Our Brea movers are well trained, and therefore, highly skilled to move belongings in and out of the buildings without damaging the walls, doors, doorways, and floors. We have expert moving crews, competent at handling both heavy and fragile items, ensuring they get to your new location in the original condition. We invite you to join hundreds of satisfied customers who experienced our services. Request a free quote and take the first step to a blissful moving experience.
Our company has full-service movers who are constantly trained to achieve the highest level of proficiency in all types of moving: local, long-distance, or commercial. Our movers and packers in Brea use the quality supplies and materials to pack your belongings for all our moves. Save your time and enjoy an extremely pleasant move with us.
As well as people moving to a new place in inspiring films, you’ll also literally snap your fingers and get everything in your new home. Our professionals can accomplish a move of any complexity, so even an antique piano of your grandmother will be safely transported to a new place.
With us, you can confidently rule out the fear of uncertainty when you don’t know where your belongings are. We are a phone call or email away from giving you peace of mind by sharing the latest updates about your shipment and informing you about the delivery date or window.
Enjoy our full-service moves, including moving, packing, unpacking, furniture disassembly and reassembly, and storage services. Request a free quote for a smooth long-distance relocation experience.
Our office movers in Brea deliver top-level commercial moving services. We’ll cope with any office furniture, professional equipment, and even medical practice. Due to a professional approach to all stages of your office move, we help you not to lose excitement and inspiration from your new office in the overwhelming packing, lifting, and unpacking process.
Sure, our movers can bring packing materials and boxes if you need them. Make sure you mention that you need them to our operators in advance.
No, tips are not included, and it’s up to you how much to tip your movers. Tips are always appreciated but not required.
Your apartment moving cost depends on factors, such as the type and size of your property, the complexity of your move, the number of bedrooms, the volume of your items, zip code, etc. At SOS Moving, we offer flat and hourly rates. The hourly rate depends on the number of movers to be involved and the size of the moving truck. Flat rate is based on the volume of belongings you need to move, and it’s the best option for long-distance moves. To know your moving cost, please contact us or submit a form on our website to request your free quote.
You should schedule your move date as early as you can. If you’re moving locally, at least 1-2 weeks in advance, for long-distance moves, we recommend getting a quote at least 2-4 weeks before your move date.
You can choose any convenient day for your relocation, and yes, we can help you move on weekends and holidays.
A safe relocation is our goal, so we’ll provide you with a detailed list of items that are prohibited to transport. It includes perishables, hazardous materials, firearms, batteries, etc. We also don’t recommend packing your personal and irreplaceable items, including family heirlooms, family photos, jewelry, documents, etc. Carry them with you during the move.
We accept cash, all major debit and credit cards, and certified checks. We don’t accept personal checks. There will not apply any transaction fee on card transactions.
Yes, we’ll contact you prior to delivery. We’ll deliver your belongings within the given moving arrival window. In case the window is no longer possible, we’ll also contact you in advance and set another delivery time.
Brea sits at the foot of the Puente and Chino Hills in north Orange County, and most of the city spreads over the flat ground below them. SCAG's housing data for the city counts about 16,900 homes: a little over half are detached houses, about a quarter sit in buildings with five or more units, and roughly 1,000 are mobile homes, a noticeably larger share than in the region overall. More of those homes went up in the 1970s than in any other decade.
The General Plan describes two street patterns: a traditional grid in the old core around City Hall Park, and curving streets and cul-de-sacs in neighborhoods built from the 1960s through the 1990s. In a cul-de-sac the truck often stops at the bulb or backs in, so the carry to the front door gets longer, and floor runners and padded door frames go down before the first dresser moves.
Higher up, the General Plan flags Brea's Hillside Residential land for steep slopes, landslides, fire hazard and access problems. If your hillside home has a steep driveway or a tight turn-in, say so when you book, so the crew size and the truck's spot are planned around it.
Brea's limit on overnight street parking goes back to 1951, when the City Council passed Ordinance 223, a 30-minute cap between 2 and 4 a.m.; in 1977 the window was stretched to 6 a.m. Today the 2-to-6 a.m. limit covers every city street, and it bites the night before a move, when the garage is full of boxes and the cars have nowhere to sleep.
Residents can self-issue a temporary permit for a household car that can't park on the property for a night. Print the city's form or write a signed note with the reason, your name, address and the date, and leave it on the driver's side of the dashboard; each permit covers one 24-hour period and does not override street-sweeping or safety restrictions. If boxes will fill the garage for weeks, the permit manual also offers a monthly permit, with storage of personal belongings among its listed reasons.
In daytime, Brea's list of ticketable parking includes blocking a driveway, your own included, leaving a car in an alley and parking more than 18 inches from the curb, while yellow curbs are for short loading stops, not a truck that stands for hours. So on moving morning, keep the driveway or a legal stretch of curb open for the truck. If your HOA or property manager wants a certificate of insurance, a COI from SOS costs $50; reserving the elevator or the loading area stays with you, since the building runs that calendar.
Blackstone has its own special overnight parking district, and the city's manual for it ties street permits to the neighborhood's CC&Rs: two cars parked in the garage, plus one in the driveway where there is one. A garage stacked with moving boxes can cost a household that permit, so in Blackstone it pays to pack toward a spare room, or to have our packing crew box things up close to moving day so the garage stays clear.
Next to Downtown Brea, the Ash Street Cottages blocks form a permit parking district: no street parking on Ash Street between Brea Boulevard and Madrona Avenue, or on Madrona and Walnut Avenue between Ash and the downtown parking structure entrances. Residents asked for it by petition, with 73 percent of homes signing, to keep downtown visitors from parking there, especially during special events. Permit holders and their guests are exempt, so residents should ask the city how that covers a moving truck and avoid downtown event days.
East of Valencia Avenue, Carbon Canyon Road (SR-142) runs toward Olinda Village and Chino Hills through narrow S-curves where, the city warns, a large truck cannot be turned around safely once it has entered. Brea police enforce a ban on vehicles with more than four axles there, with exceptions that include deliveries to canyon residents, and east of Santa Fe Road cyclists ride the shoulder because there is no bike lane. For a canyon address, the truck's parking spot and its way back out are settled before it leaves our base.
| Area or home type in Brea | What to plan for on moving day |
|---|---|
| Grid blocks around City Hall Park | Curbside loading; keep every driveway clear, including your own |
| 1960s–1990s tracts with cul-de-sacs | Truck at the bulb or backed in; longer carry, more floor protection |
| Blackstone | Street permits hinge on CC&Rs that keep two cars in the garage; stage boxes indoors |
| Ash Street Cottages by Downtown Brea | Permit-only street parking on Ash, Madrona and Walnut; skip downtown event days |
| Carbon Canyon Road and Olinda Village | Narrow S-curves; vehicles over four axles banned; plan the turnaround first |
| Mobile home parks, about 1,000 homes citywide | Private lanes; ask the park office where a truck may stop and for how long |
Our local movers in Brea start from the SOS base on Jillson Street in Los Angeles, about 18.2 miles away on I-5, or around 30 minutes without traffic. Moves here carry the 3-hour minimum, and double drive time applies to moves over 10 miles.
Inside the city, SR-57 is the only freeway, with its main interchanges at Imperial Highway (SR-90) and Lambert Road, plus an entrance-only ramp at Brea Canyon Road and an exit-only ramp at Tonner Canyon Road. The freeway splits Brea in two, and apart from those interchanges the only street that crosses it is Birch Street, through an underpass.
The General Plan names Carbon Canyon Road, Imperial Highway, Valencia Avenue and Lambert Road as the streets where growth shows up as congestion, with through traffic on SR-57, SR-90 and SR-142. Valencia north of Lambert also carries the disposal trucks headed for the county's Olinda Alpha Landfill, which takes in nearly 7,000 tons a day. Weekday commute hours are the slow ones on these roads and on I-5; SOS works 8AM – 6PM, Monday through Sunday, so a weekend date sidesteps them entirely.
Beyond homes, our moving services in Brea cover offices and shops. The General Plan points to two pockets of warehouse, light-industrial and logistics buildings: the west side south of Central Avenue and west of Tamarack Avenue, and the southeast corner south of Birch Street and east of Kraemer Boulevard. For office and commercial moves there, most of the planning happens inside the building: dock or elevator times, a COI for the property manager, and furniture taken apart and labeled by room.
Imperial Highway, one of Brea's east-west arterials, continues west into La Habra, so moves to La Habra can stay on surface streets the whole way. SR-57 and State College Boulevard lead south for moves to Fullerton, and Kraemer Boulevard takes moves to Placentia past Tri-City Regional Park, a 40-acre county park that sits in Placentia, borders Fullerton on two sides and lies within a quarter mile of Brea.
