move day.

It depends on the city. Each city in the service area sets its own rules on truck parking, notice periods and signs, so the permit position is confirmed for your specific address during planning rather than assumed. In Pasadena, Popeye has insurance on file with the city, which qualifies it for the two working day minimum for moving permit issuance.

As a typical Los Angeles range and not a quote, local residential moving runs $150 to $200 per hour for a two-person crew and truck, and a one-bedroom apartment local move runs $350 to $650. Full-service packing for a three-bedroom runs $600 to $1,500. Access in El Porto or on a walk street affects the total, which is set in writing before anything is loaded.

Popeye holds CAL T 189749 for moves inside California and USDOT 1472924 and MC 498816C for interstate work, and is fully insured. Household moving inside California is regulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Household Goods and Services, the BHGS, on (916) 999-2041. The CPUC no longer regulates movers; authority moved to the bureau on July 1 2018 under SB 19.

Yes. Popeye offers free in-home and video estimates in Manhattan Beach. After a video survey it can give a guaranteed binding price, and on a move inside California the price is set in writing with a Not To Exceed figure before anything is loaded.

Yes. Popeye offers full-service vaulted storage at its own warehouse at 5509 1/2 S Centinela Ave in Mar Vista, with no minimum or maximum term. Goods are placed into vaults at the Mar Vista warehouse the same day as pickup, with no overnight hold on the truck. There is no unit or key, crews handle your goods, and the space is climate controlled for temperature and humidity.

El Porto, around 45th Street and The Strand near the El Segundo line, has dense apartments, condominiums and beach houses on steep narrow streets running down to the sand, alley-served buildings, small garages, many buildings with no elevator and narrow internal stairs. A shuttle from a smaller vehicle is a realistic part of the plan and is priced at the estimate.

Walk streets and The Strand have no vehicle access to the door, so the truck stands at the nearest legal permitted position and goods are carried the rest of the way. Popeye plans the crew size and carry for that and includes it in the written estimate.

Generally, yes. Inland around Polliwog Park the streets take a truck normally, so the job is quoted on the volume of goods rather than on access. A permit for the truck is still checked for the address.