Furniture movers in NYC, even if it’s just one sofa
We carry single pieces and short lists of furniture across New York, padded and wrapped, on one flat price guaranteed before the day.
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Furniture moving
Name the piece, we'll price the trip
Tell us what the piece is and which two addresses it travels between. Buildings can ask for a certificate of insurance even when only a dresser is arriving, so we take that paperwork up with the management company ourselves. Elevator time gets booked wherever a building runs on one, and the truck’s legal spot at the curb is settled before the morning. An awkward piece is often easier to explain out loud, so call (212) 203-3171 and describe it to us.
On the day the pads go on where the piece stands, and the route out gets its runners and its padded doorways before the first corner swings through. We work from Sunnyside in Queens under federal and New York State licenses you can check for yourself.
Piece by piece
Furniture we move around the city
Sofas and sectionals
The legs come off when a doorway is too tight for the arm, and a sectional splits into wrapped halves that go back together in the new living room.
Get your flat quoteDressers and wardrobes
Drawers get emptied into boxes so nothing slides around on the stairs, and every face of the piece is padded before it moves.
Get your flat quoteBeds and bed frames
Slats and bolts come out before the frame does, and the mattress goes into a cover so it never touches a stairwell wall on the way down.
Get your flat quoteDining tables and desks
The top lifts off and travels under pads, and the screws go back into the same holes at the other end.
Get your flat quoteThe piece you just bought
When a listing says collection only, we collect from the seller and deliver to you, sparing you an afternoon of borrowing a friend with a van.
Get your flat quoteMore than a few pieces
When the list grows past a few pieces into a room-by-room load, that is a local move, and the guarantee is the same.
Local movingComes with the job
What moving one piece still includes
Even when the whole job is one wardrobe, the elevator still gets booked and your building still gets its certificate. The price you agreed before we set out already covers every line here.
- One flat price, guaranteed before anyone rings your buzzer
- The COI arranged by us whenever your building asks for one
- Elevator time reserved ahead of the carry
- A legal place for the truck settled in advance
- Each piece padded and wrapped before it leaves its room
- Hardware sealed in a bag that stays with its piece
- Floor runners down before the first piece moves
- Moving licenses, federal and state, on the public record
One flat price, locked in before moving day
Your quote is a guaranteed flat fee for the whole job. If moving day runs long, you still pay the number you agreed.
Flat-fee pricing
How a furniture quote gets its number
- What the piece is
- a sleeper sofa hides a steel fold-out frame that makes it far heavier than it looks, so name the piece exactly in the form.
- How many pieces are going
- every extra piece brings its own wrapping and its own trip down the stairs, and the quote counts each one you list.
- The stairs and elevators involved
- a fifth-floor walk-up at either address means five flights under a padded sofa, so tell us about the stairs early.
- The trip between the two doors
- the drive from one address to the other is already priced in before we send you the price.
- Whether anything comes apart
- a bed frame or a table that has to be unbolted adds time at both ends, and the quote carries that from the start.
- Anything with real history
- an antique or anything truly fragile belongs on specialty moving, where the doorways get measured and the padding goes on in layers before the piece leaves the room.
Add-on
Packing for what the furniture holds
Whatever fills the drawers and shelves has to get there too. We box it up before the furniture is wrapped and mark each carton for the room it belongs in. Those boxes ride on the same quote as the piece.
Storage, picked up and brought back
If the new place isn’t ready yet, we arrange the storage and load your things in ourselves, still wrapped from the move. When you have the keys, we bring it all back.
Furniture moving FAQs
Will you come out for a single sofa?
Yes. One sofa gets a crew of its own and the same wrapping a full apartment would get. The pads go on while it still stands in your living room, and the price you agreed covers the whole trip.
How do you price a single piece of furniture?
From what the piece is and how it gets out of one building and into the other. The form asks about the stairs and the doorways at each address. The price we send back is flat and guaranteed, and a slow freight elevator on the day cannot move it.
Do you take furniture apart and put it back together?
Where the piece needs it, yes. A bed frame or a table gets unbolted before the carry, and every screw and washer goes into a bag taped to the largest section. Whatever came apart is put back together before we leave your new place.
Can you collect something I bought secondhand?
Yes, and it happens a lot. Put the seller's address and your own into the form and tell us what the piece is. The pickup end gets the same stairs and parking check as the delivery end. If the seller's building wants its own certificate or runs a service elevator, we take that up too.
My building wants a COI for one delivery. Is that my problem?
No, it becomes ours. Managed buildings often want a certificate of insurance whether a whole household is arriving or a single armchair. Mention the building in your quote request and the paperwork goes to its management company from us.
How far ahead do I need to book a furniture move?
Sooner is easier, and the reason is mostly paperwork. A certificate of insurance has to clear your management company's office before moving day, and booking early gives it the room to do that.