Local Moving Rates

RATE INCREASES Rates increase during peak periods including weekends and month-end.

TRAVEL CHARGES

• Local Moves - Add 1 hour charge for travel time at the contracted rate unless otherwise stated. This charge covers the cost of the crew travelling to the place of origin and back to the office from the destination. This charge will be higher when travelling to or from outlying cities or towns.
• Local Long Distance Moves - For moves within Ontario with at least one address that is more than 75 kilometers outside of Ottawa, the travel charge will be based on a charge per kilometer. This charge covers all travel as well as food, lodging, and fuel.
• Inter-Provincial Moves - Transport costs are incorporated, along with labour, into a cost per pound.

INSURANCE

• All full-service local moves include $250,000 of full replacement-value cargo insurance coverage (with $250 deductible), beds bags, couch wrap, and use of wardrobe boxes.
• Long distance moves where cost is based on shipment weight will only include basic insurance coverage of $0.60 per pound. Increased coverage is available at an additional charge.

When you hire labor only, the movers do not have any professional moving equipment or tools with them. As a result, they are not able to properly pad/wrap furniture and will not have other equipment such as hand carts, dollies, special straps and furniture elastics. They will also be relying on the customer to disassemble and reassemble tables, desks, refrigerator doors, and other items that can not be moved as is or fit through doorways. These factors prevent the movers from being able to perporm a professional move and increase the chance of damages occuring. For this reason, we can not extend our cargo insurance to cover these situations.

The relocation of oversized, overweight, or high-risk items such as pianos, large-screen televisions, and aquariums will usually be subject to surcharges, especially where stairs are involved. Surcharges will also apply in cases where entrance ways and stairwells are too small to allow passage and furniture must be hoisted up the outside of the building to upper levels. These sucharges are to cover the increased risks on our insurance and on our employees.

There is a 100% surcharge for booking moves on public holidays (New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day).

Sometimes the contents of the home must be stored in the truck overnight. This can occur when the closing on a new home is delayed or often in long distance relocations where the crew loads the truck one day and can't unload at the new location until the following day. In such cases, an overnight storage fee of $100 or one hour at the contracted rate (whichever is greater) will be charged.

Payment for services rendered is usually requested in the form of cash or bank draft. Personal cheques may be accepted at our discretion if they are drawn on a TD Canada Trust account. Payment can also be made by credit card if the charge is preauthorized at least 24 hours prior to the move. A 2.5% convenience fee will apply for any payments made by credit/debit card. Invoicing is available at 30 day terms to government departments or for contracted / ongoing services provided to corporate clients.