Your Orlando Moving Questions, Answered
Below are the questions Marcus and the crew get asked the most by folks around Orlando, Winter Park, Lake Nona, Winter Garden, and the rest of Central Florida while they sort out a move. Don’t see yours? Call (888) 711-4778 and we will have an answer for you inside one business hour.
What does a local move around Orlando usually run?
The number rides on a handful of things: the size of the home, the mileage, what the access looks like (a cramped Winter Park staircase, a downtown high-rise COI, a Lake Nona gated-community check-in, theme-park-area traffic), and the timing of your booking. Per hour, you are looking at $125 for two movers, $165 for three, and $215 for four, but most folks pick a flat price instead, which tends to fall around $360 to $600 on a studio and climb toward $2,900 to $4,560 on a four-bedroom. Marcus puts that flat figure on paper ahead of time, so nothing gets bolted on once the truck is loaded.
Is a deposit required to lock in my date?
Yes, a small one, generally $100 to $200, locks your slot on the calendar and circles right back to you as a credit against the final invoice. You will see each condition spelled out clearly on the written rate, which lands in your hands before a dollar ever moves.
Are you really licensed and insured?
We sure are. For work inside the state, HomeTeam Moving carries a Florida intrastate registration with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) as a mover (IM#), while anything crossing state lines runs under our US DOT and MC authority. Two blocks down the street or two thousand miles up the map, the load travels with $1M cargo coverage and full liability behind it.
When should I book, and how does hurricane season change things?
The calendar tightens up fastest over the summer, near the end of any month, on UCF and apartment turnover dates, and in the run-up to the school year, so reserving about 3 weeks ahead gives you the best odds at the day you want and an early arrival. Through the June-to-November hurricane stretch we track the forecast carefully and hold some slack in the schedule, since a named storm and the board-up timing it brings can shift a date for everyone's safety. In the calmer stretches, 7 to 10 days usually does it, and now and then we can slot a small move in on short notice.
What does a standard Orlando local move include?
A standard job covers blanket-wrapping the furniture, hauling it out, the drive, and placing it wherever you point, plus light teardown and rebuild on beds and tables. The moment an afternoon thunderstorm opens up, we shrink-wrap and tarp your pieces and roll out floor protection against tracked-in rain at no added cost. Packing supplies, a complete pack, piano work, and gun-safe rigging are add-ons that Marcus folds into the rate from the start.
What if I need to cancel or push my date?
Let us know more than 48 hours ahead and you owe nothing whatsoever. Cancel inside that window and a fee can come into play, scaled to the hours we had already set aside for you. And should a hurricane or tropical storm force a reschedule, we pin down a fresh date with no penalty attached. Every exact term is written out on your flat-rate estimate.
Do you handle long-distance moves out of Florida?
We do. Our own people run the interstate and long-distance jobs under our US DOT authority, with nobody outside the company brought in. Frequent lanes take households from Orlando up to Atlanta, down to Miami, north to New York, and to plenty of other stops along the East Coast. You get a binding written estimate before we load a thing, and the very same crew stays with your shipment all the way from pickup through delivery.
Can you move me out of a downtown high-rise or a Lake Nona gated community?
Not a problem in the least. The Thornton Park and Lake Eola towers with their reserved-elevator timing, the Winter Park bungalows fronted by steep narrow stairs, the Lake Nona 'Medical City' townhomes tucked behind a guard gate are bread-and-butter work for us. When you reach out for a quote, give us the floor, how the elevator works, the parking layout, and any HOA or building rules, and ahead of move day we will square away the Certificate of Insurance and the building's reserved move slot with management.
Can you store my things between closing dates?
Of course. When your dates simply won't sync up, your belongings sit in climate-controlled storage, running roughly $80 to $240 a month depending on how big a unit you need. That makes a real difference down here, where Florida heat and humidity would chew up furniture parked in a hot, un-conditioned space. The pricing and the fine print arrive together with your estimate.
What if something gets damaged?
Every job rides with $1M cargo coverage, set by default at $0.60/lb released value, and you can request 1–3% full-value protection on top of that. Spot something damaged and get us on the phone right away. We write it up, walk you through the 9-month claim window, and settle it ourselves in-house. Your belongings are on us from the first lift to the last.
Are you a moving company?
Yes, a fully licensed Florida moving company. HomeTeam Moving is a licensed moving and storage outfit based in Orlando, started by Marcus Reyes in 2015, that runs every job on its own trucks with its own W-2 crew across Central Florida. From your first call to the last box carried in, the people on the job are ours and never a subcontractor, and your details are never shared or sold to anyone.
What is the fastest way to get a price?
Get hold of us by phone or right through the site and we will run down the details: how big the home is, where you are starting and ending, the date, and anything unusual such as a piano or a gun safe. From there Marcus puts together one flat rate that accounts for the stairs, the downtown COI, the HOA access, the parking, and the summer-storm or hurricane-season timing, books the crew, locks the date, and circles back afterward to make sure it all went off right.