Cunningham William Movers

These guys are the best! If you want a moving company that is thorough, quick, and gets the job done right THESE ARE THE BEST! They helped me move a piano and they had it from one location to the next and set up in my house within an hour. They were professional, courteous, and very friendly. I have worked with many companies through the years and this one is at the top of my list. Thank you Cunningham Movers!

Wow!!! What a great bunch of guys!!!
They made a really stressful move so simple. Plus dealing with a lot of snow and slush, handled it like pros. My family has always used them. I’m so happy I didn’t let the couple of bad review sway me. I will recommend them to all of my friends and to my friend who owns a property management company for her unit owners/​tenants.
Thanks again Cunningham Movers!!!

Very disappointed with my experience with Cunningham movers. We were quoted 3 hrs of work plus 1 hr of travel at $ 120/​hr totaling $ 480. I thought this was a great price compared to the many moving quotes we received.
Come moving day the owner called to say they were going to be an hour and half late, our original appointment was at 1, no big deal things like that happen. They showed up with 3 men and a teenage girl… they actually moved us out pretty quick however they used up the rest of our packing tape with out asking and only started using theirs once our roll was empty; they stated they would bring their own supplies.
Once arriving at the new place the three men plus teenage girl turned in to two men, one teenage girl, and two more preteen boys (I later learned these were Cunningham’s kids). Two men and essentially CHILDREN were unloading the the truck. They did work fast, as they did before, but I watched the children drop my boxes and put them anywhere despite them saying «Living Room,» «Master Bathroom,» and etc… granted these kids looked tired! Sweating, red-​faced, dehydrated, exhausted– maybe I should have called children protective services instead.
By 6PM they completed the job and the owner said luckily for us he won’t charge us for the extra workers… the inexperienced fatigued CHILDREN that were dropping my things everywhere. Still the owner bumped up my fee an additional hour to $ 600. So no only did we get screwed on price, but also on quality, OH and did I mention that many of our items have been damaged from furniture to items in boxes (probably because half the boxes were placed upside down)!
Tried to work this out with the owner over the phone but since he has his $$ he will not budge and it is my fault for paying him. He claims they were there longer and that the children were collage-​aged.
Pros: quick work
Con: Poor quality work, over charge from quoted prices, used child labor, owner lies
I suggest to not use them and pay additional money ANYWHERE else to a reliable company you can trust.

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I made the mistake of hiring them via U-Haul’s referral service, thinking that U-​Haul would vet their recommendations to some extent.
I guess not.
— They did not show up when they were supposed to.
— They lied to me about why they were going to be late (supposedly they broke down).
— They badmouthed their previous customer for making them late.
— They called me to ask me not to post a bad review on U-Haul’s site.
— They found another mover who could come sooner, BUT CANCELED THEM WITHOUT ASKING ME because they could be there over an hour later.
I mean, why lose out on a job even though you’ve been messing with your customer and calling them a hundred times trying to get your story straight?
I canceled the reservation and highly recommend you never use them.
FYI: This company also operates as «Northwest Movers.»

We used them for a move back in January from a 2^nd floor condo in Lakeview to a house in the city on the NW side and were happy with them.
It was right after a snowstorm and they took good care of our wrapping our furniture and navigating it down the slippery stairs and then into the new house.
The crew we got 2 of 3 hard workers, very friendly and seemed to care, while the other one wasn’t. They moved quickly despite the horrible weather. I don’t know how they didn’t fall down the stairs as I almost did bringing something small out to my car. I only gave 4 out of 5 because we did have one leg of a dresser that did have a cracked leg, which was due to it being loose and shaking in the van. I glued it back together and it is fine, but other than that they were great and would recommend them. We were getting our floors done and they let us hold onto a couple of wardrobe boxes until we had access to the closets to put our clothes away.
Some things we did:
We packed our own boxes and were ready when they got there.
We also requested plenty of wardrobe boxes for the closets so clothes on hangers don’t get wrinkled. Wardrobe boxes are key.
We helped bring some stuff out towards the end to speed it up.
We labeled our boxes to the rooms we wanted them in our new house.
We also were there at the house to help direct the boxes to the appropriate rooms.
We also provided them with water & gatorade and a couple snacks

This a scam, don’t use these movers. I used them last year to move me, long story short, they quoted me for three guys, then brought four, they drank the whole time. And when it was all said and done, they charged me double the price of the quote.
Then my sister uses them just recently. Single, disabled mom, they do the same exact thing to her. She paid them money she didn’t have because a job which should have took 4 hours took 7! Rip off, scam artists, don’t use this company.

Used these guys back in Feb for a move from a 3 bed 2^nd floor apartment to a 5 bedroom house. They were a little pricier than some of their competitors ($ 120/​hr quoted over the phone. $ 30/​hr per man and another 30 for the truck) but I heard this was a family owned small business so I figured Id give them a shot. Being a veteran mover (7 times in 6 years) I knew the routine so I had the move figured at around 4 hours tops. So here are my issues with this company:
#1-​One of the guys helped himself to an unopened box of cookies he found in my pantry box. I walked in on him stuffing cookies in his mouth.
#2– One of the guys spent the entire time shamelessly fishing for tips. I get it, Ive worked for tips before too… have a little professionalism about it.
#3– All of my boxes were clearly marked as to which room & floor they needed to end up at in the new house. The first floor items were mostly fine, but almost everything marked basement or 2^nd floor stayed on floor 1. I guess they didn’t feel like stairs.
#4– The MAIN ISSUE I had with using this company… just as they began unloading in my new house, my wife had a medical emergency and I had to bring her to the doctor so I left a family member to supervise the rest of the move and pay the crew. At this point everything was on schedule so I figured a total cost of $ 480 for 4 hours plus tip so I left almost 600 thinking that would be more than enough. I returned home to find that the move had in fact taken exactly 4 hours but my relative was given a bill for $ 600. So he handed over all the cash I left him and then was pressured into a tip. The bill showed a «travel charge» of $ 120 that was never mentioned before. Other companies in the past have charge between $ 25 – 50 for a fuel surcharge at times but Id never heard of this much. It took me 4 calls and 3 unanswered voice mails over the coarse of a week to reach Cunningham. When he finally picked up the phone I told him I felt I had been overcharged and asked why this wasn’t discussed on the 2 separate occasions we spoke prior to the move. He got very defensive and practically yelling told me that it was a standard «state imposed fee» that every moving company charges. I responded that when I used a different company the year before this was not the case. He conceded that he would refund me $ 60 by mail «to make me happy.» Its been 3 months and still no check.

I have used Cunningham Movers three times. The latest move (and hopefully my last) was from a 2^nd floor walk-​up into a house. These guys were great! Everything was carefully wrapped and padded and nothing was damaged. I would highly recommend this company.