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OZ Moving & Storage

As we search for the best moving companies in New York to add to our Stores Guide, we have to look harder and harder. This is our latest tip. OZ Moving & Storage was started by Avi Oz in 1993 and ...

Vogel Movers

Civilized help for light moves. If you call Housing Works to have them pick up your furniture, there is a good chance they will send Frank Vogel and his partner. When I met him a few months ago,...

On The Move Transportation

Formerly known as "Nate's Transportation," Nate is still around and ramping up his business! Having previously relied on word of mouth (and the written word, like our posts here), he's changed hi...

Rabbit Movers

Only a few movers get the thumbs up. We keep hearing about movers who are cheap, fast and honest, and do our best to weed out the truth from the merely enthusiastic. Truth be told, however, we re...

Moishe's Moving Systems

Adding to our list of recommended movers, Moishe's easily makes the list. One of the biggest companies in the city, with a much more corporate approach and an aim to be a "moving system" supplier, n...

Meyer's Moving & Storage

Smooth operator. Meyer's Moving is another big operator in the New York area that we have heard good things about. They can handle local and national moving and are on the phone the second you c...

IKEA Pickup and Delivery by Eric

We needed a few things from IKEA this week, but we were seriously short on time AND we didn't have a car. So we got on Craigslist and called a few of the IKEA pickup and delivery services that adver...

Collins Brothers Moving

Lately we've seen a great number of these cute, robin's egg blue trucks around town and felt it was time to add them to our Moving Archive - see what people have to say......

Bubble Wrap "Stained Glass" Windows

Spotted over at ReadyMade, this DIY project arose out of a move. The resident had just moved into a new home and had lots of bubble wrap around from unpacking. One thing they didn't have, though, we...

Good Questions: Opinions on Storage Vault Type Moving?

Hello AT, I am getting ready to move from Las Vegas to Manhattan and am considering using a storage vault type moving system. My last move using conventional movers (from SF to LV) was an absolute ...

Garde Robe: Closet Valet Service

We are real ambivalent about this one. We find it both impossibly funny and possibly brilliant at the same time. You can make the final call. Garde Robe is a "first-class" storage solution for "Ne...

Collins Brothers Moving

More Movers. Lately we've seen a great number of these cute, robin's egg blue trucks around town and felt it was time to add them to our Moving Archive - see what people have to say. Collins Brothers...

Moishe's Moving Systems

(Photo: Lane Johnson)To all Hot Movers 2006 Systematic moving. Hmm. Adding to our list of recommended movers, Moishe's easily makes the list. One of the biggest companies in the city, with a much ...

Rabbit Movers

(Photo: Lane Johnson) Only a few movers get the thumbs up. We keep hearing about movers who a. cheap b. fast and c. honest, and do our best to weed out the truth from the merely enthusaistic. Truth...

IKEA Pickup & Delivery by Eric

We needed a few things from IKEA this week as we expanded our offices but we were seriously short on time, AND we didn't have a car. So we got on Craigslist and called a few of the IKEA pickup and del...

Nate's Transportation

New York is the land of small advice. You know your firends that just seem to know everything? Like which store just opened on Spring Street, where to go to find an old faucet, or which jeans are hot...

Magic Mushroom Van - CLOSED

This service is no longer operable. Please do not email them. 8.28.08 - CB Solve your Ikea Hangover. We just recieved this tip for a new delivery service from Ikea. Sounds good. It's run by a co...

The Unique Furniture Service

Good Chop Shop. In comments yesterday, we came across a reference to the Unique Furniture Service. No Sofa Too Big, No Door Too Small We made a call and learned that Lionel Diaz has been doing this...

Meyer's Moving & Storage

Smooth operator. Meyer's Moving is another big operator in the New York area that we have heard good things about. They can handle local and national moving and are on the phone the second you call ...

Brownstone Brothers: A Luxury Move

When my ship comes in.... We've used Brownstone Brothers with clients and they were GOOD. They make the nervewrackingness of moving fade away with their calm, precision and expert service. Call the...

All Star Moving & Storage

We have heard All Star Movers recommended around town from Manhattan User's Guide to City Search, where they get a 9.2 rating and this review: They showed up on time, were quick and efficient, and re...

Chester Asher + IKEA = Heaven

This just in. Our friends, Stephen and Haidy, have been successfully wrestling with painting and furnishing their new apartment in Chelsea and have come to the Ikea part of the process. Therein lies...

Rainbow Movers

Rainbow is a nice image. We don't know what the rainbow is for, but we have heard that Rainbow Movers is a "class act." While we have heard the name floating around, one friend has used them four ti...

Vogel Movers

Civilized help for light moves. If you call Housing Works to have them pick up your furniture, there is a good chance they will send Frank Vogel and his partner. When I met him a few months ago, I a...

Emergency Mover: Joseph

This is not a smelly guy with a cigar and a beat up van. Joseph is a gentleman and a full time LIGHT mover who charges a little more, but provides a clean, brand new extended van and better service. ...