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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.
Newport Beach wraps around Newport Harbor and Upper Newport Bay, with homes on harbor islands, along the Balboa Peninsula and up on the bluffs, and at some of them a truck cannot pull up to the door. The first thing we ask about an address here is how close the truck can get, because the length of the carry matters as much as the size of the home.
Halfway down the Balboa Peninsula, Bay Island holds 23 homes and no cars at all. The only link to land is a small private bridge built for people on foot and golf carts, and residents keep their cars in a parking structure at its base.
On a Bay Island move, our truck stays on the Peninsula side, and every carton, mattress and dresser crosses that bridge on a cart or in someone's arms. We set the crew size and the hours around that walk before move day, and anything too big for a cart, such as a piano or a stone-top table, gets talked through on the phone first.
Santa Ana Heights, between Bristol Street and Upper Newport Bay, joined the city in two pieces, in 2002 and 2008, and much of it still runs on its own specific plan. It sits close enough to John Wayne Airport that its redevelopment area was drawn largely because of aircraft noise. The plan allows horses and ponies for personal use in two of its residential districts, and for the residential-equestrian district the zoning code calls for a rural character with an equestrian theme. If the property has a barn, a tack room or a horse trailer full of gear, list it when you book: outbuildings add volume fast, and a second truck, when a load needs one, is $200.
West Newport and Corona del Mar are ordinary addresses most of the year. Around the Fourth of July, though, the City has set Safety Enhancement Zones in both, in effect from July 3 through July 6, with stepped-up enforcement and possible higher penalties. Police have also warned that holiday street parking in West Newport is extremely limited and that illegally parked cars get cited and risk towing, so for those two neighborhoods we suggest a date outside that week.
| Area or home type in Newport Beach | What to plan for on move day |
|---|---|
| Bay Island, off the Balboa Peninsula | No cars on the island: the truck parks on the Peninsula side and everything crosses a golf-cart bridge, so the plan needs extra hands and extra time |
| Horse properties in Santa Ana Heights | Barns, tack rooms and trailers counted at booking; a big load may need a second truck |
| West Newport and Corona del Mar, July 3 to 6 | Holiday Safety Enhancement Zones and scarce street parking; pick another date |
| Houses and duplexes on residential streets | City code restricts heavy-duty trucks there, so keep the driveway clear and expect the truck at the curb only while it is being loaded or unloaded |
Newport Beach's traffic code bars heavy-duty commercial vehicles from parking or standing on public streets and alleys in residential districts, apart from the exceptions it lists. The definition is broad: more than two axles, longer than twenty feet, 84 inches wide or more, or rated at ten thousand pounds and up, and a full-size moving truck usually fits it. That rule shapes how movers in Newport Beach work a residential block: the truck stands at the curb while the crew loads or unloads, and it is not left on the street between jobs.
A driveway makes all of this simpler, so keep it clear on move day. If there is no driveway and the block has no open curb, the space has to be reserved with the City ahead of time, and the permit steps are laid out on our page for long-distance moves from Newport Beach.
The City's truck rule covers public streets and alleys. Inside a guard-gated village with private streets, the association decides where the truck stands and for how long, so its written rules count as much as the City's.
Helpers' cars compete for the same curb. Around the Fourth of July the City points visitors to its free Balboa Peninsula Trolley and a free lot on Avon Street in Mariners' Mile, and friends coming to help with a Peninsula move at a busy time can park the same way, leaving the space in front of the house for the truck.
Every SOS crew starts from one base, on Jillson Street in Los Angeles. The run to Newport Beach takes I-5 south into Orange County and then SR-55 toward the coast, about 37.5 miles and around 47 minutes without traffic. That puts the city past the 30-mile line, so moves here carry a four-hour minimum instead of the usual three, and double drive time applies to moves over 10 miles.
The SR-55 leg runs through a work zone. OCTA and Caltrans have been widening the stretch between I-5 and I-405, adding a regular lane and a carpool lane in each direction, reworking ramps and four overpasses, and building extra northbound merge lanes between MacArthur Boulevard, Dyer Road and Edinger Avenue. Completion is scheduled for 2026, and more than 260,000 vehicles use that section on a typical day, so we check posted lane and ramp closures before the truck leaves the base.
South of the junction, I-5 has a separate OCTA widening toward I-405, scheduled to run from 2026 into 2029. Our Newport Beach route turns onto SR-55 just before that section begins, so a trip here passes through one work zone, not two.
Both freeways slow down hard in the commute peaks. Crews work 8AM to 6PM, Monday through Sunday, and a full-house move has to fit the drive, the loading, the unloading and a slower freeway late in the day inside that window, so we suggest a morning start for larger homes. Same-day moves here are possible when a crew is free, but the call has to come early enough for the whole job to fit inside those hours.
If your dates are flexible, pick the day with the rates in mind. Two movers with a truck cost $119 an hour cash or $129 by card Monday through Thursday, and $135 or $145 Friday through Sunday. With a four-hour minimum on every Newport Beach move, that difference is paid at least four times.
Two moving services in Newport Beach depend on local rules more than most: packing and storage. Before you book Newport Beach packing movers, clear out what isn't coming. Homes on the City's residential collection contract with CR&R can schedule up to five free bulky-item pickups a year, five items per pickup, as long as two people can handle each piece. Set those up before move day, and our packing crews spend their hours on things actually headed to the new place.
Storage comes in when closing dates don't line up. For moving and storage in Newport Beach, CA, one option is a pod at the curb, but the City wants posted No Parking signs for a pod on the street, the same as for a moving truck, and caps how many days it can stay there. We can take the load into storage between homes instead, and when the gap is a single night, overnight storage is $200.
Some moves have pages of their own. Office suites in the Airport Area and Newport Center are covered on our page for office and commercial moves in Newport Beach. A piano bound for Balboa Island or a hillside house gets a separate plan on the page for piano moves in Newport Beach. Renters going from one complex to another will find their questions answered under apartment moves in Newport Beach.
Every truck from our base crosses Costa Mesa on the way in, because SR-55 runs through it before turning into Newport Boulevard. A move between the two cities uses the same approach and the same closure check, and the Costa Mesa end is covered on our page for moves in Costa Mesa.
To the south, Coast Highway leaves Corona del Mar, passes Crystal Cove State Park and continues into Laguna Beach. A move down the coast can stay on that one road from door to door, and our page for moves in Laguna Beach covers the other end.
