Bears Moving Co. moves single-family houses in Kennesaw — the bedrooms plus the garage, attic, basement, shed, and patio that come with them. A Kennesaw 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 Kennesaw the way homeowners actually need them run: walked, counted, staged, and loaded in one day. Kennesaw 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 Kennesaw 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 KSU-area apartments (along Big Shanty, Frey Road, Chastain Road), the suburban subdivisions on the slopes of Kennesaw Mountain, the older homes around historic downtown Kennesaw and the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, the Town Center apartment complexes, and the Acworth-corridor subdivisions.
Our crews know that the KSU campus parking restrictions tighten during the academic year and we stage at the apartment complex's visitor lot, that the Kennesaw Mountain area subdivisions have HOA truck-staging rules, and that downtown Kennesaw's historic Cherokee Street has 1-way segments that affect return-trip routing.
Certificate of Insurance requirements are the single most common surprise for Kennesaw customers: Legacy Park, most Barrett Parkway apartment offices, and several of the gated Cedarcrest and Stilesboro communities require a COI naming the HOA or property manager as additional insured before your crew is allowed on site.
We issue those the same day at no charge — send us the property manager's name and email when you book and it's handled before move day. Kennesaw sits inside our standard service zone, so drive time is billed as ordinary hourly time with no per-mile or fuel surcharge attached.
Kennesaw 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 Kennesaw areas we load houses out of most: Downtown Kennesaw, Kennesaw Mountain, Legacy Park, Bells Ferry, Stilesboro, and Lakes at Cedarcrest.
Kennesaw moves divide into three logistics rhythms: KSU student housing turnover, suburban subdivision relocations, and Town Center-corridor apartment moves. KSU student moves (around the campus, the apartments along Big Shanty and Frey Road) cluster heavily in early August and late April-early May, with a smaller wave in December. We staff specifically for those windows and recommend booking 4+ weeks ahead during them.
Suburban Kennesaw (off Stilesboro, Kennesaw Due West, around Kennesaw Mountain) is 3–5 bedroom homes on quarter-to-half-acre lots with 2-car garages and finished basements — straightforward 3-mover crews and 26-foot trucks. The Acworth corridor (Cherokee Street, Mars Hill) is mixed older homes and newer subdivisions. I-75 northbound is the universal access route and backs up 4–6:30pm.
Beyond the campus, the big named subdivisions each move differently: Legacy Park off Old 41 is a 3,000-plus-home master-planned community with narrow interior streets, mandatory HOA truck-staging rules, and a management office that expects a Certificate of Insurance before the gate goes up; Bells Ferry Road runs a long ribbon of 1980s–2000s ranches and two-stories with steep driveways that a 26-foot truck can handle but a tractor-trailer cannot;
Stilesboro Road serves the larger four- and five-bedroom homes with finished basements west of the mountain; and Lakes at Cedarcrest sits on the Paulding line with longer approach roads that we build into the schedule rather than the invoice.
The Barrett Parkway / Town Center corridor is our densest apartment zone — mid-rise complexes with reserved loading zones, elevator reservations, and retail traffic that makes a 8am or 1pm start far faster than a midday one.
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 Kennesaw house move, not a preference.
A Kennesaw 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.
A KSU 1-to-2 bedroom student apartment typically finishes in the 2-hour minimum to about 4 hours with a 2-mover crew. A 3-bedroom Kennesaw subdivision home runs 4–8 hours with a 3-mover crew. A 4-to-5 bedroom Kennesaw Mountain area home runs 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew. Drive time is included in the hourly rate; no I-75 toll surcharge.
Student moves price the same as any other small apartment move — same hourly rate, same 2-hour minimum, no surprise youth or back-to-school surcharge.
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 Kennesaw 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 Kennesaw house move as long as we count them in the walkthrough.
Nearly every Kennesaw 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 Kennesaw house move.