Does Garden City charge by the hour, or as one flat Missoula rate?
You pick, since we run both. Around Missoula County, an hourly local job starts at $125 for a pair of movers with the truck and gear included, climbs to $170 with a third mover, and runs $220 with a fourth. Want a single locked number instead? Once we have looked over everything you are taking and how access works at both ends, we commit to a flat amount that stays put even when Reserve crawls at five or the work runs long. Moves leaving Montana get handled differently: those are written up as one binding total before we begin.
How soon should I book Levi's crew, and what holds my Missoula move date?
Send over four things, where you start, where you finish, the size of the place, and your target day, using the form here or by phone at (888) 711-4778. A price comes back fast, and once you approve it, the date is yours. Booking pressure spikes on weekends, near the first and last of any month, and through the summer when U of Montana leases turn over and the valley fills up, so aim for about two weeks of notice on those whenever your timeline allows.
Do I owe a deposit to hold a move with Garden City?
For most local jobs around Missoula County, you owe nothing up front. The day gets held and you pay after the work wraps. A move leaving the state asks for a modest deposit that secures a truck and a crew, and we credit that amount against the binding total. Whichever applies, you see the number on paper before you agree to a thing.
Can Garden City file a Certificate of Insurance for my downtown loft or University District building?
Routinely, yes. The downtown lofts, newer Grant Creek and Miller Creek communities, and plenty of University District landlords want one logged before move day. Send across the rules your building sets and a property manager we can reach, and dispatch produces the document and books whatever loading dock or elevator window the schedule needs, at no extra charge.
How does Garden City cover my belongings, and what does filing a claim look like in Montana?
Full Montana licensing plus cargo coverage worth a million dollars stand behind the company. Released value of 60 cents per pound rides on every job automatically, and you may step up to full-value protection, around 1 to 3 percent of whatever total value you declare, with the rate set per item. You file straight through our Brooks Street office, with a Montana-licensed carrier rather than any broker, and a claim has a nine-month window to be submitted.
Will Levi's crew handle the packing, or does that fall to me?
Split it however you like. Hand the whole pack to us, point us at just the rooms you worry about (usually the kitchen, the fragile items, electronics, and artwork), or buy supplies and box everything yourself. Anything we wrap is covered the same as the rest of the load aboard the truck, and the heavy or awkward pieces get padded and crated by our hands, never left to you.
My Missoula closing dates miss each other, so where do my things wait in the gap?
Then your belongings wait with us, inside a climate-controlled Missoula facility we own and run, keeping wood, electronics, and art stable through the valley's dry summer air and cold winters. Monthly cost runs about $95 to $230 by unit size, written into the estimate alongside the move itself. Where one closing lands ahead of the next, your things stay secure with us until you ask us to deliver.
Can Garden City move a piano, a gun safe, or a hot tub down a snowy Grant Creek driveway?
That is everyday work for us. Uprights, baby grands, gun safes, treadmills, and other heavy or awkward pieces get the right skids, straps, and people, and Levi often rides lead on a steep hillside load himself. Walk us through the item and the path ahead of it (a flight of stairs, a tight University District doorway, an icy apron in February) and the crew turns up ready. Budget around $280 to $440 on an upright, climbing to $500 to $780 with a baby grand in play.
Does Garden City keep its long-distance moves out of Missoula in-house?
Entirely. Same crew, same trucks, the full distance. Steady lanes leave Missoula for Kalispell, Bozeman, Spokane, Billings, Boise, and Seattle, and on top of those we take complete cross-country relocations and runs down the Bitterroot or up the Seeley-Swan. At no point does the load reach a freight board or pass to a different carrier. One Garden City crew rides with it from end to end, GPS tracking the route the whole way.
Will stairs, a long carry, or a snowy Rattlesnake driveway push the price up?
Those details get worked into the walk-through we run beforehand, so nothing about them surprises you on the final bill. Mention the access early (a third-floor walkup near campus, a long haul out of an alley, a steep grade in the Rattlesnake, the elevator slot you reserved) and it is already accounted for in the figure you agreed to.
Which payment methods does Garden City take?
All the major credit and debit cards go through, and on the larger interstate work we can set up alternative terms when needed. An itemized written quote reaches you before move day and a receipt follows once the job is finished, leaving none of your paperwork unclear.
What if a Montana snowstorm forces me to reschedule my Missoula move?
Things come up, and a hard valley inversion or ice on the Grant Creek grades can force a date change all by itself. Locally, rescheduling or canceling brings no penalty so long as the notice is fair. Once a truck and crew sit committed to an interstate run, a few days' heads-up is what we ask for, with every term laid out in writing right next to the quote, none of it hidden.
Are Garden City's movers genuinely yours, or is the Missoula work subcontracted?
All ours, every last one: full-time, screened, W-2 Garden City movers on salary, trained by Levi, driving rigs the company holds title to. There is no broker, no subcontractor, no day labor pulled off a parking lot, and no matching service. The hands that pack your load in Missoula are the hands setting it down at the far end.
Is Garden City a moving company, or a service that connects me with one?
Yes, we are the moving company. Garden City Movers is a Montana-licensed, insured mover with our own trucks and our own W-2 crews, started by Levi Hartman in 2012 after he grew up in the Rattlesnake and finished at the University of Montana. We connect you with nobody, broker nothing, and never hand the job off. Whoever you book is whoever does the work, from your Missoula doorstep all the way to your destination. Call (888) 711-4778 and we will walk it through with you.