Apartment, condo, and loft moves in the Portland-Vancouver metro
An apartment move is a different animal from a house move and pretending otherwise is how clients get hit with a four-hour overage. The building rules are the job. Honey Do trains every crew chief to read the COI requirements, the elevator hours, and the load-zone permit map before the truck leaves the Vancouver, WA yard.
We have done downtown Vancouver, WA waterfront mid-rises, Pearl District lofts in NW Portland with the cobblestone load zones, 1920s walk-ups in SE Portland with one narrow stair, and Beaverton tech-corridor garden apartments around Sunset Hwy. Each has its own playbook.
What an apartment move actually costs
| Unit | Crew & truck | Typical out-the-door |
|---|---|---|
| Studio, elevator building | 2 movers + truck at $145/hr | $435–$725 |
| 1-bed, 1 flight stairs | 2 movers + truck at $145/hr | $580–$870 |
| 2-bed, freight elevator + COI | 3 movers + truck at $195/hr | $1,170–$1,755 |
The building paperwork side
- COI issued in the property manager’s preferred format before move day
- Additional insured language added at no charge — we do it constantly
- Freight-elevator reservation made through your front desk, not left to you
- Load-zone permit pulled if your building does not have a marked zone
How the PNW weather changes an apartment move
A curbside load in Pearl District drizzle is the rule from October through May. We shrink-wrap every upholstered piece before it crosses the threshold to the truck, and we lay ram-board down the lobby tile so the leasing office is not chasing the mop bucket behind us. If you want us to pack the kitchen and the bedroom the day before, that turns a six-hour move into a four-hour move.
If you are crossing the Columbia
About a third of our apartment work is a cross-Columbia run — downtown Portland, OR to a Vancouver, WA condo, or the other direction. Because Honey Do is licensed in both Washington State and Oregon, your two-state move is the same single agreement, the same crew, and the same binding flat-rate paperwork. No third-party hand-off in the middle of the I-5 bridge.
Booking lead time on apartments
- Studios mid-week — one to two weeks usually fine
- End-of-month with a freight elevator — three weeks
- 1st of the month, summer, with stairs — four to five weeks
What rides in your Vancouver, WA flat rate
- COI on file with your Vancouver, WA or Portland, OR property manager before move day, with extra building-named additional insureds at no charge
- Elevator-reservation coordination and freight-elevator pad install for downtown high-rises and Pearl District lofts
- Door-jamb, threshold, and corner pads on every common-area hallway from unit to truck
- Two-mover crew with hand trucks, four-wheel dollies, and stair walkers for the third-floor walk-ups in older Portland buildings
- Disassembly and reassembly of IKEA, Article, West Elm, and similar apartment-scale modular pieces
- Built-in shrink wrap on all upholstered pieces against PNW rain on the curbside load
What will it run?
Hourly is $145/hr for two badged movers and the truck — or skip the clock entirely and sign one binding PNW flat figure that covers the whole job on paper
Moving pads, four-wheel dollies, shrink film and the basic COI paperwork for cross-state buildings all sit inside that rate; bump to three movers plus the truck and you are at $195/hr.
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