Movers in Alexandria | Payne Free Moving

Alexandria runs down the GW Parkway from the District, and few towns we serve ask more careful footwork of a crew. Old Town is all cobblestone streets and federal townhouses, narrow brick fronts with steep front steps, no driveways, and parking that fills by morning. Out from the historic core, Del Ray’s bungalows and the West End high-rises and garden condos round out the mix. A typical Payne Free Moving job here is a three-bedroom townhouse threading a cobblestone block off King Street, or a one-bedroom coming down a Carlyle tower. Marcus Payne ran dispatch for a big DC-area mover before he started this company in 2012, and Old Town’s tight access and the Temporary No-Parking sign that keeps a truck legal out front are exactly the headaches our crews plan around every week.

We scout an Alexandria move before the date, because the street usually decides the method. On the cobblestone blocks where a federal townhouse has no driveway, we post the Temporary No-Parking sign ahead of time so the truck sits where we need it, then run the steep front steps with a ramp and a spotter. In the West End and Carlyle towers we get the building its certificate of insurance and lock down the freight elevator the day before. Our W-2 crews wrap and blanket the furniture, protect the historic stairwells and brick edges, and handle the whole job in-house; we do not subcontract. We move full households, apartments, offices, and pianos alike, and we can pack the kitchen and the breakables when you would rather not. Our trucks stay padded for the swampy summer and the rare winter ice that closes the Parkway.

Pricing is flat-rate and set on paper up front. A local Alexandria move runs $145 an hour for two movers, $185 for three, and $245 for four, or as a flat band a studio lands around $450 to $720 and a three-bedroom around $2,050 to $3,400. A DC-area truck needs a No-Parking sign posted on the street, which we handle, so figure a small permit and sign fee. Payne Free Moving is a licensed and insured mover with US DOT and MC authority, registered across DC, Maryland, and Virginia, and $1M in cargo coverage. Ask Marcus for a flat figure on the estimate page, then read how our local moves run.