Apartment, Condo, and Downtown High-Rise Moving
Whether a Chicago apartment or condo move goes smoothly comes down to a pair of things: a parking spot for the truck and the building’s paperwork sorted in advance. We knock out both ahead of arrival. The city moving permit gets pulled, the River North building’s Certificate of Insurance gets filed, and the freight-elevator slot gets locked in, leaving the day for the actual move instead of a stalemate at the front desk. As for the flat rate, it’s printed and in your hand before a single box leaves the floor.
Buildings On Our Rotation
On any given week our rotation runs through the Streeterville and River North high-rises that bar a crew at the lobby without a COI, the newer West Loop and South Loop towers, the courtyard buildings along Sheridan Road, the three-flat walk-up units dotted across Lakeview, and the loft conversions carved out of the old Printer’s Row buildings. Those towers tend to require a booked elevator window just as routinely. The COI is Bridget’s to file and the elevator time is Yolanda’s to lock, and between them the crew never ends up parked on the lobby bench waiting on access.
What the Flat Rate Buys
Bundled into the rate are the truck and the diesel, the blankets, and the dollies, straps, and a wrap on each piece. Furniture that needs dismantling comes down on the way out and goes back up at the destination. An apartment can run as a flat band or by the hour at $135/hr for two movers or $185/hr for three, against a three-hour floor; we price it both ways and you keep the lighter one.
| Apartment size | Typical flat band |
|---|---|
| Studio / 1BR | $450 to $650 |
| One-bedroom | $500 to $850 |
| Two-bedroom | $1,100 to $1,600 |
Parking and the Kennedy
Across the North Side and right on downtown, permit zones and narrow loading windows are the rule, so Tomasz plots the day around the Kennedy, whatever CTA work happens to be live, and the loading-dock rules right at your building’s door. What you get is the truck in an actual spot rather than circling the block while your reserved elevator window quietly runs out.
Nothing Wasted at the Desk
Turn up without the COI, as the bargain crews so often do, and the desk sends you back out the door while a whole day burns away. Since we’ve squared the building paperwork in advance, move day comes down to a single item: the move itself.
