Booking a careful crew for a crosstown job is, frankly, the smart move, because the short hop fools people. The drive from one Portsmouth address to another barely registers; what eats the day is the doorway you have to clear at the start and the one waiting at the end. Picture a South End rowhouse raised in the 1700s, a one-way street with no driveway and curb spaces already claimed by summer tourists, or a downtown condo reached by a half-flight off Islington Street. Cole Bennett grew up on those South End blocks and spent years on the dispatch board and behind the wheel for New England outfits before he launched a flat-rate Seacoast company of his own in 2014. So the crew that pulls up has already studied your stairs, your thresholds, and the angle at the top landing. The work itself varies week to week: a young family swapping a Portwalk condo for a colonial out in Exeter, a UNH professor landing in Durham, a Rye homeowner heading inland once the beach season closes.
Pick whichever pricing fits how you think. Hourly keeps it simple and the crew is sized to the home: two movers with a truck at $135/hr, three at $175/hr, four at $225/hr, and we tell you which size your move needs when we quote it. Rather lock in one number? Flat bands run a studio at $420 to $680, a one-bedroom at $680 to $1,140, a two-bedroom at $1,140 to $1,950, and a three-bedroom at $1,950 to $3,250. Whatever you choose lands on paper before move day, so the figure never shifts on you.
What a Seacoast move day actually looks like
It begins long before the truck arrives, with the lead working out where it can sit legally and close, since a 26-footer has no business hunting for a gap on a tight downtown street at dawn. Then the home gets prepped: blankets and shrink wrap on the furniture, runners down on the floors at both ends, the casings and the stair rail padded. The bulky pieces are wrapped and the load is strapped so it holds together on the turnpike, the Spaulding, or NH-101 toward Manchester. Crew size follows the access, more hands for a three-story South End home with stairs and no driveway, fewer for a ground-floor one-bedroom near the West End. In a real New England winter we add floor protection and slush runners and plan the day around any nor’easter on the radar, with a plowed, shoveled path doing half the work for everyone.
Where our crews work across the Seacoast
- Portsmouth proper: the South End and downtown historic homes, Atlantic Heights, the West End, and New Castle
- Newer downtown and Portwalk condos with half-flights, narrow entries, and shared parking
- Up the Spaulding and out NH-101: Dover, Rochester, Somersworth, Durham, Exeter, Hampton, Rye, Stratham, and Newmarket
- Over the Memorial Bridge into southern Maine, Kittery, York, and Eliot included
Crossing a state line or leaving the region for good? That run goes on our own authority, covered on the long-distance moving page. Would rather hand us a packed-up home? Our full packing service boxes the kitchen and closets so the day is purely lifting. Get a free quote and we will respond within one business hour.
What’s Included
- Hourly crews sized to the home: $135/hr for two movers, $175/hr for three, $225/hr for four
- Or fixed flat bands by size, a $420-$680 studio through a $1,950-$3,250 three-bedroom
- A parking plan worked out in advance for narrow South End and downtown blocks
- Floor runners, blankets, and shrink wrap put down at the pickup and the drop-off both
- Door casings, entry steps, and the stair rail padded before a single piece is carried
- Loads strapped to ride steady on I-95, the Spaulding Turnpike, and NH-101
- Extra floor and slush protection on winter moves, with the day planned around nor'easters
- Up to $1M in cargo coverage and a written price locked before the date
What Does It Cost?
Flat-rate or hourly — a 2-mover crew from $135/hr, flat bands from $420
2-mover crew, truck, blankets & dollies included — with hourly at $135 / $175 / $225 or a locked flat rate by home size.
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