NorthStar Moving Company
Community SubscriberCo-Founded in 1994 by UC Berkeley alum Laura McHolm, NorthStar Moving® Company has redefined the moving industry as the first to offer eco-luxury moving services, elevating basic moving and storage services to a new unparalleled level of customer service, customized care and environmental consciousness.
Woman-owned, NorthStar Moving has earned more awards for service than any other moving company: “A+” rated by the Better Business Bureau, consistently earns five-star reviews on Yelp & Google and recipient of dozens of awards for corporate culture, green practices, community outreach and growth including ten “Best Places to Work” awards and ranked on the Inc. 5,000 list for seven consecutive years. The company's local, long distance and international moving, storage services and eco-luxury packages have been featured in leading magazines including The Robb Report Collection and on multiple home and design television shows. NorthStar Moving has proven the state-of-the-art way to move is with its red carpet service, recommended by Coldwell Banker Concierge, MovingInsurance.com and an impressive list of celebrity clientele. NorthStar Moving’s mission is to exceed their clients’ expectations with graceful customer care and to move service back into what should have always been the ultimate service industry: the moving industry. For more information please visit www.NorthStarMoving.com or call (800) 275-7767.
Archived Q&A and Reviews
April 2013
RE: Moving piano from L.A. to Bay Area
We used Northstar moving about 4 years for a major move (including piano) from LA to Walnut Creek. They are not specifically piano movers, but they did a fine job. It is recommended you have your piano tuned/adjusted a few weeks after moving.
May 2009
We moved up to Oakland from Santa Monica last year and had Northstar Movers pack all our stuff and move it up here. We moved from a second story apartment with a set of internal stairs and a building elevator, into a house in the hills with a very steep driveway. Northstar was amazingly wonderful. The movers were professional and packed all of our stuff efficiently. They were also friendly and polite. Nothing broke. They were polite to people in our apartment building as they moved stuff from our apt to the elevator and their truck. When they got to our Oakland house it was clear that their truck could not make it up our driveway and they'd need to get a shuttle truck. Instead of waiting for the shuttle they carried all of our stuff up the hill and into our house up some flights of stairs. Unfortunately for them it was one of those awfully hot days. But, throughout it all their spirits were great, joking each other and yet being very careful carrying our stuff, including our upright paino, After all this, once they finished they took a short breather and then asked if the furniture was exactly where we wanted it. If it wasn't they moved it for us. Despite the fact that the move took them a lot more time then they anticipated they charged us their original estimate.
They were totally wonderful and I highly recommend them. I have no intention of moving again as we move it here, but if we did I wouldn't hesitate to hire them and I keep recommending them to everyone I know who's moving. You might check them out on Angie's list, I know they were included and rated high in 2008.
Oct 2006
RE: Local mover for a few boxes
Northstar Movers are honestly THE BEST. Their number is 1-800- 275-7767. They are listed on the Better Business Bureau's ''Gold'' list since they have had no unresolved complaints for 5 or more years. We used them for a small move 4 years ago, and then a large move just 1 month ago. All of the workers are so efficient, respectful and careful with your belongings - we ended up buying them lunch and giving them huge tips because they made the whole moving issue so stressfree :-)
The cost was average - not expensive and not outrageously cheap - but everything made it here in one piece. They have boxes and bubblewrap for items that are hard to wrap or if you don't know how to wrap it (like our 8 foot tall 70 pound mirror). They even moved our 5 foot tall tomato plants and wrapped them in bubble wrap too :-)
I have heard so many nightmare stories about movers stealing items, or changing the delivery prices once all your stuff is in the truck - go with someone who is approves by the BBB - we wholly recommend Northstar Movers.
Good Luck! Happily Moved
Aug 2006
I recently moved with NorthStar Moving Corporation, and I enjoyed such an amazing service that I am so happy I have this opportunity to share my experience.
The professional courtesy NorthStar showed me during my move was so remarkable that I was left after the move with the most profound respect for the company and its employees. From the sales representatives (who were so extremely professional and pleasant to talk with) to the actual movers (who had moving down to a science and were very good-humored to boot), the move which I had so nervously anticipated was entirely stress-free.
They didn't waste time, the movers worked really hard, and the pricing was very fair considering the amazing service I received. Every one of my belongings was wrapped and protected with moving blankets, bubble-wrap or boxes, not even a little coffee table leg was exposed. Because of this, nothing got broken, nothing even got scratched!!!
And the best part was when everything was unloaded and into my new home, they helped me arrange my living room, dining room, and bedrooms several times till I had the exact placement I wanted. I literally did not lift a finger.
NorthStar (800) 275 7767 will definitely be my lifelong moving company, and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for the highest-quality moving company out there
Yaffa
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