Our Covina 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 Covina 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.
By providing in-person estimates to our customers, evaluating the scope of work, and planning all the stages in detail, we minimize the chances of any emergencies. This way, you have the complete plan and dates for your moving process, excluding any unpleasant surprises.
Our office movers in Covina 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.
Covina sits in the eastern San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, and it was farm country until the 1950s. The early town kept its homes and shops inside roughly one square mile ringed by citrus groves; the postwar suburban wave of the 1950s brought fast growth, and today virtually no vacant land is left. The city's 2021–2029 Housing Element counts about 58% of units as single-family detached houses and dates roughly two-thirds of all housing to before 1970.
Houses of that age often keep their original door frames and hallways laid out long before sectional sofas and king beds were normal. Our crew pads every piece, lays floor protection from the front door to the truck, and takes off legs, doors or headboards when something won't clear a vintage opening.
Covina's single-family zones require lots of 7,500 to 20,000 square feet and front yards at least 25 feet deep. Add the sidewalk and parkway, and the carry from the truck to the front door is rarely just a few steps; on the larger lots it grows. We park as close as the driveway allows, roll whatever can ride a dolly and wrap the door jamb before the first dresser goes through.
After 1970, most of the city's growth came from annexations and from infill that swapped single-family lots for townhomes, condominiums and apartments. A townhome usually means an inside staircase and a garage entry, so bed frames and desks get broken down upstairs and carried down in pieces instead of being turned around a tight landing.
Covina also has five mobile home parks, three of them zoned specifically for trailers and mobile homes. The lanes inside a park are private, so where a box truck may stop, and for how long, is the park office's call. Ask before the date, pass the answer to us, and we plan the carry from that spot.
The city bans parking on its streets from 2 AM to 4 AM unless the car has a permit (section 10.32.180 of the city code). Our truck works inside the 8AM – 6PM window, so the rule touches your household, not the job. If you clear the driveway by moving your own cars to the street the evening before, buy temporary overnight permits at the kiosk at the Covina Police Department on North Citrus Avenue, at the Metrolink or Civic Center parking structures, or online.
Street sweeping follows alternating A and B weeks, and the city's 2026 schedule says posted NO PARKING signs must be followed at all times. Some streets carry their own sweeping-day signs and ignore the map entirely. Check the sign on your block against the moving date; if the curb is closed during sweeping hours, we plan on the driveway or the nearest legal curb instead.
Downtown, Citrus Avenue and its side streets are posted for two hours, which is shorter than our 3-hour minimum. For an apartment or storefront on that stretch, ask the building about a loading area or rear access, and tell us what they say so the truck's position works for the whole job. The city also cites any vehicle left in one spot longer than 72 hours, which matters when a trailer or a spare car stays on the street through a multi-day move.
Condo and townhome associations write their own move rules, and many want a certificate of insurance on file before a crew walks in. SOS issues a COI for $50; send us the association's exact wording a few days ahead. Reserving the elevator, the loading area or an approved move time is up to the resident, so book those with the management office.
Before the crew arrives in Covina, have these settled:
The city's housing plan centers on the Town Center around the Covina Metrolink station, where the specific plan allows up to 50 units per acre. That is apartment and mixed-use density, so moves near the station run like building moves: a shared entrance, a manager's rules and the two-hour curb on Citrus Avenue. We ask for the building's move-in rules up front and bring the extra padding a shared hallway needs.
Mapping L.A. folds three unincorporated county areas into Covina's profile: Unincorporated Covina, Covina-East and Covina-South. Charter Oak, next door, is unincorporated as well, and Mapping L.A. ranks its density among the highest in the San Gabriel Valley. An address people call Covina can therefore fall under Los Angeles County rules instead of the city's. The 2 AM to 4 AM ban is a city ordinance, so we confirm which side of the line you are on before planning the curb.
| Area or home type in Covina | What to plan for on moving day |
|---|---|
| Postwar tract house in an R-1 zone | A front yard of at least 25 feet plus the parkway: dollies, walkway protection, a wrapped door jamb |
| Town Center near the Metrolink station | Two-hour limit on Citrus Avenue and side streets; confirm loading access and any elevator booking with the building |
| Townhome or condo complex | HOA move rules and a COI for $50 if the association asks; an inside staircase, so beds are broken down upstairs |
| One of the five mobile home parks | Private lanes; the park office decides where the truck may stop |
| Unincorporated pocket or Charter Oak | County parking rules, not the city's; confirm which apply before the date |
From our base at 5530 Jillson Street, the truck takes SR-60 east, I-605 north and I-10 east toward Covina: about 20.2 miles, around 30 minutes without traffic. The I-10 leg crosses Baldwin Park and West Covina, and both freeways fill with commuters in the morning and again in the late afternoon, so the same trip can take noticeably longer at rush hour than at midday. Metro's plan to add ExpressLanes on I-10 from I-605 to the San Bernardino County line is still in planning, with construction anticipated in 2029.
Our hours run 8AM – 6PM, Monday through Sunday. For a full Covina house, book a start early enough that loading, the drive and unloading all fit before 6PM, and treat the afternoon peak as part of the math rather than a surprise.
Covina sits well inside 30 miles of our base, so the standard 3-hour minimum applies, not the 4-hour minimum for farther addresses. Covina moves follow our rates page, where double drive time applies to moves over 10 miles.
A city economic development study defines the Covina Core around Citrus Avenue and San Bernardino Road: the Metrolink station, City Hall, Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital and about 343,000 square feet of medical office and other healthcare space. The hospital is the city's second-largest employer in Covina's 2025 financial report. As commercial movers in Covina, we treat a medical suite as an office move with extra care for exam tables, locked files and front-desk equipment, and we follow the building's rules on entrances and insurance. More on how those jobs run is on our commercial moving service page.
The same study notes older industrial buildings near the rail line, mostly small warehouse and distribution space with some showroom and service use. Those jobs are about shelving, inventory and showroom fixtures rather than cubicles. Tell us what stays bolted down, what the landlord expects left in place and whether there is a dock or a roll-up door, and the crew plans the load around it.
Covina households average about three people, per the Housing Element, and a family kitchen plus closets is where most packing hours go. IKEA ranks among the city's ten largest employers in the same financial report, and flat-pack pieces travel safer taken apart: the crew disassembles them, bags the hardware and puts them back together at the new place. For boxes, paper and labeling, see packing services from SOS.
West Covina borders Covina on the south, and our I-10 approach runs through it, so a move between the two cities is a short hop on a route the crew already drives. The West Covina movers page covers that side of the line.
Azusa and Glendora share Covina's northern boundary, and Glendora also borders unincorporated Charter Oak, the same county pocket that sits next to Covina. The same crews and rates cover moving services in Covina and both neighbors; see our Azusa moving page and moving help in Glendora.
