Southern California Moving & Storage

I’ve moved 14 or 15 times in the past 20 years, and this was the easiest and fastest move ever. Mike and Patrick showed up on time, did a great job and were courteous, efficient and overall great to work with. I highly recommend this company — the office staff were equally helpful over the phone.

This moving company is the worst! I used them twice to give them a second chance after the first so-​so performance and the second time was terrible. They damaged some of my items and fought with me for six months before they finally paid the claim for pennies on the dollar. The guys were talking more than working and overall lazy. They do not follow simple instructions and apparently cannot read since clearly labeled boxes did not reach their destination. Anyone considering a move should stay away from these movers.

Do not use this moving company!!! Being a military veteran I have moved 6 times and have never seen such an unprofessional company. Unmarked boxes, zero accountability for my goods, different movers each day, lost items, they attempted to charge more money the day of delivery, and the really big one… they charged my account without authorization. Do yourself a favor and hire a reputable moving company.

Ours was a CRAZY, HUGE move! And SoCal Moving & Storage was AMAZING! 22 years in a four bedroom, three-​car garage (full), remnants of three businesses, crafters, artists, do-​it-​yourselfers — that was us – and that means A LOT OF STUFF!
Ed Batto, (who was wonderful) set up the arrangements — a move from San Diego to Canyon Lake — almost 80 miles.
Dan & his son, Keith, headed up an awesome team. From the minute they jumped down off the tractor trailer — they were hustling — even running! 25,000 lbs went on that truck! And ¼ remained — we thought we’d save ‘big’ money by handling the rest on our own — NEVER AGAIN! We should have left it all for these knowledgeable, hard-​working men!
We worked our butts off for the last ¼ of our stuff! Rented 3 trucks, gas, mileage, wear and tear on our bodies — NOT WORTH IT AT ALL!
Their price in the end was MORE THAN FAIR — if we’d have let them do the entire move we’d have spent $ 200 more than we did in the end. Gosh darn-​it, that was a hard lesson!
Bottom line — leave things for those who know what they are doing!
Our belongings went to their company yard overnight and unloading was done the next day. Both were all-​day jobs and the men worked very hard; they were prompt, pleasant, funny, caring and considerate. They hardly took any breaks, they were neat and tidy, and the only cursing came from me! But that was not about them! Moving is hard work — leave it to the professionals!
I’d read so many horror stories online about other peoples’ moves — our experience was nothing like that!
My only suggestion and request would have been to wrap the furniture before it left the house and not in the truck.
All-​in-​all — extremely happy with this company! Thank you!

Less than One Star
We got the same family owned sales pitch. We felt since we had initially arranged with the owner face-​to-​face, that the company would be more likely to honor its commitments. Nothing could be further from the truth. He had told us 2 – 5 days for the inter-​state move. The crew that picked up our stuff had told us 2 – 6 days for the move. It was 10 days in the end, with no communication nor apologies of any kind from anyone in the company when they were late. They didn’t even begin moving the load until the 6^th day! Their excuse became that some blurred, and illegible stamp on the Bill of Lading indicated they had from «1 – 30 days». What a joke, as if anyone would do business with this firm if they thought it would take them a month to deliver their stuff. Same thing as with the other reviewer: they basically held our stuff hostage until they received full payment, then the two who delivered did not want to hand around long at all for any ‘exceptions’ (noting comments on damaged items) as they call them. They deliverers did not even show up w/​the Allen wrenches necessary to put back together several of our items. I ended up helping them re-​assemble items, without a word of thanks. Actually the head of this delivery crew, named Frank, was completely surely, which added insult to injury for a very late move. The company has a glowing customer service policy that in our event was not honored even remotely. No calls back. No one cares at all! We had some damaged items as well, but mostly it was the extra costs to us of the delay, and the fact that the owner & firm have not responded to anything after the fact. DO NOT move with this company!

These guys are great! We have a house in Austin Texas that we sold. We had to move everything to our second home in Laguna Beach. The move went really well. Al booked our move and guaranteed me a delivery date. The move was great from start to finish. There was no damage. No hidden fees or extra charges. Sal the driver was a great lead man on our move. They wrapped all our furniture. Great service with a great rate!

My husband’s company used Southern California Moving to relocate us from Canada to Thousand Oaks. Our things arrived safely and the guys they sent were very courteous, however we are missing paperwork from our car being imported and they haven’t answered our calls. It’s been an absolute nightmare. Not only have I called them at least 25 times in the last 5 months, but I’ve called the border our car crossed at, I’ve driven to the customs office in LA to try and get help and I’ve called the company they subcontracted our move to. We can’t register our car! I don’t know what to do anymore. In addition to that, I’m due with our first child in less than two weeks. I really want to get this cleared up.
This company seems very unorganized and unresponsive. Shame on them!

I moved late last year from Ca to Or. I did not have high expectations as out of state moves are always tuff. I was not prepared for the lies and theft and massive breakage. Some of the items they stole belonged to my late Father, so I called and offered a cash reward for the return of specific items. One may ask why i would leave those things to movers. They were wrapped and hidden in the back of my dresser drawer. That was then shrink wrapped and loaded. So in the extra days it took to get here — they offloaded and looted my personal things. If a company will not take a check — there is a reason. I thought it a tad odd. now I know why, they are crooks!!! plain and simple. Shame on you So Cal Moving — you give movers everywhere a bad name.

This is going to be review 1 of 2. I am in the process of relocating to Chattanooga, TN from Orange County, CA. I contracted with SoCal Moving to move not only my belongings but also my vehicle, their price was extremely competitive. Dave and his team were friendly, polite, and loaded my belongings with care. His team worked well together and I got the impression they were a team that enjoys working together. After my move, they swept up and tidied up my garage. I couldn’t be more pleased with the process up until this point. I just received word that my belongings are to arrive at my new home a day early which is a pleasant surprise. I will follow up with another review tomorrow after I review the condition of my shipment, but knowing that the same team will be making the delivery of my goods, I expect to have another five star review.

We hired Southern California Moving & Storage in September 2011 to move our 4 bedroom over-​filled house and garage in Murrieta to an equally sized house in Temecula. They did a great job packing the truck and were able to complete the move in one load which was a huge relief. They had one injury about ²⁄₃ through the day and had a replacement person show up within a half hour. I would use them again but after three moves with so many items (many of them extremely heavy) — I am thinking about turning this into a two-​day move. One day with so many heavy items is just too much for 4 guys — and Ive tried three different moving companies so this is no reflection on this team.

Just God awful. They packed poorly (multiple broken items for which they did not return calls or compensate us), did not complete the job in the time promised, would not return calls, attempted to hold my items hostage unless we paid beyond what they had quoted. Just stay away.

Overall I had very good experience with SoCal Moving and would definitely recommend them. Derek and Desean showed up around 9AM as expected, did a quick run through of the house, and gave a pretty accurate ball park estimate (in hind site) of the time they were going to need. Derek did a fantastic job of packing the truck so everything was secure and safe. They both worked efficiently and effectively moving all our junk into and out of the truck. They even skillfully handled a hornets nest with grace.
I would have no hesitation using these guys again, provided Derek and Desean are on the job. I can’t comment about any of the other movers they might have there.
They could have been a bit more helpful in the packing dept, but overall they did a very good job.

I would give zero stars. Do not use if you want your stuff to arrive safely. Showed complete disregard and disrespect to packing and moving our possessions. Would not return phone calls the day of or after the problem. Too many problems to list here.