Charm City local moves — flat rate written down before we load
I’m Vincent Marchetti, and I’ve been running Baltimore Movers out of East Baltimore since 2018. I grew up off Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown, ran freight around the Port of Baltimore before this, and the one rule I built the company on is simple — you see the flat rate in writing before the dolly comes off the truck.
A local move for us is anything inside the Beltway or out to the close suburbs — Fells Point cobblestones, Federal Hill marble stoops, Canton waterfront condos, Hampden quirky bungalows, Mt. Vernon brownstones, plus the leafy ride up I-83 to Towson and Pikesville. Dante Caruso leads most of the in-city crews; he’s done more three-story walk-ups in Patterson Park than he can count.
What a local Baltimore day looks like
- Crew rolls out of our yard in uniform with the truck already pre-loaded with pads, dollies, and shrink-wrap
- We walk the rowhouse, tag fragile pieces, and pad-wrap furniture in the room it lives in — not in the alley
- Thick runners get rolled across heart pine, marble stoops and any carpeted stair-tread the second the crew clocks in — the first roll lands while inventory is still being walked
- Load is tetris’d into the truck so the unload at the new place mirrors the room order
Hourly and flat-rate pricing
| Crew + truck | Hourly | Typical flat rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2 movers + 26′ truck | $155/hr | Studio in Mt. Vernon: $620–$930 |
| 3 movers + 26′ truck | $205/hr | 1-bed Canton rowhouse: $820–$1,230 |
| 3 movers + 26′ truck | $205/hr | 2-bed Federal Hill rowhouse: $1,230–$1,640 |
| 3 movers + 26′ truck | $205/hr | 3-bed Towson townhome: $1,640–$2,250 |
Blankets, dollies, shrink-wrap, mattress bags, and disassembly are all baked in — no equipment fee, no fuel surcharge inside the Beltway. Released value coverage is included at $0.60 per pound, full-value protection is optional, and we carry up to $1,000,000 in cargo coverage per shipment.
Why folks in Charm City call us back
- Same crew on the truck both ends — no day-labor handoff at the new house
- W-2 movers in matching shirts, background-checked, on our payroll
- Free in-home or video walkthrough before I write the binding number
Heading further out than a local hop? My long-distance crews handle the I-95 corridor up to NYC and down to Miami, and the apartment movers are the ones I send into Inner Harbor high-rises. Moving down to the District? Baltimore-to-DC is our most common short-hop route, and we also run Towson townhomes almost every weekend.
What is folded into your Baltimore, MD flat rate
- Two- or three-mover crew with our own box truck out of our East-Baltimore yard
- Pad-wrapping for every dresser, headboard, and marble-top piece before it leaves the bedroom
- Heavy floor runners and stair pads for white marble stoops and narrow rowhouse staircases
- Shrink-wrap on upholstery and mattresses against road salt, slush, and Harbor humidity
- Four-wheel dollies, hand trucks, and shoulder straps for three-story walk-ups and English basements
- Disassembly and reassembly of beds, IKEA wardrobes, and sectional sofas at no extra charge
What will it run?
Two uniformed movers + the truck on the clock at $155/hr, or close the meter entirely with one countersigned Charm City flat number covering the full job in writing
Moving pads, four-wheel dollies, shrink film and the standard COI paperwork that Inner Harbor and Harbor East buildings demand are folded into either rate. A bump to three movers plus the rig sits at $205/hr.
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