Storage Solutions in Long 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. Storage requested as part of a move, for up to 90 days, is storage-in-transit and remains a regulated mover service under Maximum Rate Tariff 4. Past 90 days, goods are held under the warehouse storage agreement and California Commercial Code Division 7, not the Self-Service Storage Facility Act, because vaulted storage gives no customer access to a unit. 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 are free, including in-home and video estimates, and the survey tells us how many vaults your goods need. If storage is part of a move, the moving price is set in writing before anything is loaded, with a Not To Exceed figure on a move inside California. Call (310) 823-9510 - the office is open 6 AM to 9 PM, seven days a week, including Sunday.

With self-storage you rent a unit, hold the key and move goods in and out yourself. With vaulted storage there is no unit and no key: our crews pack your goods into sealed wooden vaults at pickup, the vaults are moved by forklift and kept inside our climate controlled warehouse, and goods are handled fewer times overall. Retrieval is arranged with our office, since the warehouse has to bring out and open the vault.

Goods are placed into vaults at the Mar Vista warehouse the same day as pickup, with no overnight hold on the truck. That keeps the time your belongings spend in transit short and means they go straight into a climate controlled building.

We store household furniture, boxes, clothing and appliances, commercial furniture, files and stock, and items such as wine, fine art, pianos and chandeliers. We do not store vehicles of any kind. Hazardous materials, including gasoline, propane, paint and solvents, are not accepted, and perishable food, plants and open liquids should not go into storage.

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 is $300 to $800 for a one-bedroom. Your actual price depends on the move and is set in writing, with a Not To Exceed figure, before anything is loaded.

Yes. 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, free in-home and video estimates. A video survey works well for apartments and smaller homes, and Popeye can give a guaranteed binding price after one. On a move inside California the price is set in writing with a Not To Exceed figure before anything is loaded, and California requires a written estimate rather than a binding one.

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 Mar Vista warehouse the same day as pickup, with no overnight hold on the truck. You have no unit or key; crews handle your goods, the warehouse is climate controlled for temperature and humidity, and there is no minimum or maximum term.

No. Signal Hill is a separate city that incorporated on April 22 1924 and is completely surrounded by Long Beach, with its own government and its own police department and ZIP 90755. A Long Beach permit does not cover a Signal Hill address, so Popeye confirms the rules for that city separately.

California Heights has been a designated historic district by local ordinance since 1990, with most homes built by 1939. Expect period doorways, stairs sized to the 1920s and 1930s, detached garages off alleys and narrow driveways. Popeye plans protection for original finishes and checks whether the alley gives a better loading position than the street.

Some Naples Island doors face the canal walks with no vehicle access, so the truck stands as close as the rules allow and goods are carried along the walk. Popeye qualifies properties with no vehicle access on the phone before a date is confirmed and includes the longer carry in the written estimate.