Local Moving in Tacoma & Pierce County | Three Generations Moving

Three generations of Hagens have loaded trucks out of South Tacoma, and these days the yard still sits a couple minutes off SR-512, which keeps almost everything we do inside Pierce County. One day might start with a Craftsman up in the North End, roll through a Proctor four-square by noon, and wrap at a Lakewood rancher or somewhere down Pacific Avenue toward Spanaway. Living this close to you means no fat travel charge tacked on before the ramp even drops. We are a Tacoma company, staffed by Tacoma people, and the math works in your favor because of it.

Here is where your money lands. Every truck rolls out already loaded with pads, stretch film, dollies, and the straps that keep a load from shifting on the freeway. The folks who step off it are W-2 employees of ours, each one through a background check, each one in a Three Generations shirt. We knock the beds apart, pull the legs off tables, pad the corners, and reassemble it all once we reach the new address. A good share of South Sound houses run a desktop and a couple monitors in a spare room, and we box and shield that equipment as carefully as a framed mirror. Not one piece of your move gets handed to some hire pulled off a corner at dawn.

What a Tacoma move day actually looks like

Cole sends a lead ahead to read both ends first, lay runners down the halls, and tape felt over the door tracks before a single box moves. Weather drives the rest. From October clear into May the drizzle hangs around for weeks, the runoff pours off the hills, and a wet carton is a dead carton, so anything that resents water gets sealed up early and travels under cover. If you are in a downtown loft near I-705 or behind a gate out in the West End, send over the gate code along with the elevator hold at booking time, and that snag is handled well before we show up.

What falls outside the clock

A handful of things fall outside the clock, and we would rather flag them now than at the curb. Once you cross the state line, the job shifts to our long-distance rates. We cannot legally load propane, gas cans, open paint, solvents, or ammo, and your pets and houseplants belong in your own back seat. A piano going down stairs, or a heavy gun safe, gets quoted on its own line ahead of the date, never quietly bolted onto the meter.

Local pricing

Bill it whichever way suits you. On the clock, truck and gear included, two movers go $140/hr, three movers $185/hr, and four movers $240/hr. Prefer a set number? After we eyeball the place we hand you a flat rate in writing, and it does not budge even if the Narrows Bridge crawls on SR-16 or I-5 stacks up at five o’clock. As a rough guide, the flat tiers by home size put a studio near $420–$650, a one-bedroom at $650–$1,050, a two-bedroom at $1,050–$1,800, a three-bedroom at $1,800–$3,000, and a four-bedroom at $2,900–$4,600. Whatever you own travels with $1M in coverage behind it.

Want a straight number today? Ring (888) 711-4778, or send both addresses and a date and we will commit it to paper.

What You Get

• Pads, film, dollies & straps already loaded when the truck arrives
• Anywhere from two to four movers, each on our W-2 and background-checked
• Beds and dressers knocked apart to start, set upright again at the destination
• Desktops, monitors, and spare-room gear boxed and shielded like a framed mirror
• Felt over the door tracks and runners down the halls at both ends
• Run it on the clock or take a flat rate in writing
• Everything you own backed by $1M in coverage