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. We also move households between Upland and other Inland Empire cities.
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 Upland 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.
Upland, CA sits on the San Bernardino County side of the Los Angeles County line, and most of its roughly 28,000 homes are houses: state estimates put single-family detached homes at 57.7% of the housing stock. More of today's housing dates from the 1970s than from any other decade, with the 1980s close behind, and together those two decades account for close to half of all units. For movers in Upland, the typical job is a driveway load from a house that has had decades to fill its garage and closets.
Complexes change the math. About 22.5% of Upland's homes are in buildings of five or more units, another 10.4% in two- to four-unit buildings, and 865 are mobile homes. In a large complex most of the time goes into the distance between the parking lot and the front door, so the crew pads each piece inside the unit and rolls it to the truck on carts. More on complex moves is on our apartment movers page.
Then there are the old districts. Upland has nine locally designated historic districts and more than 580 properties on its local register: Pleasant View's period of significance begins in 1888, Victorian Row runs from 1895 to 1926, and the Arrow/Laurel Bungalow District covers 1909 to 1930. In houses that age the crew lays runners over original floors, pads door frames and stair rails, and takes beds and tables apart before they meet a narrow hallway. China from glass-front built-ins is work for our packing crew, finished before the furniture starts moving.
Upland's municipal code bars commercial vehicles of 6,000 pounds unladen weight or more from parking on streets in residential zones, with an exception while they load or unload until the work is done. For moving day that exception is the part that matters: the truck can hold the curb in front of your house while the crew loads or unloads. Park your own cars in the driveway or garage the evening before, so that stretch of curb is empty when the truck pulls up.
Some residential blocks are permit-parking areas. The city gives residents there up to three permanent bumper stickers per address plus visitor passes for the dashboard, so if relatives are driving over to help, keep a pass for each car that will sit on the block.
Residential streets are swept twice a month, and during the hours posted for sweeping nobody may stop, stand or park on that street. Check the sign on your block before you choose a date; the crew plans where the truck stands around those hours. Alleys are stricter: the code allows stopping in any Upland alley only for immediate loading or unloading.
If your HOA or complex manager asks for a certificate of insurance, SOS issues one for $50. Send the manager's requirements when you book, and ask the office where a truck is allowed to stand.
Euclid Avenue is the spine of the city. George and William Chaffey laid it out in 1882 with a median planted in pepper trees and palms. The whole stretch from Philadelphia Street in Ontario up to 24th Street in Upland, median included, went onto the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The median opens only at intervals for cross traffic, so the truck is routed to arrive in the lanes on your side of Euclid instead of hunting for a turn at the last block.
Downtown's heart is Second Avenue at Ninth Street, just east of Euclid. The code keeps vehicles over three tons off the Second Avenue Concourse, and downtown employees park all day on city permits in designated lots behind the storefronts. For an apartment or office there, we agree on the loading point with you before moving day rather than improvising at the curb.
North of the city line, San Antonio Heights is unincorporated county land, a historic subdivision that reaches the edge of the Angeles National Forest. The county's community action guide describes large lots, one-of-a-kind houses and quiet streets, and residents who want those streets kept narrow and traffic slow. Before the truck backs up a long drive there, the crew walks it and checks overhanging branches, since the neighborhood is thick with trees; a house set deep on a big lot also means a longer carry.
| Upland area or home type | What to plan for on moving day |
|---|---|
| Euclid Avenue homes between the Ontario line and 24th Street | Median crossings only at openings, so the truck comes in on your side; runners over original floors. |
| Pleasant View, Victorian Row, Arrow/Laurel bungalows | Houses from districts dated 1888 to 1938: narrow doors and porch steps, so frames get padded and large pieces come apart. |
| Downtown around Second Avenue and Ninth Street | No vehicles over three tons on the Second Avenue Concourse, alleys for immediate loading only; settle the loading point ahead. |
| Complexes of five or more units (22.5% of homes) | The manager's move rules and a possible COI request; a long walk from the lot, so carts and pads. |
| Mobile home parks (865 homes) | Private park lanes; ask the park office where the truck may stop. |
| San Antonio Heights, county land north of the city | Narrow streets, big lots, many trees: branch clearance checked before the truck backs in. |
Every SOS crew starts from our only base, on Jillson Street in Los Angeles. The run to Upland is SR-60 east, I-605 north and I-10 east: about 34.1 miles, around 45 minutes without traffic. Because Upland is more than 30 miles from the base, the minimum here is 4 hours rather than 3, and double drive time applies to moves over 10 miles.
Moving services in Upland fit the regular day, 8AM to 6PM, Monday through Sunday. The 60 and the 10 across the San Gabriel Valley slow down in both commute peaks, so a job that loads in the morning usually gets the truck through before the evening rush builds.
Euclid keeps going south into Ontario, and the National Register listing covers both cities' stretches of it; for the Ontario end of a move, see our Ontario movers page. Claremont is the first city to the west, across the Los Angeles County line on Foothill Boulevard; for moves to or from there, see Claremont movers. For the rest of the region, start with movers across the Inland Empire.
