San Diego Movers: Relieving Your Burden Since 1996
At AQMS, We Handle All San Diego Moves ‐ Big or Small!
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Starting fresh comes with enough to worry about. Let our professional movers take on some of your burdens and make sure your furniture and belongings arrive safely and quickly. Our team has been doing this since 1996, and we are qualified to handle even the most difficult moves. As a full-service moving company San Diego CA residents trust, we also deliver storage, packing, and unpacking services for every customer we take on.
Affordable Quality Moving and Storage stands on a firm legacy of effective, efficient, and affordable moving services in San Diego. Our professional moving services cover everything from the first walkthrough to the last box, so you can focus on your new home instead of the logistics. We love helping customers navigate the moving process with ease rather than stress. Reach out to our San Diego movers for a free in-home estimate to discuss your move.
Any move can be complicated, whether you are moving from an apartment to a house, changing office locations, or moving your entire family to another state. If you are moving in San Diego, Affordable Quality Moving and Storage is here to make your life easier. We are professional movers who handle the hard work for you, so you can spend your time on other moving-related tasks and enjoy settling into your new home or office. Our great team has been moving customers locally, nationally, and internationally since 1996, and every mover we send is background checked, fully licensed, and insured.
No two moves look the same, so our moving services are built to be customizable. Some customers want a full-service move where our team packs the house, loads the truck, and unpacks everything at the other end. Other customers want moving help for the heavy lifting only. Tell us what you want to handle yourself, and our team builds the rest around it.
Our team knows the city, the traffic patterns, and the parking realities of moving in downtown San Diego, the coastal neighborhoods, and the suburbs in between. A local move is billed hourly, so an efficient crew saves you real money. We show up with the right truck, the right equipment, and enough movers to finish in a single day whenever the size of your home allows it.
Long distance moving services demand more planning than a move across town. Our team maps the route, schedules the load and delivery windows, and keeps customers updated while their belongings are on the road. We have run long distance moves out of Southern California since 1996, and we specialize in the logistics so you can focus on the arrival instead of the drive.
Leaving California is a bigger project than a move across town, and the price of an out-of-state move is based on the weight of the truck and the distance traveled. Our movers wrap and pad every piece of furniture, inventory what goes on the truck, and deliver it to your new address within an agreed window. You get one moving company from door to door, not a chain of subcontractors.
International relocations add customs paperwork, freight scheduling, and export packing to an overseas move. Our team has managed them for families and businesses here for decades, and we specialize in the export-grade materials and documentation that overseas shipments require. Ask about your options during the free estimate and we will tell you exactly what to expect.
Residential moving is the core of what we do. Studio apartments, condos in the city center, and large family houses all get the same treatment: a walkthrough, a written estimate, a protected load, and a team that treats your house like their own. We disassemble and reassemble beds and furniture as part of our residential moving services.
Commercial moving is measured in downtime, so we schedule office moves around your business hours, including evenings and weekends. Our commercial moving crews specialize in the logistics of an office relocation: workstations, server rooms, conference furniture, and file storage, all labeled so your business is operational the next morning. Whether you are relocating a single floor or an entire office, we scale the team to the size of the move and keep your business running.
Some moves are not a full house. If you need a piano, a safe, a sectional, or a single antique piece relocated, our movers handle furniture moves on their own, and these services are billed by the hour. We pad and shrink-wrap all our furniture before it moves an inch, and we protect the floors and door frames on both ends.
If you have already rented a truck, you can book movers for labor only. Our moving help services give you a trained team to load, unload, or reposition heavy items inside the house. It is the most affordable way to work with professional movers when you have the vehicle covered.
Packing is the part of a move that eats entire weekends. Our specialists use high-quality materials so fragile items arrive move-ready, and professional packers save customers time and reduce stress on the day. These services are included in our full-service moving options, and you can pick and choose what you want us to handle, from a single kitchen to an entire house.
When your move-in date does not line up with your move-out date, our storage services bridge the gap. We offer short-term and long-term storage solutions for household goods and business inventory, and the same crew that loads your house puts it into storage and delivers it when you are ready.
Our focus is a move with no unpleasant surprises, so we keep every step of our services simple and transparent.
We walk the house, take inventory, and give you a written price with no hidden fees.
We size the crew, the truck, and the schedule around your building, your street, and the busiest times of the year.
Our specialists handle as much or as little as you want, using materials that protect fragile items in transit.
A background checked team loads, pads, and secures your furniture and boxes before the truck leaves.
We deliver within the agreed window, place furniture where you want it, and unpack if that is part of your moving services.
We confirm the work is done to your standard before we leave your new home or office.
Local moving costs here generally run between $150 and $250 per hour, and hourly rates for two movers start around $180. Three movers and a truck run roughly $200 per hour, and labor-only moving help typically lands between $355 and $740. The average price for a local move falls between $1,200 and $4,500, depending on the size of your house and how much packing you want the team to handle. Out-of-state and long distance moves are priced on weight and distance instead of hours. The only way to know what your move will actually run is a free estimate, which is why we walk your home before we quote a price.
Not every moving company operates the same way. Before you hire a mover, check the reviews on Google and the BBB, confirm the company is licensed and insured, and get the estimate in writing. Walk away from anyone who demands full payment upfront, refuses an in-home walkthrough, or quotes a price over the phone without seeing what needs to move. Those are the red flags that turn a move into a dispute.
At AQMS, we provide complete packing and unpacking, moving, and storage services in San Diego and throughout Southern California. Our team can handle any residential moving or commercial moving job, whether it is local, long distance, out-of-state, or international. Each of our professional moving services is customizable, which means you can pick and choose what you want our movers to handle for you. You might want us to pack and unpack everything in your house, pack a certain room, or only provide the moving services on the day. We offer free estimates and will walk through everything with you, so you know what to expect.
It is impossible to say what a move will run without understanding exactly what needs to be moved and how far it needs to go. Local moves are typically less expensive than out-of-state moves, and the final price for a long distance move is based on the weight of the truck or trucks on moving day. If you want to find out what your move will cost, call our moving company for a free estimate.
No moving company should ask for full payment upfront. Beware of moving scams that could put you and your belongings in a difficult position. At Affordable Quality Moving and Storage, we go over our pricing and payment plans with you in detail before the job starts. There are no unpleasant surprises and no unexpected fees.
The biggest red flags are a demand for full payment upfront, a refusal to provide a written estimate, no verifiable license or insurance, a crew with no reviews you can find, and a quote that changes on moving day. A reliable mover will show you its credentials and put the price in writing before anyone touches a box.
The cheapest quote and the lowest final bill are rarely the same company. A crew that works slowly on an hourly local move, or a mover that adds fees on delivery day, ends up more expensive than a professional team that finishes in one efficient pass. Compare written estimates, not phone quotes, and check whether packing and furniture protection are included.
In San Diego, you do not have to worry about snow or constant rain interfering with your move, so you can move in virtually any season. For pricing reasons, you may want to plan your move in the off-season, which typically runs from October through May, and avoid the peak summer months. Moving on a weekday is often cheaper than the weekend, and booking well in advance may also save you money. In the end, it depends on what works for your family in terms of selling and purchasing a home, school schedules, and work.
San Diego has a lot to offer individuals, families, students, retirees, and businesses. The weather is fantastic, and there are beaches, golf courses, restaurants, and entertainment across the area. Although it is known as a relatively expensive place to live, there are more affordable neighborhoods and options for different budgets. If you want to see whether this is the city for you, visit and spend some time there before you commit to the move.
Located on the Pacific coast of California, San Diego is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the state. It is known for its beaches, parks, golf courses, resorts, museums, and attractions such as the San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park, Legoland, and SeaWorld. As of April 2020, it had a population of nearly 1.4 million people, making it the eighth-most populous city in the United States. San Diego is often referred to as the “Birthplace of California.” It was incorporated in 1850 as the county seat, the same year that California was admitted to the United States.
Defense and military operations, tourism, international trade, research, and manufacturing are the driving forces behind the local economy. The top employers are Naval Base San Diego, the University of California San Diego, Sharp HealthCare, and the County of San Diego. That mix of military, corporate, and university relocations is a large part of the work our crews handle every year. The city shares a border with Mexico, and the primary crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry is the fourth-busiest international land border crossing on the planet. It is also home to the busiest single-runway airport in the world, San Diego International Airport.
Our team serves the city and the surrounding communities across San Diego County, and we run our moving services throughout Southern California. If your address is not on the list below, call us anyway. We have covered this part of California for close to three decades, and many of our customers call us back the next time their family or their business relocates.
