Piedmont Avenue Movers in North Oakland

Piedmont Avenue runs north from the Kaiser medical campus near Broadway and MacArthur up to the gates of Mountain View Cemetery, the hillside cemetery laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted. Along the way are independent shops, the old Piedmont Theatre and Fenton's Creamery, with quiet residential side streets on both sides. It is part of Oakland, not the separate city of Piedmont that sits just above it, so give us the full address with the ZIP when you ask for a quote.

Residents tend to stay a while, so the houses we pack here are often full: books, art, records, kitchen gear collected over years. That makes packing help worth considering. We can pack the whole house or just the fragile rooms, with materials billed only for what gets used.

Housing near the avenue is older and varied. Brown-shingle and Craftsman houses from the early 1900s share blocks with Mediterranean duplexes, fourplexes and small 1920s apartment buildings. Many houses sit up a short flight of front steps; some upper flats have their own long interior staircase. Built-in cabinets, original wood floors and plaster walls are common, so runners and blankets go down before anything moves.

Bedrooms upstairs in these houses often have a low ceiling at the stair turn, which is where a tall dresser or a box spring gets tricky. We plan that turn during the estimate.

Side streets east of the avenue climb toward the Piedmont border, and garages are often tucked under the house with a steep driveway. Parking on Piedmont Avenue itself is short-term and busy with shoppers, so loading usually happens from a side street. The truck needs around 40 feet of curb with its ramp. If access looks difficult, David reviews the address before the day and tells you whether a shuttle is needed.

A two-bedroom flat or a small Craftsman is a typical 3-mover job at $175 per hour. Four movers at $235 per hour fit a three-bedroom over 1,800 square feet or a house of four bedrooms or more, and 2 movers at $145 are reserved for very small moves. We charge a 3-hour minimum and then 15-minute increments. Disassembly, reassembly, blankets and tape are included; boxes are charged only if used.

Piedmont Avenue: typical hours and totals by home size

The ranges below come from our recent local jobs, grouped by home size. Treat each row as typical, not promised. You are billed by the hour, so the clock on move day sets the total.

Figures use the middle half of billed hours from local moves we completed for direct customers July through October 2026, drive time between homes included, account and full-pack jobs left out. Boxes and other supplies are extra, and no job bills under 3 hours.

Houses here are often full of books, art and kitchen gear collected over years, and front steps plus a low ceiling at the stair turn add time, which can push a move toward the upper end of its row.

ZIP 94611 is too thin in this year's data to quote on its own, so here is Oakland as a whole: 10 quote requests between mid-July and late October 2026, all local, and 8 of them booked or completed. Two-bedroom homes were the most common size where one was given.

From downtown San Jose it is about 39 miles northwest, by way of I-880 and I-580. For the East Bay, morning arrival is 9-11 AM, and a call comes 30 minutes before the crew reaches you. There is no travel charge to get to your door. Moves with the two addresses more than 10 minutes apart have the drive between them doubled, per California rules.

• Find the nearest side-street curb that usually has space.
• Clear the steep driveway or under-house garage the night before.
• Measure the top-of-stairs turn for tall furniture.
• If you live in a duplex or fourplex, let your neighbors know the date.
• Set aside boxes of books in small cartons; large boxes of books get too heavy to carry safely down steps.
• Ask whether the city requires a temporary no-parking permit for your block; we help you plan it.

• Adams Point: dense apartments down by the lake.
• Temescal: bungalows west across Broadway.
• Lake Merritt: elevator buildings and towers.
• Piedmont: the separate city with larger homes.

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