What a Scottsdale local move truly costs
Most callers guess low on a Scottsdale move, usually because a competitor floated a tidy number for a house nobody had actually walked through. For a move that stays inside the Phoenix Valley, what you owe is the crew, the truck, and everything in between, written as one flat figure.
- 2-mover rate$149/hr, crew & truck
- 3-mover rate$199/hr, crew & truck
- What runs the clockThe home and the gate, not the mileage
The gate code is what sets the number here
A DC Ranch home behind a guarded gate, a McDowell Mountain Ranch lot with a boulder retaining wall and a steep driveway, an Old Town Scottsdale bungalow down a narrow alley — all of it eats hours a flat suburban lot never would. Melissa builds those hours into the quote up front instead of pretending the HOA paperwork doesn’t add time.
Local flat-rate ranges
Once we’ve walked the rooms and asked about your HOA’s move-in window, the hourly math turns into one flat figure on paper. These ranges reflect a typical job around Scottsdale and the Phoenix Valley, from Old Town to Paradise Valley, Cave Creek, and Fountain Hills.
| Home size | Crew & truck | Typical flat rate |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1-bedroom apartment | 2 movers, 1 truck | $550 – $850 |
| 2-bedroom home or condo | 2 – 3 movers, 1 truck | $850 – $1,380 |
| 3-bedroom house | 3 movers, 1 truck | $1,380 – $2,350 |
| 4+ bedroom house | 3 – 4 movers, 1 – 2 trucks | $2,350 – $3,850 |
No hidden add-ons inside Maricopa County
The flat rate is the whole number. There’s no separate fuel charge, no gate fee, and no early-start surcharge for a local move anywhere in the Valley.
| What people expect to be charged | What we charge |
|---|---|
| Fuel surcharge | $0, built into the rate |
| HOA gate or paperwork fee | $0 inside the Phoenix Valley |
| Early-start or heat-schedule fee | $0, included |
Where the hours actually pile up
A handful of things swing the total, and each is already priced into the figure you sign, so move day never springs a fresh charge.
- The gate. A guard-gated DC Ranch community or an HOA that wants a reserved window takes longer to plan than a street with no gate at all, and we build that into the truck and crew size.
- The terrain. A McDowell Mountain Ranch or Fountain Hills lot with a boulder retaining wall and a steep driveway moves slower than a flat suburban pad.
- The packing. A house that’s fully packed keeps the crew moving; half-filled boxes discovered on move morning are what quietly rack up hours nobody planned for.
- The heavy pieces. A gun safe, a piano, or pool equipment from a casita wants trained hands and the right rigging, quoted up front, sometimes with a 4-mover crew at $259/hr when the job calls for it.
Crew and coverage, plain
Derek Foss started Integrity Moving Specialist in 2011 out of a yard off Raintree Drive, and it now runs several trucks, with Melissa Cordero writing the quotes, Nathan Ruiz on dispatch, and Anthony Reyes and Cody Winter leading the crews.
By federal rule your goods default to released-value protection at 60 cents per pound; full-value protection, which pays toward replacing a broken item, runs 1 to 3 percent against the value you declare, with a nine-month window to file. Ask us in for a walkthrough and leave with a firm number in writing.