Movers in Alexandria

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.

Alexandria jobs are quoted flat, on paper, before move day. Hourly, it is $145 with two movers, $185 with three, and $245 with four. Flat bands: a studio around $450 to $720, a three-bedroom around $2,050 to $3,400. The truck usually needs a posted No-Parking sign; we arrange it, and a small permit and sign fee goes on the quote. Licensed and insured, Payne Free Moving holds US DOT and MC authority, is registered in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, and carries $1M in cargo coverage. Get your figure from Marcus on the estimate page, or see how local moves run.