Northstar Moving Corp

12/18/09

Perfection!

by rcb3 at Citysearch

These guys moved us from Irvine, CA to Bend, OR and everything was PERFECT! Conscientious, hard working, great people, everything happened as it was promised. THE BEST! Thirty years of "stuff" was picked up, shipped and delivered in perfect time and condition. 5 stars PLUS!

• Pros: professional, conscientious, on time
• Cons: none

12/02/09

An excellent moving company

by kthoask at Citysearch

Did everything on time. Took care in packaging, handling and shipping. I have used them twice and will use them again when I have to ship.

• Pros: Prompt, efficient, reliable
• Cons: none

10/15/09

Northstar Moving

by cynthia martini at Citysearch

When my mother decided to move from Northern California to Southern California, I decided to use Northstar Movers. I had moved earlier from San Francisco and had great service from them. As with my previous move, Northstar sent a great team of workers. Jesus and his crew carefully wrapped my mothers furniture and possessions. When they arrived with her items, I was happy to see that Jesus and his crew were going to unload her things. It had just rained very hard and they took extra measures to insure that not only were her items moved in carefully but also that her floors were protected as they walked through her new home. Anyone who is looking for good people who care about your belongings should definitely consider Northstar Movers. My mother and I truly appreciate their extra efforts and professional know how!

• Pros: Great Professional Movers

10/07/09

Easy, relaxing moving experience with this company.

by Ricecat at Citysearch

My husband and I recently moved from an apartment to a house. Over the time we had gradually moved lots of stuff over ourselves. Then we were looking at the rest of furniture and realized that we had to hire a moving company.

After reading the good reviews on Citysearch, we called Northstar. The service people on the phone told us that since we didn't have lots of stuff, we can do it by hour and gave us a very good weekday hour rate for a three-man moving crew. We then booked a moving time and evaluation appointment with them. I got confirmation email on the same day. Then the evaluation guy showed up the next day. He looked around, made notes, and told us it won't be more than $500. I soon got another detailed email to confirm this evaluation.

On the moving day, three guys came on time. They were very polite, quick, quiet, and totally gentle with our furniture. They were not taking their time because we were charged by hours. To my surprise, they finished everything in half of the time that we expected. We ended up paying only a bit more than $300. We paid in credit card and got clearly print-out official invoice and receipts from the guy.

A couple of days after moving, I got a follow-up call from Northstar asking whether the guys were doing a good job, etc. I must say, the whole experience with this company is fantastic. Moving is such a stressful thing, but hiring Northstar made it basically painless for me this time. I'd highly recommend their service to anyone.

09/26/09

Reliable Moving Company

by mullenj at Citysearch

They made moving easy. Very professional.

Highly recommend.

08/31/09

Great experience

by Sueshi at Citysearch

Ari, Miguel, and Angel were terrific. They arrived on time, were friendly, quick, and efficient, highly professional and easy to work with. One of the best moving experiences I have had.

08/30/09

Reliable and cost-effective moving company

by Rory D at Citysearch

Excellent. Would unhesitatingly use them again.

This weekend I moved a 1BR from Westwood to Santa Monica.

I was nervous because it was my first time using a professional moving company, as opposed to friends/family and a UHaul: I was worried the crew would be taking breaks every 30 minutes on my dime. I was nervous they were sending three guys for what appeared to be a two guy job- but after calling around different companies, 3 men seems to be the standard.

I recommend them very highly and will definitely use them next time I move.

The move was done quickly and professionally. I got a call from Guy the foreman the day before the move confirming the details. The next day, Guy and his crew of Angel and Ramiro called at 830AM saying they were outside.

From then on through completion at 1115AM, the process was quick and efficient. All three took no breaks and were always working.

General numbers for those looking for a benchmark: A 1BR from Westwood to Santa Monica in under 3 hours. At $115/hour plus double drive time, it ran me $380 not including tip. 3 hours might be a little short because I had moved the kitchen equipment and clothing myself in my car the night before. On the other hand, maybe 3 hours is a little long: these guys negotiated three flights of narrow spiral stairs with heavy furniture.

Great job Guy, Angel and Ramiro! I'll definitely use NorthStar for my next move.

• Pros: Quick, cost-effective
• Cons: None

08/24/09

Great service!

by WithANet at Citysearch

The crew at NorthStar Moving did an awesome job moving me from point A to point B. I don't know how I would have done it without them!

• Pros: Very reliable and efficient
• Cons: none

08/06/09

Great way to begin life in your new home!!

by apb1001 at Citysearch

I am so glad that I chose this company. I was amazed by how downright fun my moving day was thanks to the crew from Northstar. These guys are truly the best!

They gave me an arrival window of 8-10 am, which, as we all know, for a lot of companies means anywhere between 9:50 and 10:20. To my absolute delight and relief, they pulled up at 8:15 and cheerfully plunged into a what was to be a long day of hard work of them, moving me from my home in Bel Air to Encino. And watching them work was nothing less than a joy. Guy, the foreman, helped my moving-day anxiety by making jokes, all the while working steadily without wasing a moment's time. The entire crew were diligent, efficient, organized, and extremely professional.

As a team, they had it down to both a science and an art. Guy led his crew with a respect towards them that was evident and they responded by following most of his directions before they were even fully expressed. E It was truly a pleasure to watch these GENTLEMEN work as they packed, loaded and then unloaded my family's belongings. A good 9 hours into their job, they indulged my desire to protect my brand new hardwood floors by holding each and every piece of furniture sideways as they removed it from the truck while I stuck 4 to 6 little floor-protecting stickers on them. I believe it took a lot of grace and professionalism on their part not to roll their eyes, sigh impatiently, or otherwise express their impatience, but their professionalism never waivered. I noticed later that a few pieces of furniture I had somehow missed also had the stickers on them, which tells me that the men placed them there on their own. I found that to be the most impressive gesture of all. I wish I could remember the names of all the crew members as I would have loved to give them credit by name. Each and every one of them deserves it, and the company should be very proud of the fine workers they employ. They finally left my new home at 11:00 pm that night, and were as friendly and polite and upbeat as they had been at 8:15 that morning.

I read everyone else's reviews before I wrote mine, and of course it's a shame that 4 or 5 people had such poor experiences. One reviewer implied that some of the good reviews were not authentic because the reviewers had never reviewed any businesses before. I am one of those who has never reviewed, but the reason I am reviewing Northstar is because they asked me to do so, as I'm sure they ask all their customers, because they truly want feedback so that they can improve, and probably because they know that, for the most part, they do a more than decent job and want acknowledgment for it. A lot of companies probably don't want to know what you think of them, and with good reason.

I had low expectations for my moving day because I am generally hard to please in most respects, and I couldn't imagine that a moving company would be anything but an aggravation. This crew was a phenomenally wonderful surprise. Yes, they definitely make a huge profit on their packing materials, but they are up front about those prices, and you can easily avoid that expense by doing it yourself, and their labor cost is more than reasonable. They were my least expensive bid out of 8 companies, even with the extra that I paid at the end for packaging supplies. I would use these guys again in a heartbeat and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone. And did I mention that NOTHING, not paintings, nor china, nor glassware, nor furniture, not even my kids' arts-and-crafts projects were damaged during the move? What more could one say? This company gets 6 out of 5 stars in my book!

• Pros: efficient, professional, pleasant
• Cons: none

06/23/09

Great Movers

by Ryno9874 at Citysearch

Omar and Angel moved us this month. Great guys, nice operation. They did not break or scrath any of our items. The whole move in general was Top Noch. It took just a few hours to move a 3 bedroom home down the street.. Great job.

• Pros: FAST, RESPECT YOUR GOODS