Bears Moving Co. moves single-family houses in McDonough — the bedrooms plus the garage, attic, basement, shed, and patio that come with them. A house on land near McDonough usually runs 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once outbuildings are included; a smaller 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.
Moving out of a house is a different job than moving out of an apartment, and McDonough houses are what this page is about. Houses around McDonough sit on real land: bigger floor plans, detached garages, workshops, sheds, barns, and a yard's worth of equipment that has to be loaded alongside the furniture.
We scope by bedroom count first and then by the rooms that aren't bedrooms — because those are what decide the truck size. Detached garages, workshops, sheds, riding mowers, generators, tool chests, and barn storage all get counted before we quote. On land, the outbuildings routinely hold more volume than a spare bedroom does.
Driveways around McDonough are long, sometimes gravel, and occasionally soft after rain, so we check the approach and turnaround before backing a loaded truck in. Once we're staged, access is the easy part and load sequencing is where the day is won.
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 regularly through the historic downtown square area, Eagle's Brooke off Highway 81, Avalon, and the newer subdivisions along Highway 20 and Highway 155. Our crews know which downtown streets exclude a 26-foot truck, and that I-75 southbound backs up at the McDonough exits during shift change.
Around McDonough the common move is from inside the perimeter outward to more land, or house-to-house between properties a few miles apart with a stop at a storage building along the way. The McDonough areas we load houses out of most: Historic McDonough Square, Eagle's Brooke, and Avalon.
McDonough's historic downtown square has 1900s construction with original hardwoods and narrow doorways — we send a 20-foot truck for downtown bookings. Eagle's Brooke and Avalon are master-planned communities with 3,000–4,500 sq ft homes from the 2000s with attached garages and standard driveways. I-75 southbound is the main approach; we default to 8am starts to avoid shift-change backups.
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 McDonough house move, not a preference.
A house on land near McDonough usually runs 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once outbuildings are included; a smaller 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.
McDonough historic-downtown moves typically run 4–8 hours with a 3-mover crew. Eagle's Brooke and Avalon 4-bedroom moves run 8–10+ hours. Drive time is included in the hourly rate. No Henry County 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 house on land near McDonough usually runs 8–10+ hours with a 3- or 4-mover crew once outbuildings are included; a smaller 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 McDonough house move as long as we count them in the walkthrough.
Driveways around McDonough are long, sometimes gravel, and occasionally soft after rain, so we check the approach and turnaround before backing a loaded truck in. Once we're staged, access is the easy part and load sequencing is where the day is won. 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 McDonough house move.