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Your Local Fraser Valley Movers
For over a decade, Jon, the owner of Fraser Valley Movers and Storage, has been providing great moving services in Abbotsford, Langley and the surrounding areas. We have been so honoured to serve your family, friends and neighbors, and plan to keep that high level of service going for many more years.
Importance of keeping a good reputation
Reputation is so important and having lived in the same community as we work in emphasizes the need to honor our commitments to our clients.
Because if we didn’t, word would spread quickly it would be really ackward to show our faces around town.
However, because we do good work and keep our commitments, we can go all over Abbotsford and when we see our clients around Abbotsford, it is a positive experience and we love that!
If you want to hire local movers that care deeply and will do what they say, hire us and experience what Fraser Valley Movers can do for you.
Services We Provide Near You
Why Choose Fraser Valley Movers?
Custom solutions for your move
Every service we provide begins with a in-person quote where Jon will have a conversation with you and assess your specific needs. He will be able to give you a game plan of what your move will look like and give you the exact starting time and price of your job.
Our Guarantees
We offer 2 guarantees to our clients that are VERY RARE in the moving industry.
On Time Arrival
We promise a 1 hour arrival window. When you hire our movers, you will arrange an arrival time and if your movers are later than that time window, you will receive a $200 discount from your move.
We believe in valuing your time and know you don’t want to wait around for your local movers for hours and hours.
I’m happy to report that we have never had a client who has had to utilize the discount.
Guaranteed price
When you are told a price by our company for your moving, packing or storage services, that is the actual price you will pay. Even if there are unexpected issues that arise in your move, your price will be the one you were quoted. I repeat, this is NOT an estimate that can change on your moving day.
Story Time
Here’s a wild story that shows how our guaranteed pricing works:
One winter, there was the atmospheric river that swept away parts of the Coquihalla highway. We had a booked move to Kamloops. Due to the highway closure we had to take an much longer route to Kamloops via Princeton, which added around 2 hours to the drive there. That was ok.
However, the drive back from Kamloops took much longer. Due to avalanche concerns near Princeton, there was blasting happening for hours as the moving truck was waiting for it to be cleared. At the same time it was snowing very heavily, so the roads were very slippery. Eventually, they got moving again, but when they reached Princeton all semi trucks were required to put on their chains.
It took the trucks about 20 mins each to put on their chains and it had to happen at a certain spot. So, that meant our moving truck travelled the distance of 1 semi truck and trailer every 20 minutes.
It took nearly 7 hrs to drive through Princeton. When the truck finally got back to our yard, it was a 17 hour drive to get from Kamloops to Abbotsford. Yet despite the huge amount of unexpected time, our clients paid the exact amount they had been quoted, which they were extremely grateful for.
How Can We Guarantee a 1 Hour Arrival Window?
Most companies wouldn’t be able to keep this guarantee because they do multiple jobs in the same day with the same crew.
We have a policy where our crews only do 1 job per day. This means that your job is always the first job of the day. We know we can be on time because we don’t have anything else to do before your move. All we have to do is drive from our local moving yard to your home and we are all ready to service your move.
Because we are movers near you, the time of driving to you isn’t long and we can assure you we will be on time. As an added bonus, your movers will always be fresh because they haven’t already been working for many hours before arriving at your home. And fresh is good – tired is bad. Tired equals higher chances of damages to your home and furniture.
Local expertise
We are your local movers and are happy to help with moves all around the area.
Knowing the area comes in handy as we can plan for things like traffic and garbage days.
Because of Jon’s deep roots in the Fraser Valley, he has many connections with various home service providers.
If you are need of anything from a realtor to house painter to electrician, we can help you with that because of our deep, personal ties to people nearby. We are more than just movers near you, we are your friends and neighbors and want to be of service to you any way we can.
If you need a list of service providers, get in touch with Jon, and he’ll be happy to help! Or, check out this resource with the various home service providers
Tangibly serving our community
This is more than just a place we live and work, it’s also where we serve others.
In 2024, Jon began donating moves to a charitable organization called In As Much
This charitable organization helps with very tangible needs of people who recently came to Canada as they fled their home countries due to various types of persecution. This charity helps find housing and work and sets up with supports as they transition to this new country.
After providing temporary housing for a time, the clients need to move out on their own.
This is where Fraser Valley Movers gets involved. When asked, we provide the manpower for these moves, and are really grateful for the small role we play in lending a literal helping hand.
Local Movers Near You
If you are interested in supporting a local business, we are happy to say that exactly what we are. We truly are a family owned and operated company and love that we get to live and work in the same place and have no plans of that changing.
2 Pricing Options for Your Move
Paying By the Hour
This typically involves getting an estimate price range over the phone after a brief conversation.
On your moving day, you will discover if that estimate was accurate or not. Unfortunately, there are companies that will intentionally say a low price to get the job, and then add fees on moving day.
See video for potential problems with that system.
Paying a Flat Rate for Your Move
With this process, a in-person or virtual quote would happen. After seeing everything there is to move, you would be provided with a Guaranteed Price for your move.
There is 0% chance of hidden fees and NO INCENTIVE for movers to work slowly to cause the move to a long time.
This video shows the risk of not getting a flat rate for your move.
This blog shows the hourly vs. flat rate comparison.
So, Which Option Do You Prefer?
As far as we know, Fraser Valley Movers is the only Lower Mainland moving company that offers guaranteed quotes and arrival times.
Types of Moves We Do
Detached homes
This is our bread and butter and the thing we do the most of. With our trucks and crews we can handle any sized home and get it done efficiently.
Townhouses
As your local movers we do a lot of townhouses as well. They typically require more precision than a household move because the stairwells are typically fairly narrow and have turns in them. These moves are where our experience really shines because it is incredibly easy to ding, scrape or damage walls when carrying large furniture down these narrow stairwells. The moves from townhouse typically involve a lot of stairs, so we make sure we have a proper crew of movers do your moving day doesn’t take forever. By the end of the day, our legs are burning as we have gone up and down the stairwells literally hundreds of times. Sound fun? If that doesn’t sound appealing to you, you definitely want to hire the best movers near you!
Condos
Typically with condos there are hallways and elevators involved. Our movers know how to efficiently use the elevators in a way that gets your items where they need to go, without hogging the elevator and not letting others in your building have access to it. There are ways to balance both of these things and we are good at it. Our care and attention to detail will ensure that your neighbors aren’t furious that they can’t use the elevator. We will also ensure we aren’t blocking the hallway so people can’t get by the furniture there. We will be courteous of others, but do so without wasting time. When hiring movers who are paid by the hour for a condo move, there are lots of subtle ways they can make the job take far longer than it should. Check out this article.
5 Tricks Movers Use to Waste Time When Using Elevators for Apartment Moves
Office Moves
These typically need to take place on an evening or weekend to reduce downtime for the business that is moving. Often, there are desks that need to be taken apart and reassembled and if you don’t get great movers, it can lead to major disruptions in your workflow. Let our expertise and clear communication work for you and trust your local office move to our team!
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