How much do movers cost in Folsom?
A local move in Folsom is charged by the hour with the truck inside the rate, on a minimum of three hours of work plus one hour of travel. What sets the hours here is the ground: Folsom sits where the valley meets the Sierra foothills, so driveways slope and houses step down their lots, and every trip with a loaded dolly costs a little more time than the same house would on the flat.
Not taking bookings yet — our California mover permit is with the state regulator. The rates and the way we work are below; ask anything and we will answer.
A price in about a minute, or a written answer the same day.
Photo: Sutter Street, historic Folsom by The Oaked Ridge, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Carpenter Hill, inside the city, is the highest point in Sacramento County — that is the whole story of a Folsom move. The historic streets around Sutter Street add a second problem: narrow, parked-up, and beautiful. We ask which part of Folsom you are in before quoting, because the answer changes the hours more than the number of rooms does.
| Home size | Crew | Typical total |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 2 · $129/hr | from $516 |
| 1 bedroom | 2 · $129/hr | from $516 |
| 2 bedrooms | 2 · $129/hr | from $710 |
| 3 bedrooms | 3 · $179/hr | from $1253 |
Truck included · minimum 3 hours of labour plus 1 hour of travel, so $516 with two movers · a longer drive bills the doubled time instead, as the state tariff requires
What moves the hours here
Slope is time, and it is in the estimate
Where the house steps down its lot the truck parks at the top and everything is carried up. That work goes into the estimate as hours before you book. It never appears afterwards as a long-carry fee, because there is no long-carry fee here.
Historic Folsom needs the parking agreed first
Around Sutter Street the kerb space is short and usually taken. Settling where the truck stands the day before is worth about forty minutes on the morning, and forty minutes is real money on an hourly job.
About twenty miles into Sacramento, doubled
US-50 the whole way, and Item 36 of Maximum Rate Tariff 4 requires the driving time between your two addresses to be billed twice on every hourly local move, whatever the distance.
Double drive time, and why it is on your bill
Maximum Rate Tariff 4, Item 36: an hourly local move bills loading, unloading and double the driving time between your two addresses. The tariff sets no distance threshold, so it applies however short the drive. It is the state tariff rather than a company surcharge, and the line is on your estimate before you book.
Questions people ask
Does a steep driveway cost more?
It takes longer, which on an hourly job is the same thing — but it is quoted as hours in advance rather than added afterwards as a fee. Tell us when you book and the estimate already contains it.
Can you move a piano out of a foothill house?
Yes. The crew size and the equipment depend on the instrument and on the path to the door. Send a photo of both and you will get a firm answer rather than a maybe.
Which days are hardest to book?
Fridays and Saturdays. A lot of households here can only move at the end of the week, so those dates go first. Midweek is easier to get and the crew is fresher.