Why choose SOS Moving?
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 Santa Clarita 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.
Santa Clarita has the third-largest population in Los Angeles County, and most of those people live in houses. The city's Housing Element puts single-family homes at 72.8% of the stock, against 61.7% for the Southern California (SCAG) region, and about two-thirds of homes are owner-occupied. So a typical job includes a garage, and the crew plans the load around its shelving and tools, not just the rooms.
The houses are also young: very little was built before the 1960s, and more than 60% of residential development went up between 1980 and 2009. New floors scratch like old ones, so runners, door-jamb pads and corner guards go down before the first dresser moves.
Detached condominiums are part of the mix too. Villa Metro, at Soledad Canyon Road and Prima Way, is 315 detached condo homes, and Sierra and Victoria at Plum Canyon was approved for 183 more, both at roughly 11 to 12 homes per acre. They look like houses, but they are condominiums, so the HOA, not the city, answers where the truck stands and what insurance paperwork is needed.
The city lists 16 mobile home parks, seven of them along Soledad Canyon Road, including Parklane Mobile Estates with 434 spaces; Canyon Palms, Greenbrier Estates and Sierra Park are seniors-only. Manufactured homes usually mean steps up to the door and narrow halls, so the crew measures the big pieces first and takes legs and headboards off when needed.
The notice to watch for in Santa Clarita is the door hanger from the city's annual Road Rehab overlay and slurry seal program. It lists the work dates for your street, "No Parking" signs go up ahead of time, and vehicles left in a posted zone are towed. Once slurry seal is applied to a residential street, there is no street or driveway access for the rest of that day, and the city tells residents to avoid deliveries on paving days.
If one lands on your door, check its date against moving day and tell us: no Santa Clarita moving company can load on a street the city sealed that morning. Overlay work runs about a week in two phases, with limited access during paving.
Between detached condo tracts, mobile home parks and HOA-run complexes, a lot of local addresses come with rules beyond the city's. If an association asks for a certificate of insurance, SOS issues one for $50. Before the day, we ask you to line up:
Old Town Newhall is where apartments sit over storefronts. Newhall Crossings stacks 47 homes above 20,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space at 24450–24480 Main Street. Moving out of a building like that starts with the manager: where the truck can load and whether there is an elevator to reserve, since the shops downstairs share the same frontage.
On the east side, two planned communities sit along SR-14. The Canyon Park (Fair Oaks Ranch) Specific Plan covers 988 acres north and south of SR-14 and Via Princessa and allows up to 4,763 multifamily units against 637 single-family homes. Vista Canyon, between SR-14 and Sand Canyon, is approved for 1,100 homes around a Metrolink station. There the leasing office or HOA sets the move-in rules, so the plan starts with their paperwork.
| Area or home type in Santa Clarita | What to plan for on moving day |
|---|---|
| Single-family tract homes, 72.8% of the city's housing | Count the garage along with the rooms; floor runners and door-jamb pads inside |
| Detached condos such as Villa Metro (Soledad Canyon Road and Prima Way) | Condo HOA rules: ask about the truck spot, move hours and any COI |
| Mobile home parks on Soledad Canyon Road, Sierra Highway and Newhall Avenue | Ask the park office where the truck can stand; expect entry steps and narrow halls |
| Mixed-use buildings on Main Street in Old Town Newhall | Apartments over shops: loading spot and any elevator through the building manager |
| Fair Oaks Ranch and Vista Canyon along SR-14 | Condos and apartments with their own move-in rules from the HOA or leasing office |
From our base at 5530 Jillson Street, Santa Clarita is about 41.5 miles away via I-5, around 51 minutes without traffic. That is past the 30-mile mark, so the minimum here is 4 hours instead of 3, and double drive time applies to moves over 10 miles.
Weekday rush hour on I-5 runs south toward Los Angeles in the morning and north in the late afternoon, so a move ending in Santa Clarita should finish its northbound leg before that evening wave. Crews work 8AM – 6PM, Monday through Sunday, and a full house bound for the LA basin can fill most of that window with loading, the drive and unloading.
Most of Valencia sits inside the same city limits, so the same city rules and Road Rehab notices apply there; its planned neighborhoods get their own page on moving in Valencia. Chatsworth is a freeway trip south and west: I-5 to the SR-118 interchange, then the Ronald Reagan Freeway into the Chatsworth area, covered on movers serving Chatsworth.
The Housing Element calls Santa Clarita unusual in Los Angeles County because it still has open land to build on, and new construction brings a familiar gap: the old house sells before the new one is ready. Affordable quality moving and storage in Santa Clarita, CA comes down to bridging that gap in one plan, so the load goes into storage and comes back out when the keys do.
The city counts more than 1,900 senior homes, from rentals to assisted living, and moving into one usually means downsizing to the fragile keepers: china cabinets, framed art, heirlooms. Those pieces can go with our white glove service.
In a city where nearly three homes in four are single-family, pool tables usually sit in game rooms and garages rather than apartments. When you need pool table movers in Santa Clarita, the crew takes the table apart, pads each slate section separately and wraps the rails and legs. If any single piece still tops 300 lbs, the heavy-item charge applies: $150, with a crew of three.
Other moving services in Santa Clarita have their own pages, starting with offices and business-park suites on office and business moves in Santa Clarita. For a move out of the region or out of state, see long-distance moves from Santa Clarita. Uprights and grands are handled on piano moving in Santa Clarita. And packing crews in Santa Clarita can box the house before loading day.
