Price tends to be the first thing people raise when they reach our Kirkman Road office, and that is a reasonable place to begin. Marcus fields a lot of those calls personally, and he can usually put a real Orlando figure in front of you within a few minutes, since the way we build a quote is short and we keep every line of it out in the open. What you will find below is a plain look at how the crew sets a price for a 2026 move, the Orlando-specific things that nudge that number, and the dollar ranges you can use to sanity-check any estimate someone hands you in writing.
Two Billing Options: The Hourly Clock or a Locked Flat Figure
For a smaller load, say a one-bedroom near downtown, in Baldwin Park, or out by UCF, hourly billing works well and tends to come in cheaper. Once it is an entire household, or you would rather have the price settled before a truck ever leaves the yard, we put one flat figure on the contract instead. The value there is knowing the number won’t move. Marcus or one of the leads walks the home first, taking stock of the elevator a downtown tower wants reserved, the gate check-in waiting at Lake Nona, the timing of the afternoon storms, and whether the load is coming down a staircase, and whatever he writes is what you pay on the day.
Hourly Crew Rates
| Crew | Rate | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| 2 movers + truck | $125/hr | Studios, one-bedroom apartments, lighter loads |
| 3 movers + truck | $165/hr | Two-bedroom homes and most Conway or College Park ranches |
| 4 movers + truck | $215/hr | Three- and four-bedroom houses, high-rise condos, tight elevator windows |
What Pushes the Price Up Around Orlando
Think of the crew-and-truck rate as your starting line. From there, what raises the total tends to come down to a couple of realities: how tricky your things are to carry, and the distance they have to travel. Here is what our estimators are actually grading when they price an Orlando job:
- The size of your household. Spare bedrooms, a packed garage, a Florida room full of bins: each one means more cartons, more furniture, and more minutes on the truck.
- Downtown high-rise access. A condo in Thornton Park, around Lake Eola, or in the Hourglass District usually means a Certificate of Insurance on file, an elevator reserved to your name, and a fixed loading slot, all of which eat clock at both ends.
- Gated and HOA check-ins. Lake Nona, Winter Garden, Horizon West, and Windermere communities run on gate clearance, posted move-in hours, and advance notice before a truck can roll in, so we line the entry up ahead of time.
- Stairs versus elevator. A third-floor walk-up near UCF lengthens every trip; a reserved elevator in a Lake Eola tower can actually shave time off, as long as it is booked and held for your window.
- Summer storms and heat. A July or August date picks up extra shrink-wrap, fast covers over the load when an afternoon downpour blows in off the sea breeze, and a slower heat-of-the-day rhythm with water breaks worked into the plan.
- Mileage on the long lanes. A hop across town on the 408 barely registers; a long pull up I-4 or out Florida’s Turnpike piles on fuel, road time, and miles a local job never sees.
Flat-Rate Ranges, Sorted by Household
These ranges mirror the real jobs on our schedule, everything from downtown condos out to Winter Garden and down toward Kissimmee. Where you fall inside a band is mostly a question of access and volume, the two things spelled out just above. A four-bedroom in a Horizon West subdivision with a garage loaded to the door tends to sit toward the high end, while a light College Park bungalow lands closer to the low end.
| Home Size | Typical Flat Rate |
|---|---|
| Studio | $360 – $600 |
| 1 bedroom | $620 – $1,040 |
| 2 bedroom | $1,060 – $1,720 |
| 3 bedroom | $1,760 – $2,860 |
| 4 bedroom | $2,900 – $4,560 |
Specialty Items and Add-Ons
| Service | Typical Cost |
|---|---|
| Upright piano | $300 – $470 |
| Baby grand piano | $560 – $860 |
| Climate-controlled storage | $80 – $240/month by unit size |
Bringing Your Own Number Down
The final figure sits more in your control than most people expect. A short list of things you can do ahead of time genuinely trims hours off the clock:
- Pick a mid-month weekday and avoid the end-of-month apartment rush, which is when demand and rates peak.
- Get every box taped shut and labeled before we arrive, so the crew is loading rather than packing.
- For a downtown high-rise, reserve the elevator and settle the truck’s staging spot before the day arrives.
- For a Lake Nona, Winter Garden, or Windermere gated community, go through the move-in rules and book any required hours early.
- Moving deep in hurricane season with a loose schedule? Build in a spare day so we can dodge a named storm or a heavy downpour.
A home that is fully boxed, labeled, and stacked by the door when we arrive almost always comes in under the high end of its band. With the path clear, the elevator held, and the cartons waiting at the threshold, the crew moves through the whole thing fast.
What Every Quote Already Includes
Whatever the figure works out to, your HomeTeam Moving job runs on our own trucks and is handled by our own W-2 crew, beginning to end. We do not farm work out to a subcontractor, and the details you share with us are never sold or passed along. The licensing is all current: we are registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) as a Florida intrastate mover (IM#), we hold US DOT and MC authority for anything crossing a state line, and we run $1M in cargo coverage on the load. Each job also comes with the federal protections that any regulated move puts in place for you:
- $1M cargo coverage on the load
- $0.60/lb released value at no extra charge
- Optional full-value protection, typically 1–3% of the declared value
- A 9-month window to file a claim