Bears Moving Co. moves single-family houses in Duluth — the bedrooms plus the garage, attic, basement, shed, and patio that come with them. A Duluth three-bedroom house typically runs 4–8 hours with a 3-mover crew; four bedrooms and up run 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once the garage and basement are in the count.
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.
Bears Moving Co. runs whole-house moves in Duluth the way homeowners actually need them run: walked, counted, staged, and loaded in one day. Duluth is subdivision territory — two-story traditionals, split-levels, and ranches with an attached garage, a floored attic over it, a bonus room, and a basement that has been quietly filling up since the family moved in.
We scope by bedroom count first and then by the rooms that aren't bedrooms — because those are what decide the truck size. The garage, the floored attic, the basement, the shed, and the patio are where a three-bedroom quietly becomes a four-bedroom load — lawn equipment, deep freezers, storage shelving, bikes, holiday bins, and the treadmill nobody remembers owning.
Nearly every Duluth house gives us a driveway right at the garage, so the truck parks close and the carry is short. The friction is inside: split-level landings, a stair turn at the basement door, and a bonus-room staircase that a king box spring does not want to take.
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 the Sugarloaf Country Club gated community (one of Georgia's largest golf-course communities), the Berkeley Lake lakefront homes, the historic homes around the Duluth Town Green and West Lawrenceville Street, and the apartment complexes lining Pleasant Hill Road and Sugarloaf Parkway.
Our crews know that Sugarloaf Country Club has multiple gate entrances and the wrong one adds 15 minutes of internal driving, that Berkeley Lake's private-road status means HOA approval for a 26-foot truck on certain streets, and where on Pleasant Hill Road the bridges have low clearance.
Duluth families typically move inside the same school district, jump one subdivision over for more square footage, or head further out where the lots get bigger. The Duluth areas we load houses out of most: Sugarloaf Country Club, Berkeley Lake, Downtown Duluth, and Pleasant Hill.
Duluth runs the full housing-stock spectrum, which means our crews and equipment have to flex. The Sugarloaf Country Club and Berkeley Lake estates are large 4–6 bedroom homes on half-acre-plus lots, almost always with upright pianos, gun safes, or wine collections that require specialty handling. Downtown Duluth (around the Town Green, West Lawrenceville Street) has 1900s bungalows on tight streets that we handle like Decatur or Marietta Square.
) that need COIs and elevator reservations. The Berkeley Lake homes have one constant complication: long lake-front driveways and boat-storage outbuildings that the original homeowner often forgets to mention until the truck arrives.
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 Duluth house move, not a preference.
A Duluth three-bedroom house typically runs 4–8 hours with a 3-mover crew; four bedrooms and up run 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once the garage and basement are in the count. 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.
Sugarloaf-area estate moves run 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew, often two trucks. Downtown Duluth bungalow moves run 4–8 hours with a 3-mover crew. Pleasant Hill apartment moves finish in 2–4 hours with a 2-mover crew. Specialty items (upright pianos, gun safes 36+ inches tall, pool tables) are quoted up-front before booking — flat rate per item, never tacked on at the end.
Drive time is included in the hourly rate; no Gwinnett County or I-85 toll fee.
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 Duluth three-bedroom house typically runs 4–8 hours with a 3-mover crew; four bedrooms and up run 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once the garage and basement are in the count. 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 Duluth house move as long as we count them in the walkthrough.
Nearly every Duluth house gives us a driveway right at the garage, so the truck parks close and the carry is short. The friction is inside: split-level landings, a stair turn at the basement door, and a bonus-room staircase that a king box spring does not want to take.
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 Duluth house move.