4+ bedroom home, local move.
$1,625-$3,500 typical cost. Large family home.
The shape of the move.
8-12+ hours, 3-5 mover crew, $1,625-$3,500. Large family home. Almost always needs two trucks or two trips. 4-5 movers split into pack-team and load-team for efficiency. Most common scenario: high-net-worth household upsize within same metro.
What you're actually paying for.
Hourly labour: 5-mover crew at $250-$400/hr × 10 hours = $2,500-$4,000. Packing materials $300-$600. Two trucks at $400-$800 if separately billed. Tip $100-$300 typical.
What competitors won't tell you upfront.
All previous + custom-crating for antiques / artwork ($200-$1,000 per piece), pool table moves ($300-$700), gun safe ($150-$400 ground floor; $400-$1,200 with stairs). Insurance becomes meaningful: full-value protection at 1-3% of declared value on a $50,000-$200,000 household = $500-$6,000 added.
Anti-pattern detection.
Reasonable: multi-day estimate, multiple in-home surveys, explicit insurance discussion (released vs full-value), written timeline. Suspicious: 'flat rate' without a comprehensive survey, no insurance options offered.