Who calls us for this
- The movers cancelled, or never turned up. The elevator is booked, the keys change hands tomorrow, and the truck is not coming.
- The date moved under you. A closing was brought forward, a lease ended sooner than planned, a landlord wants the keys.
- A job starts Monday in another city. Relocations rarely give you the notice you would like.
- Something happened at home. A family emergency, a flood, a sale that went through faster than expected.
- A deadline you cannot argue with. Storage closing, a unit re-let, a building that only allows moves on certain days.
What we can actually promise
Not that we can always come today — crews are booked ahead, and anyone who says yes before checking is guessing with your day. What we do promise is the part we control:
- An answer within 15 minutes, 8 AM to 8 PM, every day. Miss it and we take $25 off the move.
- A straight yes or no. If the earliest we can realistically do is tomorrow morning, you hear that now, while you still have time to call someone else.
- The price before we commit, not after the truck is loaded.
- A call about 30 minutes before the crew arrives, so you are not watching the street all morning.
- The same licensed, insured crew as any other day — a rush does not mean a scratch team. We are a licensed Washington mover and Thumbtack Top Pro for 2024 and 2025.
What an emergency move costs
Sometimes the same as any other day, sometimes more — and we tell you which on the call. If a crew has a gap, an urgent job is priced at our ordinary rates. If fitting you in means rearranging a day that somebody else booked weeks ago, starting earlier, finishing later or adding a mover to make it work at all, then it costs more, and we say so before you agree to anything.
What never changes: you get the number before the crew sets off, the fees are the same ones published on the rest of the site, and nothing is added at the end. Our ordinary rates and what they include are on the moving cost page — that is the starting point for an urgent day too.
A few things genuinely bring an urgent job down:
- Flexibility on the hour. An afternoon start is often easier to fit than a morning one.
- Tomorrow instead of today. Even a few hours of notice widens what we can do.
- Being packed. Boxes ready and furniture cleared means the crew loads instead of sorting.
- Your own truck. If you already have one, labor-only help is the cheaper half of the job.
Have this ready and we can answer in one call
- Both addresses, and when you need it done by
- Home size, and whether it is an apartment, condo or house
- Stairs, a lift, or a long walk from the truck at either end
- Whether you are packed, part packed, or nothing has been touched
- Anything heavy or awkward: appliances, a safe, a piano, items over 250 lbs
- If another company left you mid-move, what is already loaded
If another company cancelled on you
- Keep your building booking. The lift reservation and loading bay are worth more than the truck — they are the hard part to get back.
- Get it in writing. A text or email from the company that cancelled is worth having, whatever you decide to do about the deposit later.
- Photograph where things stand. Packed, half packed, already on a truck — it helps us size the crew, and it is useful to you either way.
- Call rather than write. Chat and the quote form both reach us, but on the day itself the phone is fastest.
Urgent moves by city
An urgent day looks different in a downtown tower, a walk-up and a house with a driveway — and we work in all of them every week. These pages say what a rushed move usually looks like where you are.
Not on the list? We cover the whole Greater Seattle area and the Snoqualmie Valley — call and ask.
Questions people ask at the last minute
Can you move me today?
Sometimes, and we will tell you within 15 minutes either way. Crews are booked in advance, so a same-day job depends on what is free that morning — call and we will look at the actual schedule rather than promising first and checking later.
My movers cancelled on me. How fast can you get there?
Call us and say that first — it changes how we look at the day. If a crew can be moved, we move it. If the honest answer is tomorrow morning, you will hear that straight away instead of losing another afternoon waiting.
Does an emergency move cost more?
Sometimes, and sometimes not. If a crew already has a gap, you pay our ordinary rates. If fitting you in means rearranging a day that is already booked, or starting early and finishing late, it costs more. We tell you which one it is on the call, before anything is committed.
Why not just publish an emergency rate?
Because a single number would be wrong for most people who call. What the day costs depends on what has to be rescheduled, how big the job is, how far apart the addresses are and what time we can start — so we work it out with you on the phone instead of printing a figure and adding to it later.
Will I know when the crew is actually arriving?
Yes — the crew lead calls you about 30 minutes before they get there. On an urgent day that is the difference between waiting by a window and getting on with the rest of it.
What hours do you answer?
From 8 AM to 8 PM every day, and within 15 minutes — if we miss that, we take $25 off the move. Outside those hours, leave a message or write in the chat and it is the first thing we pick up in the morning.
Can you take a half-loaded truck off my hands?
Tell us exactly where things stand — loaded, half loaded, packed but not moved, or still in the apartment. It changes the crew size and the time, and we would rather plan for the real situation than the tidy version of it.
Do I still pay a deposit on an urgent job?
Booking normally takes a $50 deposit, refundable in full if you cancel or move the date 72 hours or more ahead. On a same-day job we confirm everything on the phone before the crew sets off.
Tell us what has gone wrong — we will tell you what we can do
We move households across the Greater Seattle area and the Snoqualmie Valley, 8 AM to 8 PM daily, and answer within 15 minutes.