Move an apartment in Missoula and the furniture turns out to be the easy half. What eats the day is paperwork and access. Garden City runs these jobs constantly, so we know the patterns: a converted student rental on the Slant Streets near campus, a fresh-built complex out along Mullan, a converted-warehouse loft off Higgins downtown. Each one carries its own snag, usually an insurance certificate the property wants on file, a freight elevator that has to be reserved in your name, and a manager who keeps the truck off the dock until both are squared away.
Hand all of that to us. We file the certificate with management ahead of move day at no charge, reserve your elevator window or rear-door access, and square away the dock and a length of curb so the crew never wastes time hunting parking. While the unit empties, we pad the elevator and roll a runner down the lobby, since a building returned without a scratch is a deposit returned in full. Everyone carrying your belongings is a paid Garden City employee, not a stranger picked up that morning, and a keyboard or a desk stacked with screens gets eased through every doorway like fine glass. Because so many of these tenants are at the University of Montana, we schedule around lease-turn dates and the September scramble.
No-elevator student houses, Higgins lofts, and narrow Missoula entries
A lot of the older homes split into rentals near campus and along the Hip Strip have no elevator, so a carry up to a third-floor unit is just an everyday shift here. When a stairwell runs long, we put more bodies on it, keeping the tempo brisk and your hours short. Whether it is a high loft or a third-floor walk-up, we read the forecast and slot the carry to miss a fast-moving squall, because nobody wants a couch on an open stair landing during a Montana snow. Getting a gun safe or an upright up several flights is the kind of work that earned us word-of-mouth around town.
What sits outside an apartment job
A short list lives beyond the base price. Charges the building hands you, move-in or elevator deposits and the rest, go on the building’s invoice rather than ours. We cannot take hazardous goods, potted plants, or pets. And a heavy specialty piece, a grand piano or a safe, lands on its own estimate line so we arrive with the correct rigging and the dock sees no last-minute surprise.
Apartment pricing
Run it on the meter, gear and truck included, and you pay $125/hr for two movers, $170/hr for three, or $220/hr for four, the drive and the elevator already planned in. Or take a flat figure: $380–$600 for a studio, $600–$980 for a one-bedroom, $980–$1,650 for a two-bedroom. No access charge tucked away anywhere, with $1M of cargo coverage over the load.
Planning an apartment or student move? Call (888) 711-4778 and we will take the certificate, the elevator reservation, and the quote off your hands.
What Our Garden City Crew Brings
- The insurance certificate filed with management ahead of your move day
- Your reservation on the freight elevator or the building's rear-door access
- Dock access and a length of curb squared away with the property
- Padding on the elevator and a runner rolled down the lobby floor
- Movers who know both high-loft logistics and long no-elevator student carries
- Furniture broken down and rebuilt to clear cramped campus-area doorways
- A flat figure carrying no tucked-away charge for building access
What You’ll Pay
Local crews from $125/hr — or a flat written rate
A two-mover Garden City crew, the truck, blankets, and dollies, all in.
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