Careful, on-time moving crews you can trust
Three Guys Moving is a 5-star rated moving company business serving Silver Spring, MD and surrounding communities including Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville, Wheaton, Takoma Park, Gaithersburg. Careful, on-time moving crews you can trust Rated 5 stars by 15 local customers. Call (240) 603-8099 to book.
Full-service home moves across Silver Spring and the surrounding Maryland suburbs. The crew wraps your furniture, loads it tight, and sets everything back where you want it in the new place. Silver Spring apartments, townhomes, and single-family houses all get the same careful handling.
We move entire households across Silver Spring and the DC metro, wrapping and disassembling your furniture, loading it, and reassembling it in your new rooms.
Packing service for Silver Spring homes that need the whole kitchen, closet, and china cabinet boxed properly. Reviewers keep mentioning how carefully the team wraps fragile items. We can pack the day before your Maryland move, or pack and load the same morning.
We box up your Silver Spring home room by room with proper materials, label everything, then unpack and remove the empty boxes at your new address.
Silver Spring has plenty of buildings with tight elevators, loading-dock windows, and certificate-of-insurance paperwork. We move Maryland apartments and condos all week, work within your building's reserved time slot, and keep hallways and elevator walls protected the whole way.
We move apartments and condos in Silver Spring and the DC metro, working inside your building's reserved elevator window and handling the insurance paperwork first.
Downsizing a parent out of a Silver Spring house takes patience, not just muscle. We pack, move, unpack, and set up the new assisted living apartment so it is livable the same day, then clear out whatever stays behind in the Maryland home.
We handle downsizing moves for older adults in Silver Spring, packing the old home, setting up the assisted living apartment the same day, and clearing what stays behind.
Bought a sofa, mattress, or dresser and have no way to get it home? We pick up from Silver Spring area stores and warehouses, bring it inside, and mount or assemble it where you want it. Same crew handles single-item moves across Maryland.
We pick up furniture from Silver Spring area stores or warehouses, carry it inside your home, and assemble or mount it in the room where you want it.
Already have a rental truck or portable container parked at your Silver Spring address? Hire the crew for labor only. We load it tight so nothing shifts on the road, or unload and place everything inside when your container lands in Maryland.
You supply the rental truck or portable container at your Silver Spring address, and our crew loads it tight or unloads and carries everything to the right rooms.
How long does a local house move take?
Most local moves in Silver Spring finish in a single day. A one-bedroom apartment is usually a half day. A three-bedroom house with stairs at both ends typically runs most of a working day. The variables that stretch it are stair count, elevator windows, and how much is packed and ready when the crew arrives. We give you an expected window when we quote.
Do I need to pack before the movers arrive?
Boxes should be sealed and labeled before move day if you are packing yourself. We handle all furniture wrapping and disassembly, so leave beds, tables, and shelving assembled for us. If the kitchen or closets are not going to be ready in time, tell us at booking and we can add packing service the day before or the same morning.
What can movers not take on the truck?
Standard exclusions across the moving industry are flammables and hazardous materials: propane tanks, gasoline, paint thinner, aerosols, and similar. Perishable food and live plants are also better moved in your own car. If you have something unusual like a safe, piano, gun cabinet, or aquarium, mention it when you call so we can plan the crew and equipment for it.
How long does it take to pack a house?
A one-bedroom apartment usually takes a crew a few hours. A three-bedroom Silver Spring house is typically a full day, sometimes done the day before the load. Kitchens and china cabinets take the longest because every piece gets individually wrapped. If you are only having us pack the hard rooms and doing the rest yourself, the timeline shrinks accordingly.
Do you provide the boxes and packing materials?
Yes. We bring boxes, packing paper, bubble wrap, tape, and wardrobe boxes for hanging clothes, plus moving blankets for the furniture. If you have already collected boxes yourself, we can work with those and just bring the padding materials. Tell us at booking roughly how much you have packed so we bring the right quantity.
Can you pack just the kitchen and leave the rest?
Partial packing is common. Most people handle the closets and books themselves and hand off the kitchen, the china cabinet, and the artwork, which are the rooms where bad packing shows up as broken glass. We can do one room or the whole house. Just tell us which rooms when you call so the quote reflects the actual scope.
What is a certificate of insurance for a move?
Most managed buildings in Silver Spring, Bethesda, and DC require the moving company to file a certificate of insurance naming the property before the crew is allowed on the freight elevator. It confirms the mover carries coverage if a wall or elevator gets damaged. Send us your management contact when you book and we handle the paperwork ahead of your date.
How do I reserve the freight elevator?
Contact your building's management or concierge as soon as you have a move date, since popular windows go first at the end of the month. Ask for the length of the slot, whether the dock is included, and what time the building allows moves to start and end. Then tell us the window and we size the crew to finish inside it.
Can you move me if there is no elevator?
Yes. Stair carries are routine for us, including third and fourth floor walk-ups in older Silver Spring and Takoma Park buildings. Stairs do add time, so we account for the floor count when we quote and often send a larger crew so the day does not stretch. Tell us the floor and whether the stairwell has tight turns when you call.
How do you handle a move into assisted living?
We work at the family's pace, not the clock. The crew packs the house, moves the selected furniture to the new apartment, unpacks it, and assembles the bed and furniture so the room is livable that night rather than a stack of boxes. Facilities usually have their own move-in hours and elevator rules, and we coordinate with them before the date.
Can you clear out the house afterward?
Yes, and families ask for this often. After the main move, we come back and remove what is left in the Silver Spring home so it can be cleaned, listed, and shown. That second visit can happen days or months later depending on how the family wants to sort through things. Call (240) 603-8099 to schedule the follow-up separately from the move itself.
How do we decide what fits in the new apartment?
Ask the facility for the room dimensions and a floor plan first, then choose furniture against those measurements rather than by eye. Beds, a dresser, one comfortable chair, and a small table usually fill an assisted living room fast. Anything that does not fit stays for the clear-out. Measuring first prevents the exhausting scenario of furniture arriving and having nowhere to go.
Can you pick up furniture from a store for me?
Yes. Give us the store or warehouse address, the pickup order number, and the item details, and we collect it and bring it to your Silver Spring address. This is common with warehouse-club and outlet purchases where the store only loads it into your vehicle. We bring it inside and place it in the room, not on the curb.
Do you assemble flat-pack furniture?
Yes. Bed frames, dressers, shelving, desks, and similar flat-pack items get assembled in the room they belong in. We also mount TVs. Tell us the brand and model when you book so we can estimate the time, since a large wardrobe system takes considerably longer than a nightstand. Packaging and debris go with us when we leave.
Will my new sofa fit through the door?
Measure the sofa's height, depth, and diagonal, then measure the narrowest doorway, hallway turn, and stairwell on the path. In older Silver Spring and Takoma Park homes the stair landing is usually the choke point, not the front door. If it is close, we measure on site before the carry and take legs or the back off when the design allows it.
How does labor-only moving help work?
You rent and drive the truck or have the container delivered, and we provide the crew and the muscle. We wrap the furniture, disassemble what needs it, and load the truck balanced and packed tight so nothing shifts on the road. On the other end, we unload and place items in the rooms you want. You are paying for the crew, not the vehicle.
What size truck do I need for my home?
As rough industry guidance, a studio or small one-bedroom usually fits a ten to twelve foot truck, a two-bedroom apartment a sixteen footer, and a three-bedroom house a twenty-six footer. Stairs and storage volume push it up. Renting one size larger costs a little more but beats making a second trip. Tell us what you reserved and we will flag it if it looks short.
Can you load a PODS or portable container?
Yes, portable container loading is regular work for us across Silver Spring and Montgomery County. Containers travel further and sit longer than rental trucks, so the packing has to be tighter and the weight distributed evenly front to back. We wrap furniture before it goes in and build the load wall by wall so there is no empty space for things to slide into.
Three Guys Moving proudly serves Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville, Wheaton, Takoma Park, Gaithersburg, College Park, Hyattsville, Washington DC, Frederick across the Silver Spring, MD area.
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