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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.
Torrance, the South Bay city in Los Angeles County, has roughly 56,500 homes, and the 2024 American Community Survey puts their median year built at 1966. Just over half of them went up in the 1950s and 1960s, so the typical move here starts in a home that has stood for more than half a century. Before anything big leaves a room, the crew measures the sofa, the sectional and the armoire against the front door and the tightest hallway turn.
Detached houses make up about 56 percent of the city's homes, and that is where the driveway earns its keep. Section 61.6.19 of the Torrance Municipal Code lets a vehicle weighing more than 8,000 pounds with its load park on a city roadway for no longer than one hour, and a box truck with a household aboard is over that line. It is the first rule a Torrance moving company plans around: the truck goes on the driveway when it fits, and at the curb it stands only while the crew is actually carrying.
Apartment and condo buildings make up most of the rest. About one home in five sits in a building with 20 or more units, and about one in eight in a building with 50 or more, which usually means a reserved elevator, a certificate of insurance and set hours for moving. SOS issues the COI for $50 once the building sends its certificate-holder details, and the crew plans the load around the reserved elevator time, not the other way round.
Renters occupy about 43 percent of Torrance homes. With that many leases in play, month-end dates are the ones to book early, especially when a lease runs out on a weekend.
Torrance keeps heavy trucks on a short list of streets. Article 9 of the city's traffic code bars commercial vehicles over 8,000 pounds gross from every street except the posted truck routes; Artesia, Crenshaw, Hawthorne, Sepulveda and Torrance Boulevards and Western Avenue carry that status from one city limit to the other. A moving truck may leave a route only by the direct way to a pickup or delivery, so the driver plans the approach to your door from the nearest truck route rather than cutting through a residential grid.
Yellow curbs are not a moving plan here. Section 61.6.15 reserves them for loading from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays and legal holidays excepted, and section 61.6.22 gives the loading of materials by a commercial vehicle a 20-minute cap. That is time to roll a dolly and a few boxes to a lobby door, not to empty an apartment, so before move day we ask the building where it expects the truck to stand.
Backing a truck up to the curb to load is a matter for special permits from the Traffic Division under section 61.6.20. On the street our trucks park parallel like any other vehicle, and the crew lays out the carrying path from the rear doors with that in mind. The vehicle-size limits in a separate article of the same code are covered on the page about piano moving in Torrance.
The Hollywood Riviera is the hillside tract above Torrance Beach, developed from the late 1920s. Part of it carries a Redondo Beach 90277 mailing address, a leftover of an old postal arrangement, yet the land is inside Torrance and Torrance rules govern the truck. We plan by the city limits rather than the envelope and bring the truck in from Palos Verdes Boulevard or Pacific Coast Highway, both on the truck-route list.
Torrance Boulevard is a truck route from one city limit to the other, and once a year it becomes a parade route. The Armed Forces Day parade, which the city calls the longest-running military parade in the nation, follows Torrance Boulevard between Crenshaw Boulevard and Madrona Avenue, from downtown to City Hall; in 2026 it stepped off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, after the City Council kept it on its traditional route. Street closures around it start hours before the parade, so for a home near the Civic Center we suggest another day that weekend.
At the north end the truck-route map gets particular. Artesia Boulevard and 190th Street are truck routes across the whole city, but Redondo Beach Boulevard counts only eastbound, and 182nd Street only from Crenshaw east to the San Diego Freeway. For a North Torrance address the driver lines up on Artesia or 190th and turns in by the most direct street.
| Home type or area in Torrance | What to plan for on moving day |
|---|---|
| Detached house, about 56% of the city's homes | Truck on the driveway if it fits; at the curb only while loading, since a loaded truck over 8,000 pounds gets one hour of parking |
| Building with 20 or more units, about one home in five | Reserved elevator time, a COI naming the building, and no more than a 20-minute stop at a yellow curb |
| Hollywood Riviera home with a Redondo Beach 90277 address | Torrance rules apply; the truck comes in from Palos Verdes Boulevard or Pacific Coast Highway |
| North Torrance near Redondo Beach Boulevard | That boulevard is a truck route eastbound only, so the approach comes from Artesia Boulevard or 190th Street |
| Near Torrance Boulevard and City Hall on parade Saturday in May | Closures from early morning; move on another day |
| Shop with a rear door on a public alley | Merchandise goes out through the alley between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. |
Every SOS crew starts at our only base, 5530 Jillson Street in Los Angeles. The run to Torrance goes south on the I-710 and west on SR-91, about 20.5 miles and around 30 minutes without traffic. The SR-91 freeway ends at Vermont Avenue in Gardena, and from there the truck reaches Torrance on Artesia Boulevard and the city's truck routes such as Western Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard.
Weekday rush hours slow the I-710 and SR-91, so the clock matters more than the mileage, and an early start leaves room to finish before the evening traffic builds. Our 8AM – 6PM window also sits entirely inside the 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours when Torrance restricts its yellow curbs, one more reason the truck's spot is settled before the day starts. SOS provides moving services in Torrance Monday through Sunday, and a same-day move is possible when a crew is free.
At about 20.5 miles, Torrance falls inside the 30-mile line, so the minimum is 3 hours. Per our rates, double drive time applies to moves over 10 miles; overtime begins after 8 hours of work.
Businesses face one more rule. Section 61.6.25 bars loading or unloading the goods of a wholesale or retail business on a public street between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., except in public alleys where the building has a rear entrance. That sends commercial movers in Torrance to the back door: for a shop we load from the alley or a private lot, and for an office we book the dock and the elevator with building management and send the COI ahead. Crews work weekends too, so an office can move on Saturday and open on Monday; our commercial moving service page covers the planning.
Torrance has seen relocation at corporate scale. In 2014 Toyota announced it would move its North American sales and marketing headquarters from Torrance to a new campus in Plano, Texas, a shift that touched about 2,000 local employees and ran into 2017. For a household leaving the South Bay now, long-distance movers in Torrance still load under the same curb and truck-route rules as a local crew, and SOS runs interstate moves under USDOT 3398018 and MC 1153871; the long-distance moving page explains how those trips work.
Not every Torrance move goes straight from door to door. When the move-out and move-in dates do not line up, the page on moving and storage in Torrance shows where storage fits in.
The city line with Redondo Beach runs right along the Hollywood Riviera, and part of the Torrance side even uses Redondo Beach mailing addresses. If the home turns out to be on the Redondo Beach side, that city's rules apply instead, and our page for Redondo Beach movers is the place to start.
Artesia Boulevard, a Torrance truck route from end to end, keeps going west to Pacific Coast Highway at the Hermosa Beach line, along the old path of SR-91. That makes it the natural spine for a move between the two cities; for the beach end, see Hermosa Beach movers.
Gardena is where the SR-91 freeway ends, at Vermont Avenue, so the route from our base to Torrance passes through it. A move between the two cities stays on Artesia Boulevard and the truck routes named above; details for the other end are on the Gardena movers page.
