Packing & Crating in Beverly Hills, 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. A walk-through or video survey also tells us how many boxes, how much paper and which crates your home needs, so the materials are listed in the estimate. Call (310) 823-9510 - the office is open 6 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, including Sunday.

Yes. Many customers pack books, clothes and everyday items themselves and ask our crew to pack the kitchen, glassware, artwork and other fragile pieces. Tell us which rooms or items you want packed at the estimate and it will be listed in writing, so you know exactly what the crew is doing on the day.

Custom crating is worth it for items that are fragile, valuable or an awkward shape: framed art and mirrors, glass and stone table tops, sculptures, chandeliers and antiques. Crates are built to fit the item, and heavy or irregular pieces can be mounted on a wooden skid so they move by forklift or pallet jack without being handled directly. Crating is also used for long-distance and international shipments that face more handling.

Hazardous materials are not accepted, including gasoline, propane tanks, paint and paint thinners, aerosols, corrosives and explosives, because federal law bars a carrier from accepting them for transport. Perishable food, plants and open liquids are best handled separately. Money, jewelry, medicines and important documents should travel with you rather than in the truck.

As a typical Los Angeles range, local residential moving runs $150 to $200 per hour for a two-person crew and truck, and white glove moving runs $150 to $250 per hour. These are typical market ranges, not a quote. Your actual 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 work, and is fully insured. Household movers in California 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. You can verify any mover with the BHGS on (916) 999-2041.

Yes. Estimates are free, including in-home and video estimates. 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. The warehouse is climate controlled for temperature and humidity, there is no minimum or maximum term, and wine, fine art, pianos and chandeliers are accepted. Vehicles are not stored.

Trousdale Estates is terraced hillside housing on steep, winding roads where a full-size tractor-trailer has nowhere to turn. The usual professional method is a smaller shuttle vehicle working between the house and a larger truck parked legally elsewhere. It takes longer and costs more, so it is planned and priced at the estimate. The City's 50,400 pound Trousdale weight limit applies to construction-related vehicles, not household moving trucks, but the grades and turning room apply to every vehicle.

No. The City prohibits staging, which it defines as stopping a vehicle in the public right-of-way at or near an entrance behind another vehicle waiting to deliver or pick up. On a large move with more than one vehicle, we plan the sequence so a second truck is not queued on the street.

No. Addresses in the Beverly Hills Post Office area, often called BHPO, carry a Beverly Hills postal designation but are in the City of Los Angeles, so Los Angeles rules apply rather than Beverly Hills rules. We confirm which city an address is actually in before planning permits and routes.