★★★★★ 4.8/5 from 12 local reviews

Apartment & Condo Movers in Chicago, IL

In most Chicago buildings the hard part is getting in and out, not the lifting. A Streeterville tower means a booked freight elevator and a building COI; a third-floor Lincoln Park walk-up means a tight staircase — we plan both before the truck arrives.

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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.

Downtown high-rises and neighborhood walk-ups each come with their own rulebook. A Loop condo tower runs on a reserved freight-elevator window and a certificate of insurance filed in advance; a Lincoln Park greystone gives you one narrow staircase and a gangway barely wide enough for a dresser. Jamal Pierce, our downtown high-rise chief, sorts all of it out ahead of load day.

Where we move most

Loop and Streeterville condo towers with reserved freight elevators and loading docks
Lincoln Park and Lakeview greystone three-flats and second- and third-floor walk-ups
Wicker Park and Bucktown two-flats with tight stairwells and narrow gangways
River North and Gold Coast high-rises that want a building COI before move day

Bridget Nolan files the certificate of insurance your condo association or management office spells out, reserves the elevator car, and runs protective covers down every shared hallway and lobby. A two-mover truck is $149 an hour and a three-mover truck $209, one-hour minimum, with pads, dollies and wardrobe boxes loaded from the start.

Part of Every Move

Each item here is baked into how our crews work a job — not one of them shows up as a surprise line at the bottom of your bill.

Freight-elevator windows and loading-dock times reserved with building management before your date
Certificate of insurance drawn up by Bridget Nolan to your condo association or manager's exact limits
Masonite floor runners and corner guards laid through every shared lobby, hallway and stairwell
An added mover put on third-floor walk-ups and long greystone staircases so carries stay quick
Beds, IKEA units and desks broken down at the old unit and rebuilt at the new one
Wardrobe boxes, dollies and shrink-wrap brought up on the truck at no add-on cost
Mattresses bagged and sofas wrapped against slush and road salt before they leave the door

What Chicago Customers Say

★ Google

★★★★★

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

Kara L.

Logan Square, Chicago · Apartment move

★ Yelp

★★★★★

“Alex..Jaden..Very Professional and courteous highly recommend these guys”

Richard A.

Chicago, IL · Local move

★ Google

★★★★

“My husband and I used this company for our last move in Sarasota. I DO highly recommend this company for any of your moving experience. Thanks to Steve Gates who was very informative and his customer response was immediate. He was very personal and prompt . 5 stars from us !”

Jamie K.

Chicago, IL · Long-distance move

Questions We Hear a Lot

Do you reserve the freight elevator in my Loop or Streeterville high-rise?

Yes. Once you give us the building, Bridget calls management to book the freight elevator and loading dock for your window, so the crew isn't stuck waiting on a car in the lobby. Call (888) 278-9005 early — downtown towers book those slots fast.

My condo association demands a certificate of insurance before movers come in — can you supply it?

All the time. Pass us your association or management company's requirements and Bridget prepares the certificate a few days out, naming them as additional insured to whatever coverage limits they specify.

Can you handle a third-floor walk-up in a Lincoln Park greystone with a tight staircase?

That's routine. Deon Carter's crew runs three-flat and greystone stairs all over the North Side. We scout the staircase and the gangway first, pad the turns, and put an extra set of hands on a long carry so nobody's worn out by noon.

What if my move day lands in the middle of a snowstorm?

We work right through Chicago winters. The crew salts and shovels a path, lays runners so nobody tracks slush inside, and keeps furniture wrapped and the truck sealed against the wet. If a storm actually makes the streets unsafe to drive, we'll phone you and move the job to the next clear day, no charge for the change.

Is my studio too small to be worth booking a crew for?

Not too small in the least — a one-room condo is fine by us. It bills at the $149 two-mover hourly rate with the one-hour minimum, and a place that size is usually done before midday.

From the first carton loaded to the last one carried in, one Chicago crew owns your whole move

How Your Move Day Unfolds

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

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

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

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.

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

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