Movers in San Rafael, CA

San Rafael's narrow hillside streets and downtown apartment blocks call for a crew that already knows which corners a 26-foot truck can't take, and ours does.

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Hector or Bryce parks the truck in your driveway at the window you picked, not somewhere close to it
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Hector Reyes has run enough San Rafael jobs to know which hillside streets in Gerstle Park won’t take a 26-foot truck, and which downtown blocks near Fourth Street need a parking permit called in two days ahead. Robb & Messer quotes San Rafael differently from a flat Petaluma street for exactly that reason.

What Changes Here

  • Narrow, winding hillside streets sometimes mean shuttling from a smaller truck instead of parking the rig at the door
  • Downtown apartment moves often need a curb reservation or parking permit arranged in advance
  • Steep driveways and blind curves slow the carry, which our flat rate already accounts for

Flat Rates Here

Home Size Flat Rate
Studio / 1BR $800-1100
2BR $1100-1650
3BR $1650-2400
4+BR $2400-3500

Downtown condo move, or a hillside single-family home? See our apartment moving page, or browse every city we cover across Marin and Sonoma.

What Neighbors Here Usually Ask

Our street in Gerstle Park is narrow and winding — can your truck get up there?▾

Hector Reyes and the crew know San Rafael's hillside streets well; sometimes we shuttle from a smaller truck if the block genuinely can't take our full-size rig.

Do we need a parking permit for a downtown San Rafael apartment move?▾

Often, yes — tell us your address when you book and we'll let you know if a curb reservation or permit is needed.

Our driveway is steep with a blind curve — is that a problem?▾

It's common in San Rafael's hillside neighborhoods, and it's already factored into how we quote the job.

Can you move us between a downtown condo and a hillside single-family home?▾

Yes, that's one of our most common San Rafael routes.

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Everywhere Else We Cover

Based in Petaluma, Robb & Messer Moving and Storage runs moves across North Bay / Sonoma County — including Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Novato, San Rafael — one crew and one set of trucks, wherever the job takes us.

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Jobs We Ran Close to Here

Read them as they were posted — Sonoma County households talking about their own move day, no editing on our end.

Whitney L.
★★★★★

Hector walked our downtown Victorian staircase before a single box came in and had a plan for every turn — nothing scraped, nothing rushed.

Whitney L.Santa Rosa · Google
Dario P.
★★★★★

Bryce called two days before the smoke rolled in and moved our date up without charging us a dime for it.

Dario P.Rohnert Park · Google
Priya N.
★★★★★

Robb & Messer Moving and Storage quoted a flat number on the first call and the invoice matched it down to the dollar.

Priya N.Novato · Google
Colin M.
★★★★★

No fog-season surcharge, no fuel line item — the price Denise wrote down over the phone was the price on the invoice.

Colin M.San Rafael · Google
Renata A.
★★★★★

They packed the wine-cellar boxes the night before and had the whole house unloaded before dinner the next day.

Renata A.Sonoma · Google

What We Handle For Petaluma Households

Local Moving

A one-bedroom walk-up near downtown Petaluma or a five-bedroom estate out toward Sonoma wine country — the same crew, the same flat number, no subcontractor added to the bill halfway through the day.

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Long-Distance Moving

Sacramento, Reno, Los Angeles, or the long pull up to Portland — every lane out of Petaluma gets priced by Bryce Coleman off the miles and hours the job actually takes, not a flat per-mile guess, and the same crew that loads your driveway is the one that carries the key at the other end.

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Apartment & Condo Moving

We scope the tight parking near McNear’s Beach and check stairwell widths on second-floor walk-ups before move day, so nobody is improvising a plan on the curb.

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Office & Commercial Moving

Your business keeps running while we work around it — commercial and office moves get scheduled into the hours when your building is quiet, so equipment and file cabinets move carefully and your staff is back at their desks the same day.

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Packing & Specialty Item Services

Materials get priced up front, not estimated after the fact, and the same crew that packs your kitchen in the morning is still there loading the truck that afternoon.

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Storage Solutions

When your escrow closing and your move-out date don’t land on the same day, we inventory every box, keep it clean and dry, and deliver it back exactly as it left your old address.

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