“Owen and Derek were awesome!”
Donna Kilpatrick
Monroeville · local
Pittsburgh, PA Movers — Pennsylvania-Registered Since 2013
Braddock, PA Movers
Ask around Braddock and the answer comes back the same way twice: the crew shows up on time, and the bill matches whatever paper they handed over at the walkthrough.
- Your number arrives in writing before the truck is ever scheduled, not the morning it shows
- A fleet of 6, parked under one roof, staffed entirely by people we hired ourselves
- A $1M cargo policy backs every single job, anywhere across Greater Pittsburgh
Hold Your DateReal people answer, usually the same day
Braddock Crew, PA
Braddock Jobs, Handled Start To Finish By One Crew
One Monday it’s a full house clear-out in Braddock, by Friday it’s a student apartment turnover — either way, the same payroll crew runs it, nothing gets subbed out to a name we don’t know.
Whether it’s an ordinary Tuesday or the last week of August when Pitt move-in traffic clogs every side street in Braddock, the number we wrote down before backing the truck in is the number due when it pulls away.
On A Typical Braddock Week
- Same-day calls fit in right alongside jobs booked weeks ahead, anywhere across Greater Pittsburgh
- House, duplex, or small office — one crew handles the job either way, no separate booking process
- Piano or gun cabinet on the inventory? We rig it properly instead of forcing it through a doorway
- Whole house packed or just a couple rooms, cartons are already staged on the truck either way
Braddock: One Crew, Booked Start To Finish
Book a Braddock job with us and the same person who ran your walkthrough is the one climbing out of the truck on moving day — we don’t hand it off to whoever happens to be free.
The figure we write down during the Braddock walkthrough is the figure on the invoice — mileage, a flight of stairs, whatever else, already built in rather than added afterward.
Braddock brings its own challenges — narrow rowhouse stairwells, steep hillside streets that a standard dolly fights against, older houses with doorways that barely clear a sofa — and this crew has already worked through all of it.
A Typical Week For Our Braddock Crew
Quick Answers First
Braddock: The Questions We Hear Most
What does a typical Braddock move run?
A one-bedroom with a two- or three-mover crew usually comes out cheaper on the hourly rate; past that size, a flat number tends to win. Either way, pricing is based on what’s actually in your rooms, agreed to on paper before the truck shows.
Does Braddock count as local, or is it billed as a haul?
Braddock is local territory, plain and simple — same crew, same hourly rate as a job starting five minutes from our lot.
I’m in an apartment or rowhouse in Braddock — does that change anything?
Braddock keeps us busy with plenty of apartment and rowhouse turnovers, and we’re the ones calling ahead to reserve the elevator or block off street parking, not you.
What licensing applies to Braddock jobs?
A Pennsylvania household goods carrier registration, interstate DOT/MC authority for anything crossing a state line, and $1M of cargo coverage on every load we run in Braddock.
The Quick Version
Booking The Moving Firm, One Step At A Time
1
Tell Us The Basics
Pickup address, destination, and a rough date is all Grant needs on his end to start building a price.
2
We Take A Look
A quick video call or an in-person walkthrough tells us the stair count, whether a piano’s involved, and anything else that could slow a standard crew down.
3
Mention Anything Unusual
Extra storage, a gun cabinet that takes two people to move, whatever the oddball item is — flag it during the walkthrough and it folds into your existing number instead of appearing as a surprise later.
4
You Get It In Writing
Whatever number lands in your inbox is the number you’ll sign off on come moving day — it doesn’t quietly climb in the meantime.
5
The Truck Shows Up
Moving day arrives and so does one of our trucks, running the crew size we already discussed with you.
The Full Range Of What We Run Across Greater Pittsburgh
Our own trucks and our own crew have covered Greater Pittsburgh since 2013, one job at a time — a rowhouse in Wilkinsburg and a hillside property in Churchill get held to the exact same standard.
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Learn More ›What Pittsburgh Customers Have Told Us
Nothing gets polished before it’s posted — easy in-town jobs and complicated ones alike, pulled straight from real moves across Greater Pittsburgh.
“Gabriel and Marcus were fantastic early on a cold Pittsburgh morning. Getting everything into the third-floor walk-up was a challenge — they made it happen anyway!”
Jennifer Hauf
Wilkinsburg · local
“I had a great experience with The Moving Firm. I'd researched several companies and was hesitant to commit to anyone at first — glad I did.”
Jenna Richardson
Swissvale · local
“Owen and Gabriel were awesome! They went above and beyond to make sure everything was taken care of.”
Ryan Larson
Turtle Creek · local
“We used The Moving Firm to move us from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and I was so impressed with the customer service, speed, and safety. Owen and Derek were fantastic.”
Zoraya Southward
Pittsburgh · long_distance
“I had a great experience with The Moving Firm. From start to finish, the team was organized, friendly, and efficient. Marcus made sure our storage pickup was scheduled around our closing delay without any hassle.”
Sheena Houston
North Versailles · short_term
Us Versus The Alternatives
Rent a truck yourself and you’re the one lifting; book a drop-off pod and a stranger drives it; go through a broker and your contact info gets sold to whoever bids lowest that week. None of those three get you our crew carrying the boxes and a number you agreed to ahead of time.
| The Moving Firm | Brokers | Containers | Truck Rentals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You get the number in writing before anything gets taped up, not after the truck’s already in your driveway | – | |||
| Every set of hands on the truck is on The Moving Firm’s own payroll, never gig-app pickup labor | ||||
| State registration plus federal DOT and MC authority, both on file and current | – | – | ||
| The person unloading your last box tonight is the same one who loaded the first box this morning | ||||
| Packing supplies, the move itself, and reassembly on the other end all live on one quote instead of three separate ones | ||||
| Piano, gun cabinet, an oddly shaped antique — Derek rigs it by hand rather than handing it off to someone else | ||||
| Need somewhere to park your things for a few weeks? Storage space is already sitting there waiting | ||||
| One truck, one crew, start to finish — nothing changes hands between your old driveway and the new one |
Meet The Crew Handling Your Pittsburgh Move
Background-checked, W-2 employees driving trucks the company owns outright — never a name pulled off a gig app the morning of your move.
Nolan Brennan
Owner & Founder 13+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Owen Talbot
Lead Crew Chief 9+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Derek Panko
Senior Mover 7+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Gabriel Nowak
Mover 5+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Marcus Boyle
Move Coordinator & Storage 6+ yrs with The Moving Firm
Grant Petrosky
Operations Manager 8+ yrs with The Moving FirmReady When You Are
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