★★★★★ 4.8/5 from 12 local reviews

Movers in Des Plaines, IL

Des Plaines sits right up against O'Hare — split-levels and postwar homes under the flight paths, with downtown and the Metra close by. We cover all of it.
Price my move
Archer's Moving Services crew loading boxes into the moving truck in Chicago

Run by the owner, not a front desk

Dial the office and it’s Danny picking up, or a mover who actually rides the trucks — never a scripted call center. Point out the turning greystone stairs, the alley-only load, or the block where nothing parks legally, and the whole day is mapped before your date lands.

Priced on paper before we lift a box

We walk the place room by room to build your number, and the wardrobe cartons, moving pads, dollies and shrink-wrap are already inside it — so nothing gets tacked on once the crew is standing at the curb.

Full pack or just the fragile stuff

Hand us the whole kitchen for dish barrels, let wardrobe cartons carry your closet off the rod on their hangers, or point out the mirrors, flat-screens and glass tabletops we crate to fit for the ride across town.

The same faces from door to door

Whoever measures your home at the estimate is the crew chief driving the truck and doing the final empty-house walk with you — a Pilsen two-flat, an Oak Park bungalow or a Streeterville tower on the freight elevator, your things never change hands.

Des Plaines is a northwest neighbor tucked beside O’Hare, and the housing shows its postwar roots: split-levels, Cape Cods and brick ranches on established blocks near the river and downtown. Being this close to the airport means we plan the truck route around O’Hare traffic and the Metra crossings so the crew arrives on time and the day stays on schedule.

  • $149/hr for two movers and a truck, $209/hr for a crew of three
  • Split-level and multi-landing carries with no stair fee
  • Short-term storage between closings in a clean, secured bay

Near downtown or over by the airport, tell Sal the home size and we’ll size the crew to it.

What Des Plaines neighbors say

★ Google
★★★★★

“Maurice and noriss were phenoiel think you guys I really appreciate you I don't have money to give you guys but you ware best”

Rick S.
Cicero, IL · Residential move
★ Google
★★★★★

“Thanks to Phil for all his help with our move. Much appreciated”

Kara L.
Logan Square, Chicago · Apartment move
★ Google
★★★★★

“Agent, Phil very personable, straightforward , knowledgeable and made the process of setting up my move easy.”

Terry V.
Chicago, IL · Local move

Moving to Des Plaines — common questions

Our closing dates don't line up — can you store our things for a couple of weeks?
Yes. We load your belongings into a clean, secured bay, hold them for the days or weeks between closings, and redeliver on the date you name. It's a common gap and we bridge it all the time.
The house is a split-level with landings everywhere — extra charge?
No stair upcharge. Split-levels are everywhere in Des Plaines, and the crew maps the carry through the landings up front, taking the heavy pieces first while everyone's fresh.
Moving in winter near O'Hare — how do you deal with snow and salt?
We clear and salt a path, lay runners so slush and salt stay off your floors, and keep furniture wrapped against the cold. Winter moves are half our calendar, so the crew comes ready for it.
From the first carton loaded to the last one carried in, one Chicago crew owns your whole move

How Your Move Day Unfolds

  1. 1

    A written estimate the same day

    On our end: Tell us how many rooms, whether it’s a walk-up or a ground-floor carry-out, and the parking on your block — and a figure in writing is usually in your inbox before we close up for the night.

    Where you help: Have your two dates ready, the day you’re out and the day you’re in, along with any building or garage-door codes; that’s what tightens a ballpark into a firm price.

  2. 2

    Date booked, access cleared

    On our end: Ahead of the day we lock in the moving permit for curb space, reserve the freight-elevator window, and square the certificate of insurance with your management office or condo board, so the truck lands at your door and nobody hauls a dresser half a block.

    Where you help: Let us know the earliest you can hand back the old keys and the earliest you can get into the new place, and flag whichever of those two days barely bends.

  3. 3

    Blanket, shrink-wrap, tag, carry

    On our end: Every dresser and couch goes under moving blankets and a skin of stretch film, and the hardware off each bed frame or table gets zipped into a marked bag we tape right to the piece it came from.

    Where you help: Label your own cartons with the room they belong in at the new place, and keep passports, keys and anything small and valuable in your own car, not on our truck.

  4. 4

    Haul, unload, set it right

    On our end: The same hands that filled the truck empty it at the far end — each piece put exactly where you want it, bed frames bolted back together, and every scrap of used wrap and tape carried out with us.

    Where you help: Walk the empty rooms with the crew chief before the truck pulls away, while a quick touch-up is still just a quick touch-up.

See your estimate

What should you set aside for a Chicago move?

Give us the size of the place, the date you’ve got in mind, and roughly what’s coming along, and we email back a written estimate that same day. Nothing due up front and no deposit — only a figure you can plan the whole move around.

  • Fully licensed and insured — we hold Illinois Commerce Commission authority on in-state jobs and pick up federal US DOT and MC authority the instant the truck leaves Illinois
  • Whatever number you sign off on is the number the crew is held to — it comes from an actual room-by-room count, never a guess made from the curb
  • Every mover shows up in our uniform, draws a W-2 check from us, and drives a truck the company owns

Ask for your free estimate

Fire it over on a weekday and an answer usually comes back inside the hour.

Sending this costs nothing and ties you to nothing — what you enter goes only to our Southwest Side office, builds your quote alone, and never travels any further. Our Privacy Policy lays out exactly where each detail lives and which staff can pull it up.

4,200Local moves booked across Chicago, Oak Park, Evanston and Chicagoland
18Years moving Chicagoland households through lake-effect winters and road salt
4.8Star average from 12 verified Chicagoland reviews
Archer's Moving crew loading furniture at the truck in Chicago
Archer's Moving mover carrying a sofa through a doorway
Archer's Moving mover lifting a packed carton
Grab your moving date before the board fills for the week!
Claim my slot
Chicago & Chicagoland

Local Service Areas

Chicago Oak Park Cicero Berwyn Evanston Skokie Naperville Oak Lawn Elmhurst Schaumburg Des Plaines Lincoln Park Wicker Park Logan Square Lakeview Pilsen Bridgeport Bucktown Hyde Park Lincoln Square Avondale Irving Park Portage Park