Packing & Crating 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. 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 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.