Bears Moving Co. is a licensed Georgia local moving company (GA HHG #9320) handling home, apartment, and office moves throughout Duluth — Downtown Duluth, Sugarloaf, Berkeley Lake, and Howell Ferry. 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.
Most Duluth local moves happen in subdivision homes — Downtown Duluth, Sugarloaf, Berkeley Lake, and Howell Ferry. The driveway is rarely the hard part; the interior stair, the bonus room over the garage, and the basement are. Sugarloaf homes have two-story foyers with curved staircases, so oversized pieces go through the garage entry whenever the floor plan allows. Gated Sugarloaf homes, Berkeley Lake properties, and townhomes near downtown Duluth.
A two- to four-mover crew sized to your home, a fully equipped 26-foot box truck, fuel and drive time between your two Duluth 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 Duluth 4-bedroom runs 8–10+ hours; a townhome 2-bedroom is usually 4-5. Everything runs on our transparent hourly rate with a true 2-hour minimum — not a four-hour minimum dressed up as two. Sugarloaf homes have two-story foyers with curved staircases, so oversized pieces go through the garage entry whenever the floor plan allows.
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.
Gate access and HOA move-in windows need to be arranged in advance in the gated communities. Most Duluth 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 Sugarloaf Country Club, Berkeley Lake, Downtown Duluth, and Pleasant Hill and the rest of Gwinnett County, with no travel surcharge inside our standard service zone. Moving out of Duluth 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 Duluth 4-bedroom runs 8–10+ hours; a townhome 2-bedroom is usually 4-5. Duluth 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 Gwinnett County service zone. The only travel you pay for is the actual drive time between your two addresses, billed at your normal hourly rate.
Gate access and HOA move-in windows need to be arranged in advance in the gated communities. 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. Sugarloaf homes have two-story foyers with curved staircases, so oversized pieces go through the garage entry whenever the floor plan allows. 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 Duluth 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 Duluth 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 Gwinnett County and the rest of the metro. Out-of-state moves are quoted as a flat rate based on weight, distance, and access.