We try to keep things plain. No fine print games, no surprise fees at the truck. If anything below isn’t clear for your situation, just ask.
Quick version: flat written price, our own crew and trucks, $99 to hold your date, $1,000,000 cargo coverage per shipment. We’re a licensed Kansas City mover, never a broker.
How do you price a move: hourly or flat?
Most local moves run on our hourly rate: $129/hr for a two-mover crew and truck, or $169/hr for three movers, with pads, dollies, and tools included. For many jobs we can also lock a flat written price up front, with bands that run from $320–$520 for a studio to $2,200–$3,300 for a four-bedroom house. Either way you get the number in writing before move day, and that’s what you pay.
Is there a deposit, and how much?
Yes. A $99 deposit holds your date on the calendar. It isn’t an extra fee; it comes straight off your final total. We ask for it because our trucks and crews book up, especially around the end of the month and through the summer.
What’s included in the price?
Our truck, the crew, fuel, and the standard equipment: moving pads, dollies, hand tools, and shrink wrap for furniture. Loading, driving, and unloading are all part of it. Packing materials and labor are separate if you want us to box things up, and specialty items like pianos or safes carry an added handling charge starting at $329.
Do you handle packing?
We do. Full-service packing starts at $360 for materials and labor, and our crew will box the whole house, including the kitchen and the breakables. If you’d rather pack yourself and just want a hand with the fragile or awkward stuff, partial packing is available too, so it’s your call.
For a long-distance move, will my stuff share a truck with other people’s?
No. When you move out of Missouri with us, you get our own dedicated truck and our own crew, with no shared loads, no transferring your boxes onto a stranger’s trailer at a warehouse. The same people who load you in Kansas City are the ones who unload you at the other end. Long-distance flat-rate starts at $1,950 with a binding written quote.
How does insurance and valuation work?
Every shipment carries up to $1,000,000 in cargo coverage. The standard included protection is released-value at $0.60 per pound per item, which is the federal baseline. If you want fuller coverage, we offer full-value protection for an added cost, and we’ll explain the difference plainly before you decide.
Are you licensed?
Yes. We carry US DOT and MC authority for interstate moves, and we hold Missouri intrastate household-goods operating authority registered with MoDOT Motor Carrier Services for moves within the state. We’re bonded and insured, and we keep all of it current.
Are you a broker or a moving company?
We are a moving company, full stop. David’s Moving Company owns its trucks and employs its movers as full-time W-2 staff. We are not a broker, a matching service, or a lead aggregator. We don’t hand your move off to some carrier we found; our own uniformed crew runs every job from load to unload.
Do you offer storage if my dates don’t line up?
Yes. We hold shipments in climate-controlled storage vaults starting at $50 per month, then deliver when your new place is ready. It’s handled by our own crew in our own space, with no re-handling through a third-party warehouse.
Can you move in a Missouri summer heat wave or a winter ice storm?
We move year-round through Kansas City weather. In summer we start early to beat the worst of the heat and humidity and keep the crew hydrated; in winter we salt steps, lay floor runners, and watch the ice so your floors and your furniture both stay safe. We’ve been doing it since 2012 — the weather rarely stops a move, it just changes how we plan it.
Can you handle a century home with narrow stairs and no driveway?
That’s our bread and butter. The pre-war homes in Brookside, Waldo, and Hyde Park come with tight staircases, low doorways, porches, and street-only parking, and our crew works those blocks constantly and knows how to get a couch around a hairpin landing without scuffing the plaster. We plan the long carry and the parking ahead of time so move day goes smooth.
How far ahead should I book?
Sooner is better. For a weekday mid-month we can sometimes fit you in on short notice, but weekends, the start and end of the month, and the whole summer stretch fill up fast. Two to four weeks out is a safe window; if you’re moving around a tight closing date, call us as early as you can and we’ll hold it with the $99 deposit.
