Bears Moving Co. is a licensed Georgia local moving company (GA HHG #9320) handling home, apartment, and office moves throughout Covington — Downtown Covington, Almon, and Highway 278 corridor. Local moves are billed at one transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum: crew, 26-foot truck, fuel, drive time, blankets, shrink wrap, dollies, and floor protection all included.
No fuel surcharge, no per-stair fee, no travel fee inside our service zone.
Local moving in Covington is mostly older-home work — Downtown Covington, Almon, and Highway 278 corridor. These houses were built before anyone owned a sectional: the porch steps are tall, the doorways are narrow, and the floors underneath are original. Covington's older homes sit high off the street with porch stairs and original doorways, so we measure the entry and lay floor runners before the first piece moves.
Covington has a high share of older homes with heavy case goods, built-ins, and floors that need protecting before anything rolls across them.
A two- to four-mover crew sized to your home, a fully equipped 26-foot box truck, fuel and drive time between your two Covington addresses, furniture pads and shrink wrap, mattress bags, floor runners and door-jamb protection, four-wheel dollies and shoulder straps, basic bed disassembly and reassembly, and basic TV dismount. Full cargo and liability insurance under GA HHG #9320 on every job.
What is never on the invoice: fuel surcharges, per-mile charges, equipment fees, per-stair or per-flight fees, long-carry fees, elevator fees, or travel surcharges inside our standard service zone. The number we quote on the phone is the structure you get on move day.
A Covington 3-bedroom typically runs 4–8 hours once porch stairs and floor protection are counted. Everything runs on our transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum — not a four-hour minimum dressed up as two. Covington's older homes sit high off the street with porch stairs and original doorways, so we measure the entry and lay floor runners before the first piece moves.
The variables that actually move your total here are stair count, carry distance from the truck to the door, how much of the packing is finished when we arrive, and whether large items need disassembly.
If you want a firm number instead of a range, we can quote flat after a short phone walkthrough or a video survey. Either way, you'll know before you book — we don't bid low on the phone and rewrite the number at the truck.
Weekday mornings are the easiest dates to get in Covington. Most Covington moves under four bedrooms can be booked 4–8 hours out from October through April. From May through September — and on any end-of-month or weekend date — plan on two to four weeks of lead time.
Crews arrive with the truck loaded for your job specifically: the right box count, the right dollies, and enough pads for the piece count you told us about.
We handle local moves throughout Downtown Covington, Almon, and Highway 278 corridor and the rest of Newton County, with no travel surcharge inside our standard service zone. Moving out of Covington but staying in Georgia? Intrastate moves stay on the same hourly structure.
Call us: (404) 514-4814 · Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm · Licensed GA HHG #9320 · BBB A+
A Covington 3-bedroom typically runs 4–8 hours once porch stairs and floor protection are counted. Covington local moves are billed at our transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum. Truck, fuel, drive time, equipment, floor protection, and insurance are all included, and there are no per-stair or long-carry fees.
No. There is no fuel surcharge, no per-mile fee, and no separate travel charge inside our Newton County service zone. The only travel you pay for is the actual drive time between your two addresses, billed at your normal hourly rate.
Weekday mornings are the easiest dates to get in Covington. Off-season weekdays can often be booked 4–8 hours out. End-of-month dates, weekends, and anything between May and September should be booked two to four weeks ahead.
No. Covington's older homes sit high off the street with porch stairs and original doorways, so we measure the entry and lay floor runners before the first piece moves. Stairs show up in the hours because they take longer to work, but there is no per-stair, per-flight, or elevator surcharge on any Covington move.
Yes — Bears Moving Co. holds GA HHG Mover #9320 from the Georgia Department of Public Safety, the license required to move household goods anywhere in Georgia, and carries full cargo and liability insurance. We can issue a Certificate of Insurance naming your Covington building or HOA within 24 hours.
Anything inside Georgia is an intrastate move and is billed at our hourly rate — that covers essentially every move within Newton County and the rest of the metro. Out-of-state moves are quoted as a flat rate based on weight, distance, and access.