Long-Distance Moving from DC

One DC crew, our own USDOT and MC authority: packed, driven, and unloaded by the same people

Long hauls rarely go wrong because of the mileage. They go wrong when strangers handle your things and no single crew answers for the job. A national van line puts your shipment on a shared trailer, transfers it at a depot, and passes it between drivers. We pack your DC home, drive the miles, and carry everything into the new place ourselves, on our own truck, never auctioned off or sharing space with someone else’s furniture.

The licensing is ours, not a partner’s: registration across DC, Maryland, and Virginia, our own USDOT and MC authority for state lines, and $1M in cargo coverage from pickup to the new room. The quote is a base figure for your home plus distance, fixed for your route before loading. The driver stays reachable the whole way, with no reweigh and no charge added later.

Most of these moves follow a new job, a growing family, or a return home: a Capitol Hill rowhouse bound for the Carolinas, a Navy Yard condo going to New York, a Bethesda colonial headed for the Midwest, a federal worker reassigned. Flat, distance included and set in advance: studio $450 to $720, two-bedroom $1,200 to $2,050, four-bedroom $3,350 to $5,300. On arrival the crew places furniture, rebuilds beds, and sets cartons in the rooms you marked.

Routes our trucks cover out of DC

  • Up and down I-95 toward the Northeast and the Carolinas, by way of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York
  • South and west via I-66, I-81, and US-50 into Virginia, the Shenandoah, and the Southeast
  • Over the Capital Beltway and out I-270 toward the Midwest along the Pennsylvania and Ohio corridors
  • Longer one-household runs reaching the Gulf Coast, the Deep South, and beyond, quoted route by route

Add our full packing service and one crew packs, loads, and drives. Closing dates do not line up? Short-term storage covers the gap. Send your details; we answer within one business hour.

What’s Included

  • The full route under our own USDOT and MC authority, not resold to a national van line
  • A single crew packing in DC, covering the miles, and placing your furniture at the destination
  • A base figure for your home plus distance, fixed for your route before loading begins
  • Beds rebuilt and cartons landed in the rooms you flagged, never piled at the entryway
  • Your household riding our own truck alone, off any shared interstate trailer
  • A driver who stays reachable by phone for the duration of the haul
  • Our $1M cargo coverage, $0.60/lb released value through a full-value protection option, 9-month claim window
  • Storage folded in whenever the two closing dates refuse to line up

What Does It Cost?

One flat price for the long haul, set in a binding written quote

No weigh-station surprises and nothing extra owed on delivery. The quoted figure is the figure.

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What Washington Movers Say

Imani W.
Imani W.
Capitol Hill · Yelp
★★★★

“Our Capitol Hill rowhouse has zero driveway and a stoop that fights you the whole way down. Reggie's crew posted the No-Parking sign two days ahead so the truck actually had the curb, and they hand-walked the couch through the front door without a scuff. Knocked a star only because they showed up about 40 minutes past the window, but they called ahead and made up the time. Fair flat price, no games.”

Darnell W.
Darnell W.
Georgetown · Google
★★★★★

“Moved a 2-bed condo into a Navy Yard high-rise and was dreading the COI and freight elevator nonsense. Yolanda had the certificate to the building manager before I even asked, and the crew reserved the elevator pads so we weren't fighting other residents. Honestly the smoothest move I've done in this city.”

Brittany R.
Brittany R.
Dupont Circle · Google
★★★★★

“Federal relocation, and the timeline was a mess on my end, not theirs. Payne Free worked around two date changes without charging me extra and the written quote held exactly. Reggie's team had me out of Dupont and squared away by early afternoon.”

Service FAQ

Do you run the move yourselves, or pass it to a van line?

All of it, pickup to delivery, on our own USDOT and MC authority, with our own truck and crew. Your shipment is never bid out, put on a shared trailer, or passed to another company.

Could my belongings end up on some other truck partway there?

No. What we load in DC comes off at the destination untouched, with the driver along the whole way and no terminal stop. One truck, one crew, only your household.

What does a long-distance move cost?

A base figure for your home size plus distance, built for your route: a studio from $450-$720, a four-bedroom from $3,350-$5,300, miles included. Extras (stairs, a long carry, a shuttle) are named upfront: no reweigh, no late add-on.

What happens if my new place is not ready on time?

We plan for that. Your household waits in our climate-controlled storage until the closing or lease catches up, then the same crew delivers it on your date in our own truck. One booking, not a mover plus a warehouse.

Can I get an update while it is en route?

Yes. The driver is one call away the entire haul, ready to tell you where things are and when they arrive. No dispatcher stands in between.

Give Us the Details and a Written Figure Comes Back

One written price for the whole move, usually within the hour. Asking is free, with no commitment.

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