Specialty Moving 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. For a piano, artwork or chandelier, photos or a video walk-through of the item and the route out of the house help us plan the crew, equipment and any crating. Call (310) 823-9510 - the office is open 6 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, including Sunday.

The piano is padded and wrapped, strapped to a piano board or dolly, and moved by a crew sized for its weight. Grand pianos usually have their legs and lyre removed and travel on their side on a board. Stairs, tight turns and steep driveways are reviewed at the estimate so the right equipment comes on the day. Tuning after a move is a job for a piano technician once the instrument has settled in its new room.

Paintings and framed pieces are wrapped and boxed or crated to size, sculpture is padded and braced, and antique furniture is wrapped to protect finishes, veneer and inlays. Items of extraordinary value such as antiques, art, and gold or silver articles should be described separately on the inventory with a value declared for each, which is what the California tariff expects.

Yes. Chandelier Moving covers packing crystals, arms and shades separately, crating the frame and transporting it safely. Disconnecting and reconnecting the fixture from the electrical supply is work for a licensed electrician, so we plan the move around that appointment at both addresses.

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.