Long-Distance Moving in Calabasas, 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. Moves that cross a state line are regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under USDOT and MC authority, with different paperwork and a different complaint route. 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. On interstate moves, binding estimates are available under federal rules. California law requires a written estimate on in-state moves but does not require a binding one; the Not To Exceed figure is what caps an in-state bill. Call (310) 823-9510 - the office is open 6 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, including Sunday.

A move from Calabasas to another California city is intrastate and falls under the Household Movers Act and Maximum Rate Tariff 4, administered by the Bureau of Household Goods and Services. A move from Calabasas to another state is interstate and falls under federal rules. The two regimes use different estimates, valuation rules and complaint routes, so your paperwork will say which one applies.

Loading time depends on the size of the household and the access at each address, and transit time depends on distance, route and scheduling. We discuss a delivery window for your specific move at the estimate and put the agreed dates in writing, rather than quoting a general figure that may not fit your route.

File a written claim with the mover within nine months of delivery. Under Maximum Rate Tariff 4 on California moves, the mover must acknowledge a written claim within 30 days and pay, decline or make a firm settlement offer within 60 days, and a claim cannot be denied only because the damage was not noted at delivery. Keep your estimate, Agreement For Moving Services and bill of lading, because that paperwork supports any claim.

As a typical Los Angeles range, local residential moving runs $150 to $200 per hour for a two-person crew and truck, and full-service packing runs $600 to $1,500 for a three-bedroom. These are typical market ranges, not a quote. Your price depends on the home, the access and whether a shuttle is needed, and it is set in writing before anything is loaded, with a Not To Exceed figure on a move inside California.

Yes. Popeye operates under CAL T 189749 for moves inside California and holds USDOT 1472924 and MC 498816C for interstate moves, and is fully insured. California household movers are regulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Household Goods and Services, the BHGS, which took over from the CPUC on July 1 2018. The BHGS can be reached on (916) 999-2041.

Yes. Estimates are free, in your home or by video. After a video survey we can give 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 Change Order.

Yes. Popeye offers full-service vaulted storage at its own warehouse at 5509 1/2 S Centinela Ave in Mar Vista. Goods are placed into vaults at the warehouse the same day as pickup, with no overnight hold on the truck. There is no unit or key; our crews handle your goods. It is climate controlled for temperature and humidity, with no minimum or maximum term, and accepts wine, fine art, pianos and chandeliers. Vehicles are not stored.

Not always a long truck. Canyon pockets climb away from the corridor with sloping driveways that fall away from the road, where a long truck may not be able to turn or reverse safely. The professional method is a smaller shuttle vehicle working with a larger truck parked legally, and it is planned and priced at the estimate.

Yes. Hidden Hills is a separate gated city next to Calabasas with its own rules. It shares bridle paths with ridden horses, so crews keep noise down, never block a path and take care not to startle a horse, and tack is itemized separately from household goods.

Distance can mislead here. Malibu Canyon Road, Las Virgenes Road on the Calabasas side, runs 11 miles to SR 1, and Kanan Dume runs 19 miles to Malibu. Both are winding two-lane mountain roads with grades and blind bends, where a long truck takes longer than the mileage suggests and a closure has no alternative route. We factor the route into planning at the estimate.