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When you move within Massachusetts or a 100-mile radius, it becomes a local move. And in Massachusetts, the local moving is calculated differently. A mover in Massachusetts will calculate a local move on an hourly basis, which means the hours took plus the number of workers you need to complete the task.

Usually, you would need to shell out between $50 and $75 per mover per hour, and to move a one-bedroom apartment in Massachusetts, it would require home a minimum of 2 laborers and 2 hours in addition to the 1 hour drive time. This means you need to pay for at least 3 hours for 2 movers and the lowest amount you can expect a mover in Massachusetts to bill you for a local move would be between $250 and $300 unless your move needs more hours or more people.

To get a clearer picture of moving cost within Massachusetts, consider the following:

To know more about local moving costs, read the MoverJunction guide on local moving quotes.

When you’ve to move interstate or cross-country from Massachusetts, a full-service moving company or a partial moving service company is the safe bet. However, to move within the state, you’ve got multiple options.

You can move locally even without hiring a moving company, but the household belongings need to be limited. This will save you hundreds of dollars.

Different ways to move somewhere inside Massachusetts

• Hire a full-service or partial moving service company

  When you have a large volume of household belongings, hiring a professional moving company is the best bet. You can either hire a full-service moving company or a partial moving service company. While a full-service company can help you in every task associated with moving, including packing, loading, and unloading, a partial moving service can only help you load and unload the truck.

  A partial moving service company is cheaper than a full-service mover in Massachusetts, making it a popular option.

• Hire a truck and load it with your stuff

  When you have a limited volume of household belongings and you don’t feel the need to hire a professional moving company, take a truck on rent and fill your household belonging into it to drive to the new home. This option is extremely cheaper and you can plan the moving process as you wish. While you move the home this way, there’ll be no external internal interference and the only cost you need to bear is the truck rental, which may be somewhere around $30 to $47 per day plus the fuel cost.

• Hire a portable container

  You can hire a portable moving container and fill it with the household stuff as per convenience. After you inform the moving company, it will deliver the portable container to the new address in a few days. Usually, a portable container within 50 miles would cost you around $400 to $500.

• Rent a tow behind cargo or utility trailer

  When you feel there’s no need to hire a truck instead it can be moved in a trailer, hire a cargo or utility trailer and tow it behind your vehicle and drive to the new home.

• Move the stuff in your car

  Another cheapest way to relocate the home in Massachusetts is to squeeze all your belongings into the car and drive to the new home. If you feel the stuff will not completely fit into the car, ask a friend to carry the rest of the items in his car.

While you’ve multiple options to move within Massachusetts, moving from or to another state is a little complicated.

When you move long-distance, the options would greatly depend upon how far you’re moving and how much stuff you have.

To move within the state, the DIY option was the best bet but it won’t work for long-distance moving for economical reasons. This is because rental trucks cost high when you’re renting them to drive cross country, plus the gas charges and drive time along with the headaches that come with driving long distances.

You may still consider renting a truck and moving if you’re just moving a couple of hundred miles or just one state over, but moving cross country is highly challenging and there are two options for you to consider:

Full Service Moving:

When you hire a full-service moving company in Massachusetts, it would take up the entire tasks involved, from packing to unpacking, assembling, and disassembling your furniture to driving the truck and loading and unloading all the items. The moving process will get a professional touch and will be done faster.

Partial Moving Services:

Though convenient, a full-service moving company is costlier and those who find the quotes going beyond the budget can rent a partial moving service where you’ll receive help to load and unload the stuff into a truck.

You can even consider hiring a portable container to move long distance.