Movers in Oak Brook, IL

Oak Brook is mostly residential subdivisions wrapped around a large retail and office core. Those two halves produce very different moves, and we run both.

Household Moving

Most Oak Brook homes are single-family houses on generous lots, which usually means four movers and a truck at $225 an hour rather than a smaller booking. The extra mover is about distance from the door to the truck more than the number of rooms. See our residential moving page.

Downsizing and Senior Household Moves

The median age in Oak Brook is 55 and more than a third of residents are 65 or older, so a large share of local moves are households leaving a long-held house. We pack room by room, hold what is not going to the new place, and redeliver when it is wanted. Our packing services and storage pages cover both halves.

Office and Corporate Moving

Oak Brook holds the headquarters of Ace Hardware, Portillo’s, Federal Signal, TreeHouse Foods and Lions Clubs International among others, and office tenants along 22nd Street move on weekends to keep business hours clear. We label by workstation and rebuild the floor in one pass. Our commercial moving page has the detail.

Long Distance Moving

Moves leaving Illinois are priced on the shipment rather than the clock. See long distance moving for how that is quoted.

For a local move in Oak Brook we charge $135 an hour for two movers and a truck on weekdays, $185 for three movers and $225 for four. A travel fee is added once per job, based on the number of movers.

Hourly Rates by Number of Movers

Weekend and peak-season dates cost a little more per hour.

Estimated Cost by Home Size

These are planning estimates at weekday rates, not a quote. They cover mover and truck time only, before the travel fee and any add-ons.

Where the Hours Go in Oak Brook

Carry distance is the line item that catches people here. Carries longer than 75 feet add $75 for each extra 50 feet, and a long circular driveway can pass that before the movers reach the door. Stairs are $75 per flight and an appliance disconnect and reconnect is $250 per appliance. Booking an extra mover often costs less than the hours a long carry adds.

Driveways, Carries and Where the Truck Sits

Tell us where a 26-foot truck can stand before move day, because on the larger lots the parking spot decides the carry. If the driveway will not take the truck or the turn is too tight, we shuttle with a smaller vehicle rather than walk every piece the length of the drive. A walk-through on the phone usually settles it in five minutes.

Association Rules in the Townhome and Condo Pockets

The townhome and condo developments set their own move-in hours and some ask for a certificate of insurance from the mover. Check with your association as soon as you have a date and send us the contact, and we will file the paperwork before the day rather than at the gate.

Picking a Date Around the Tollways

Oak Brook sits between I-88 and I-294, which is an easy approach outside rush hour and a slow one during it. We start early so the truck is loaded before the afternoon build-up on 22nd Street, and a midweek date outside peak season runs at $135 an hour for two movers instead of the $165 peak rate.

After-Hours and Weekend Office Moves

Office moves along the I-88 corridor almost always run after hours or over a weekend so the building stays usable. Weekend rates are $10 an hour higher per mover tier, which is normally less than a day of lost business. We walk the floor first and sequence the load so the critical desks land first.

Retail and Showroom Moves

Oakbrook Center and the surrounding retail is the single largest employer in the village, and retail moves run to fixed deadlines around opening hours. We work to the center’s loading and access rules and schedule around them.

Nearby Towns We Also Serve

We cover the surrounding DuPage towns from the same office, including Hinsdale, Downers Grove, Elmhurst and Lombard.