Bears Moving Co. moves single-family houses in Brookhaven — the bedrooms plus the garage, attic, basement, shed, and patio that come with them. A larger Brookhaven house runs 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once the terrace level, garage, and patio are counted; a three-bedroom runs 4–8 hours.
One hourly rate covers the crew, the truck, fuel and drive time, blankets, shrink wrap, dollies, floor runners, door-jamb protection, and basic bed, table, and TV disassembly and reassembly. Licensed GA HHG #9320, fully insured, no per-stair fees and no long-carry charge for a driveway the truck can't reach.
Houses hold more than people expect, and a Brookhaven move day goes long when the crew shows up sized for the bedrooms alone. Houses in Brookhaven run large: four and five bedrooms, formal dining rooms, finished terrace levels, a three-car garage, and enough square footage that the load count surprises people who have only moved out of an apartment before.
We scope by bedroom count first and then by the rooms that aren't bedrooms — because those are what decide the truck size. Terrace-level gyms, wine fridges, safes, pool tables, patio sets, and garage storage systems are routine on these jobs, and each one changes the crew and the truck. We flag them at quote time instead of discovering them at 9 a.m.
Most Brookhaven houses have room for the truck, but the carry is long — gated entries, circular drives, stone steps, and hardwood or marble that gets floor runners and corner guards before a single item moves.
Floor runners, corner guards, and door-jamb pads go down before the first item leaves the house, and furniture is wrapped in the room it's standing in rather than out on the driveway where the weather gets a vote.
If the house is in a neighborhood with an HOA gate, a narrow cul-de-sac, or a shared drive, tell us at booking and we'll plan the approach instead of improvising with a loaded truck in the street.
We move in and out of Town Brookhaven (the apartments above the retail), the Modera Apex, AMLI Brookhaven, Solis on Dresden, the bungalows along North Druid Hills, Hermance Drive, and Mae Avenue, the Lynwood Park older homes, the Ashford Park area near Skyland Park, and the new Brookhaven Heights townhomes.
Our crews know that Dresden Drive's bike lane is enforced and we stage on the side streets, that the Town Brookhaven loading dock is shared and slips by 30 minutes if you're second in the slot, and that the Lynwood Park streets have mature canopies that prevent 26-foot trucks from passing under safely — we use a 20-footer there.
Brookhaven homeowners usually move house-to-house within the same few zip codes, downsize to a smaller home after the kids leave, or relocate out of state with a job. The Brookhaven areas we load houses out of most: Ashford Park, Brookhaven Heights, Lynwood Park, and Town Brookhaven.
Brookhaven is one of Metro Atlanta's most diverse housing-stock cities — Town Brookhaven mid-rise apartments and condos sit blocks away from 1940s Ashford Park and Brookhaven Heights bungalows, which sit blocks away from the new construction townhomes off Dresden and the larger Brookhaven Estates and Lynwood Park homes. The logistics shift building-to-building.
Town Brookhaven and the Dresden corridor (Modera Apex, AMLI Brookhaven, the Solis on Dresden) require COIs, freight elevator reservations, and a strict no-blocking rule on Dresden Drive's bike lane during loading. The bungalow streets — North Druid Hills, Hermance, Mae — have original hardwoods, narrow porches, and street parking that fills by 9am.
The new townhouse communities off Buford Highway and around Brookhaven Park have dedicated loading zones but tight 90-degree garage turns.
Washers, dryers, standalone freezers, refrigerators, grills, riding and push mowers, tool chests, workbenches, shelving units, and patio sets all move with us. Appliances are disconnected only when the lines are simple shutoffs — gas and hardwired connections need a licensed tech, and we'll tell you that before move day rather than after.
Fuel comes out of mowers, blowers, and generators before they load; propane tanks travel separately or not at all. That's a safety rule on every Brookhaven house move, not a preference.
A larger Brookhaven house runs 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once the terrace level, garage, and patio are counted; a three-bedroom runs 4–8 hours. A three-bedroom house with a full garage usually needs a bigger truck than the bedroom count suggests, which is why we ask about the garage, the attic, and the shed on the phone.
Two trips with a small truck costs more than one trip with the right one.
Loading order matters on a house: heaviest and squarest first, mattresses and long items on the walls, boxes filling the voids, and the fragile pieces loaded last so they come off first at the new address.
Everything bills at one transparent hourly rate covering the crew, the truck, fuel and drive time, all pads and wrap, dollies and straps, floor and doorway protection, and basic disassembly and reassembly. There is no per-stair fee, no long-carry fee, no fuel surcharge, and no equipment rental line.
A 1-bedroom Town Brookhaven or Dresden-area apartment typically finishes in 2–4 hours with a 2-mover crew. A 2-bedroom bungalow in Ashford Park or Brookhaven Heights runs 3–6 hours with a 2- or 3-mover crew (porch steps and floor protection add time). A new-construction 3-story townhouse runs 3–6 hours with a 3-mover crew. Drive time is included in the hourly rate.
The pricing surprise we most often resolve for Brookhaven customers is a flat-rate quote that excluded the COI fee — every Brookhaven mid-rise needs one, and ours are always free.
You get a real arrival window the day before with your crew lead's name. We walk the whole house with you — including the garage, attic hatch, basement, and shed — flag the fragile and high-value pieces, set protection, and start loading. Time starts when the truck arrives and stops when the last item is placed.
At the new house we walk it again before anything comes off the truck so furniture lands in the right rooms the first time. Beds and tables are reassembled, boxes go to the rooms they're labeled for, and the wrap and blankets leave with us.
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A larger Brookhaven house runs 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once the terrace level, garage, and patio are counted; a three-bedroom runs 4–8 hours. It bills at one transparent hourly rate covering the crew, truck, fuel, drive time, pads, wrap, dollies, floor protection, and basic disassembly and reassembly — no per-stair fee and no fuel surcharge.
Yes — that's the difference between a house move and an apartment move. Shelving, tool benches, lawn equipment, deep freezers, holiday storage, bikes, and patio furniture are all part of a Brookhaven house move as long as we count them in the walkthrough.
Most Brookhaven houses have room for the truck, but the carry is long — gated entries, circular drives, stone steps, and hardwood or marble that gets floor runners and corner guards before a single item moves. If the truck can't reach the door, there's still no long-carry fee — we shuttle with dollies and the hourly rate covers it.
Yes. Washers, dryers, refrigerators, and freezers move with us; simple shutoff disconnects are fine, but gas lines and hardwired connections need a licensed technician before we arrive.
A two-bedroom typically runs 3–6 hours, a three-bedroom 4–8 hours, and four bedrooms or more 8–10+ hours. How finished your packing is, stairs, and how much lives in the garage are the real variables.
Homeowners pack and label their own boxes and we move everything. We don't sell packing services or storage. Furniture wrapping, padding, basic disassembly, and reassembly are always included.
Yes — Bears Moving Co. is a Georgia-licensed household goods carrier, GA HHG #9320, BBB A+ accredited, with full cargo and liability insurance on every Brookhaven house move.