Short Moves, a local moving company built by repeat and referral customers.

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We actually just stay within the state of Florida. We can service most moves statewide, but to offer the best competetive price we are ideal for local moves around Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Pasco, Hernando, Sarasota and Manatee counties. 

 No, we never charge time for driving to or from the job location.  Our trucks and crew are spread out over an 8 county area every day. As a moving company we move all over, so we offer competetive pricing for all areas we serve. Most of our customers will move in the same area, down the street, or maybe county to county. We can complete local moves in all our surrounding counties by our network of trucks and crew moving our customers. 

We have 1 office with our consignment store in St. Pete. Our crews are up and down the gulf coast of Florida and have been since we started in 1990. Back then we advertised in the phone book in each area we would serve. We still have individual phone numbers for each county. We never charge from where we come from or go to, before or after the move. 

We never require a deposit. We don't want a penny from our customer until they are satisfied at the end of the move. 

We have never missed a commitment, meaning we show up for every scheduled move without needing a deposit. 

Be careful giving out a deposit too soon. There are a lot of companies that keep deposits or charge fees to cancel. To us that is a rip off, and we will tell you that as a mover over 30+ years in the industry, you should schedule your move about 1 - 2 weeks out. Our schedule can get full 2 weeks ahead for busy times like the end of the month in summer. 

The best way is to call us, we will ask you a series of questions about your move to work up an estimate. We determine if we would need to come look at anything or if it could be estimated remotely. You can also submit our estimate form here on our site or contact us by e-mail. Our estimators all have moving experience working and training with our crew to know what to ask and how to estimate our work well. 

We use our quilted moving blankets to pad items as we load the truck. Some things will be better with stretch wrap like leather or light colored upholstery, so we supply our crew with stretch wrap to use, but we do not waste time by over-using it. We do not charge for the use either. 

We have large furniture rubber bands to keep doors closed, and we are careful to not damage furniture on the way to the truck. Our trucks are stoked with hundreds of quilted pads. This is the most efficient and cost effective way to move locally. 

Some moving companies will charge a higher rate for weekends or busy days. Not us! We provide the same level of service wether its a Monday or Saturday. Our rates are the same every day of the week, Monday through Saturday. With that said our Fridays, Saturdays, and end/beginning of the month can get booked up full about 1 - 2 weeks ahead. 

No! Our movers are backround checked, full time employees that are covered under our workers comp insurance if an injury occurs. Our crew of movers are all very skilled at moving in the most efficient professional and careful manner. We do not overbook our schedule so we do not fill our trucks with temporary employees or subcontractors.  

The biggest difference between us and our competition is our skilled moving crew, the people we have working for us that come knocking on your door on move day.  Some companies spend tons in advertising thus creating their need to run as many trucks as possible with whoever is willing to do the job. We like to do the opposite. We only schedule as much work as we can handle for our crew of full time movers. We operate with 7 trucks and a crew of 10-14 movers. 

Companies that send less skilled labor will show a red flag by limiting their damage payout to 60 cents per pound.