Storage Solutions in Malibu, 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 white glove moving runs $150 to $250 per hour. Fine art and antique moving runs $300 to $1,200+ and piano moving $200 to $600. Travel on the canyon roads and the access at your property affect the total, which is set in writing 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. California household movers are regulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Household Goods and Services, the BHGS, on (916) 999-2041. Authority moved from the CPUC to the bureau on July 1 2018 under SB 19.

Yes, free in-home and video estimates. For beachfront and hillside homes an estimate that sees the access is the reliable route. After a video survey Popeye can give a guaranteed binding price, and on a move inside California the price is set in writing with a Not To Exceed figure before anything is loaded.

Yes. Popeye offers full-service vaulted storage at its own warehouse at 5509 1/2 S Centinela Ave in Mar Vista, with no minimum or maximum term. Goods are placed into vaults at the Mar Vista warehouse the same day as pickup, with no overnight hold on the truck. There is no unit or key, crews handle your goods and the space is climate controlled for temperature and humidity. Wine, fine art, pianos and chandeliers are accepted.

Beachfront properties on the ocean side often have no frontage for a truck, so goods are carried down steps or walkways and loading happens against live traffic on Pacific Coast Highway. Popeye plans the crew size, truck position and hours for that carry and includes them in the written estimate.

Often not. Hillside properties above the highway have steep private drives and switchbacks a long truck cannot take. In those cases a shuttle from a smaller vehicle is the professional method, and it is priced at the estimate rather than decided on the day.

They can. Malibu Canyon Road and Kanan Dume Road are winding two-lane mountain roads, and fire closures and slides shut them at short notice with no practical alternative. Caltrans also treats PCH through the Palisades Fire burn area as an active work zone. Popeye checks conditions near the date and keeps flexibility in the schedule.