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Services & prices

Every service, with its starting price

No form and no phone call first. Book any service on its own, or pick a package built for where you are in your move.

Cleaning

For the house you’re moving into, and the one you’re leaving.

Deep cleaning

Every corner of the house, cleaned for the person moving in.

  • An apartment or small house, up to 1,000 sq ft

    $325

    Our $325 minimum covers any home up to about 1,000 sq ft. Above that, it’s $0.31/sq ft of floor area.

  • A 3-bedroom house, about 1,500 sq ft

    $465

    1,500 sq ft of floor at $0.31/sq ft.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Deep clean — every room, top to bottomMinimum $325$0.31/sq ft

Broom cleaning

The place you’re leaving, swept, wiped, and ready to hand over.

  • An apartment or small house, up to 1,300 sq ft

    $195

    Our $195 minimum covers any home up to 1,300 sq ft. Above that, it’s $0.15/sq ft of floor area.

  • A 3-bedroom house, about 1,800 sq ft

    $270

    1,800 sq ft of floor at $0.15/sq ft.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Broom clean — swept, wiped, and ready to hand overMinimum $195$0.15/sq ft

Repairs & paint

Walls fixed, rooms painted, and the small list handled.

Wall repairs

Nail pops, holes, cracks, and water stains, in plaster or drywall.

  • A small patch, up to 2 sq ft

    $190

    Nail pops, a doorknob hole, or a short crack. One flat price, $190.

  • A medium patch

    $415

    A bigger hole, like where a towel bar or a cabinet tore out. One flat price, $415.

  • A section of wall or ceiling, or a skim coat

    from $875

    We cut back to sound wall, rebuild it, and finish it in three coats. It’s from $875, priced on your estimate.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Plaster or drywall patch — small$190
Plaster or drywall patch — medium$415
Plaster or drywall — section repairfrom $875

Interior painting

Walls, ceilings, and trim, two coats, with the prep done first.

  • A standard bedroom, walls and ceiling

    $850

    12 × 12 ft with 9-ft ceilings, so 144 sq ft of floor. Walls are $5.00/sq ft of floor area, and the ceiling adds +$1.00/sq ft.

  • A large living room, walls and ceiling

    $1,900

    16 × 20 ft with 9-ft ceilings, so 320 sq ft of floor at $5.00/sq ft for walls. The ceiling adds +$1.00/sq ft.

  • An interior door, both sides

    $150

    Both faces, the edges, and the frame, two coats, at $150/door.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Interior painting — walls, 2 coatsMinimum $450$5.00/sq ft
Ceilings+$1.00/sq ft
Trim & doors — per door$150/door
Trim & doors — running trim$4.50/linear ft

General repairs

The small fixes on your list that don’t fit anywhere else.

  • A short list, about 2 hours

    $200

    2 hours at $100/hr, which is also our minimum.

  • A half-day list, about 4 hours

    $400

    4 hours at $100/hr.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
General repairs — by the hourMinimum 2 hours$100/hr

Floors & fixtures

The updates that make a house feel new.

Floors

Hardwood refinished, or new hardwood, vinyl plank, and carpet installed.

  • Refinish a living and dining room, about 400 sq ft

    $1,600

    400 sq ft at $4.00/sq ft, which is also our minimum. Dustless sanding and three coats of finish included.

  • Refinish the hardwood in a 2-bedroom, about 800 sq ft

    $3,200

    800 sq ft at $4.00/sq ft. Tiled kitchens and baths aren’t counted.

  • Hardwood installed in a living and dining room, about 400 sq ft

    $1,950

    400 sq ft of prefinished hardwood at $4.95/sq ft to install. The flooring is extra: bring your own, or we supply it at cost plus 15%. Unfinished wood is sanded and finished after, at $4.00/sq ft.

  • Vinyl plank installed in a basement, about 400 sq ft

    $1,300

    400 sq ft at $3.25/sq ft to install. The flooring is extra: bring your own, or we supply it at cost plus 15%. Our minimum is 300 sq ft.

  • Carpet installed in three bedrooms, about 400 sq ft

    $600

    400 sq ft at $1.50/sq ft to install, stretched in over new pad. The carpet and pad are extra: bring your own, or we supply them at cost plus 15%. Our minimum is 300 sq ft.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Hardwood refinishing — dustless includedMinimum 400 sq ft$4.00/sq ft
LVP — installation, flooring extraMinimum 300 sq ft$3.25/sq ft
Hardwood — installation, flooring extraMinimum 300 sq ft$4.95/sq ft
Carpet — installation, carpet and pad extraMinimum 300 sq ft$1.50/sq ft

Light fixtures and hardware

New light fixtures on your existing boxes, plus knobs, pulls, and door handles.

  • Knobs and pulls installed in a kitchen, 24 pieces

    $190

    24 pieces at $8 a piece to install. The hardware is extra: bring your own, or we supply it at cost plus 15%.

  • Three light fixtures, swapped like-for-like

    $285

    3 fixtures at $95/fixture to install, on the boxes that are already there. The fixtures are extra: yours, or we supply them at cost plus 15%.

  • New handles on 5 interior doors

    $325

    5 doors at $65/door to install. The handles are extra: yours, or we supply them at cost plus 15%.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Light fixture replacement — like-for-like, fixture extraMinimum 3 fixtures$95/fixture
Cabinet knobs & pulls — hardware extraMinimum $150$8 a piece
Door hardware — knob or lockset, hardware extra$65/door

Packing & moving

Packed, loaded, moved, and hauled.

Packing

Boxes, paper, tape, and the labor, with every box labeled.

  • Pack a 1-bedroom apartment

    $650

    About 8 packer-hours at $85/hr. Boxes, paper, and tape are extra, at cost plus 15%.

  • Pack a 2-bedroom home

    $1,000

    About 12 packer-hours at $85/hr, plus materials.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Packing — per packerMinimum 2 hours$85/hr

Loading and unloading

You rent the truck or container. We load it, unload it, or both.

  • Load a 1-bedroom, 2 movers

    $360

    About 3 hours at $120/hr for the crew, including the one travel hour.

  • Load a 3-bedroom, 3 movers

    $850

    About 5 hours at $170/hr for the crew, including the travel hour.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Loading or unloading — 2 moversMinimum 2 hours$120/hr
Loading or unloading — 3 moversMinimum 2 hours$170/hr

Junk removal

What isn’t coming with you, hauled away the same day.

  • A quarter truckload, like a sofa and a few boxes

    from $200

    Priced by volume, from $200 for a quarter of the truck.

Rates and minimums

Your estimate uses these rates, measured on your house.

Prices
ServicePrice
Junk removalfrom $200

Commercial

Office and retail moves.

Office and commercial moving

Office moves for 10 to 150 people, quoted per project.

Prices
ServicePrice
Office & commercialquoted per project

The fine print, in plain English

What’s included, what costs extra, and how you pay.

What’s included

On repairs, paint, and floors: surface prep, patching under two square feet, caulking, masking, drop cloths, lead-safe containment and cleanup where the home needs it, and hauling the debris. Standard-grade paint and materials.

On packing and moving: padding and wrap for your furniture, dollies, straps, and tools, and taking apart and putting back together standard furniture.

On cleaning: every supply and every tool.

What costs extra, and we’ll tell you first
  • Wallpaper removal. Priced per room after we see it.
  • Materials above standard grade. Paint, flooring, fixtures, and hardware you choose are listed on your estimate at cost plus 15%.
  • Tall ceilings and detailed trim. Extra hours in an older house, quoted up front.
  • Travel on moving and loading jobs. One hour at your crew rate, on your estimate. Not charged on other work.
  • Parking permits. Rarely needed with a driveway. Where a town requires one, we file it and pass the fee through at cost.

That’s the whole list. No stair fee, long-carry fee, fuel surcharge, or weekend rate.

Our estimate promise

The price we quote is the price we bill for everything on your estimate.

If we open a wall or lift a floor and find something hidden that isn’t on your estimate, we stop, show you, and price the fix in writing before we touch it. You decide whether we do it. We never discover a problem and bill you for it afterward.

If we misjudged the work on your estimate — the crew size, the hours, the coats — that’s our mistake and we eat it. The only time your price changes is if you change the job, or if the house tells us something it was hiding.

How you pay

30% when you sign. The rest when we finish. Anything that isn’t right waits until we’ve fixed it.

Pennsylvania caps a home improvement deposit at one third of the price, and we stay under it. You have three business days after signing to cancel for any reason, at no cost.

Not sure what you need?

Tell us about the house and we’ll tell you, including when the answer is that you don’t need us.