Syracuse Movers with Flat-Rate Pricing Since 1996

Our pricing includes the truck, professional movers, fuel, furniture disassembly and reassembly, furniture padding, shrink wrapping, tolls, and basic moving insurance.

Reliable Movers performs local moves throughout Syracuse, Auburn, Liverpool, Baldwinsville, Fayetteville, Cicero, Camillus, Manlius, Clay, Ithaca, Oswego, Cortland, and surrounding Central New York communities. Whether you are moving across town or to a neighboring county, our experienced crews can handle moves of all sizes.

On an average day, Reliable Movers completes between 2 and 5 moves using our full-time crews and company-owned trucks. Because we have multiple crews available, we can often accommodate everything from apartment moves and senior relocations to large family homes and office moves throughout the region.

In addition to local moving, we specialize in long-distance moves throughout New York State. Some of our most common routes include Syracuse to Buffalo, Syracuse to Rochester, and Syracuse to Albany. We also regularly complete moves throughout Upstate New York and the Northeast.

Unlike many movers that focus on only one type of relocation, our crews perform local, long-distance, interstate, senior, piano, gun safe, hot tub, and office moves throughout the year. This broad experience allows us to handle everything from a small apartment move to a large household relocation.

After nearly 30 years in business, we've found that customers often prefer working with one established company that can handle both local and long-distance moves rather than hiring different movers as their needs change.

Yes. We move apartments, condos, townhomes, student housing, senior living communities, and single-family homes.

Yes. We regularly move refrigerators, washers, dryers, sectional sofas, dressers, gun safes, pianos, hot tubs, and other oversized household items.

Large dressers, armoires, desks, and similar furniture should generally be emptied. Smaller dressers may remain loaded depending on weight and mover discretion.

Yes. Reliable Movers offers full packing and unpacking services, partial packing services, fragile-only packing, and packing supplies. We can pack an entire home or focus on delicate items such as kitchens, china cabinets, lamps, artwork, mirrors, and other breakables.

Our packing service is currently $28.00 per box, which includes the box, packing materials, and labor. We use professional-grade small, medium, and large moving boxes along with packing paper and other protective materials to help keep your belongings safe during transport.

One thing we've noticed over the years is that households own significantly more items today than they did in the past. Before COVID, a typical full-house packing job often required 60 to 70 boxes. Today, it is not uncommon for customers to require 100 to 120 boxes or more due to additional home offices, online shopping, collectibles, and household goods accumulated over time.

Many customers choose a partial packing service to reduce costs. The most common partial pack includes the kitchen, china, glassware, lamps, pictures, and fragile items throughout the home. These jobs typically require between 20 and 30 boxes depending on the size of the household.

Jennifer has been estimating packing jobs for nearly 30 years. Based on the size of your home and inventory, she can usually provide a very accurate estimate of the number of boxes required and whether a full packing service or partial packing service makes the most sense for your move.

After nearly 30 years in the moving industry, we've found that most customers underestimate how many boxes they will actually need. A professional packing service not only saves time but also helps protect fragile items using proper materials and packing techniques.

Yes. Reliable Movers is fully licensed and insured and has been serving Central New York since 1996. NYSDOT # 36291 USDOT 1605981 MC# 837987.

We recommend scheduling as early as possible, especially during the busy season from April through October. Last-minute moves may also be available depending on truck availability.

Yes. Reliable Movers offers climate-controlled storage for both short-term and long-term storage needs. Many customers use our storage services when they are between homes, building a new house, downsizing, or waiting for renovations to be completed.

One of the most common reasons customers need storage is a delayed real estate closing. We regularly work with homeowners who have sold their current home but cannot move into their new home immediately due to closing delays, construction schedules, or occupancy issues.

We also offer a load-and-hold service for customers caught between closings. With this option, we load your belongings onto our truck and keep them secured on the truck for up to 48 hours for an additional charge.

Load-and-hold can be a great alternative to storage because it eliminates the need to unload your belongings into a storage unit and then reload them again a few days later. This reduces additional labor costs, minimizes handling of your furniture and boxes, and decreases the chance of damage that can occur when items are loaded, unloaded, stored, and reloaded multiple times.

For many customers experiencing a short closing delay, load-and-hold is often the simplest and most cost-effective solution. Your belongings remain on the same truck and are delivered directly to your new home once you receive access to the property.

After nearly 30 years in the moving industry, we've found that closing delays happen more often than most buyers expect. Having both climate-controlled storage and load-and-hold options allows us to provide flexible solutions when moving plans change unexpectedly.

Owning a fleet of moving trucks provides reliability, flexibility, and a better overall moving experience. Reliable Movers operates company-owned trucks ranging from 10 feet to 53 feet, allowing us to match the right truck to the size and requirements of each move.

Our trucks are fully stocked with clean moving pads, shrink wrap, dollies, hand trucks, straps, and professional moving equipment. Because we own and maintain our fleet, we know exactly where our trucks are, how they have been used, and when they were last cleaned and serviced.

Many moving companies rely on rental trucks rather than company-owned equipment. This can sometimes create scheduling issues if a truck is unavailable on moving day or if there are delays picking up the rental vehicle.

Rental trucks are not used exclusively for household moving. They are frequently rented for garbage cleanouts, construction projects, landscaping materials, appliance transportation, oily equipment, chemical transportation, and other commercial uses.

As a result, customers may encounter unpleasant odors, dirt, residue, or conditions that are less than ideal for transporting furniture and personal belongings. Because rental trucks are used by many different customers, there is also a greater risk of pests, contamination, or lingering odors being transferred from previous uses.

At Reliable Movers, our trucks are dedicated to professional moving services. They are routinely cleaned, inspected, and stocked with furniture pads, shrink wrap, dollies, and the equipment needed to safely protect your belongings during transport.

After nearly 30 years in the moving industry, we've found that owning and maintaining our own fleet helps provide a more dependable moving experience. It allows us to complete multiple moves each day, respond to schedule changes, and deliver the level of service our customers expect.

Reliable Movers has proudly served Central New York since 1996. As a family-owned and owner-operated moving company, owners Mike and Jennifer remain actively involved in the business and work directly with customers throughout the moving process.

Unlike many moving companies that rely on temporary labor, subcontractors, or day workers, our crews consist of experienced full-time employees who have been with us for years. Several of our movers have been part of the Reliable Movers team for 8 to 19 years.

We operate our own fleet of company-owned moving trucks and provide flat-rate pricing so customers know their costs before moving day. Our pricing includes labor, truck, fuel, furniture disassembly and reassembly, padding, shrink wrapping, and basic moving insurance.

After nearly three decades in the moving industry, we've completed thousands of local, long-distance, interstate, piano, gun safe, hot tub, senior, and office moves throughout Central New York and the East Coast. We are not a broker and do not outsource your move to another company.

Customers also appreciate that when questions arise, they can speak directly with the owners. Jennifer has been estimating household shipments and truck space for nearly 30 years, while Mike remains actively involved in operations and many long-distance moves.

Most importantly, our reputation has been built one move at a time. With hundreds of verified five-star reviews, experienced crews, company-owned equipment, and nearly 30 years of service, Reliable Movers continues to be one of Central New York's most established moving companies.