Movers in Warwick, RI

Moving in Warwick, Village by Village

Warwick is Rhode Island's third-largest city, with 82,823 people and about 38,600 homes spread from the airport to Potowomut. It sits 12 miles south of downtown Providence, which makes it a common landing spot for families leaving a Providence apartment for a yard. Here is how the main parts of the city tend to move.

Shore Cottages: Oakland Beach, Conimicut, Buttonwoods

Many started as summer cottages and were winterized later. Rooms are small, stairs are steep and the attic is often reached by pull-down ladder. Expect us to carry boxes down that ladder by hand, not throw them. Salt air rusts bed frames and outdoor furniture, so we wrap metal pieces in pads before they touch anything upholstered.

Capes and Ranches Inland

Hoxsie, Norwood, Lincoln Park, Hillsgrove and Pilgrim Park are full of 1950s and 1960s capes and ranches. The upstairs bedrooms in a cape have knee walls and low ceilings, so tall dressers come down the stairs on their backs. These houses usually take three movers six to eight hours.

Warwick Neck, Cowesett and Bigger Colonials

Larger homes, longer driveways and more stuff. A four or five-bedroom colonial with a finished basement is often a two-day job: packing on day one, the move on day two. We bring a 26 ft truck and sometimes a second, smaller one.

Apponaug and Condo Complexes

Apponaug village and the condo complexes off Route 2 and Post Road mean shared hallways, elevators in some buildings and association rules about move times. We pad the elevator and keep the hallway clear for your neighbors.

How Much Do Movers Cost in Warwick, RI?

A local Warwick move usually costs $540 to $2,700 in 2026. Two movers and a truck are $165 an hour, three are $215 and four are $265, with a 3-hour minimum. Travel time from our yard is billed once and is usually 20 to 30 minutes for Warwick, so it adds less than you'd think.

Moves Between Warwick and Providence

A lot of our Warwick jobs start or end in Providence. I-95 is 20 minutes on a good morning and 45 minutes at 5 pm, so we load in the morning and drive before the afternoon rush. When the Providence end is a College Hill street or a Federal Hill side street, we apply for the city's no-parking signs about two business days early. The permit is about $80 and it beats carrying a sofa half a block.

Flying in through T. F. Green? Plenty of our customers land a day before the truck and stay near the airport. We can deliver early the next morning so the beds are set up by the time the kids wake up.

Storage for Shore Homes and In-Between Dates

Shore houses get sold, raised or renovated, and the furniture needs somewhere to wait. We load it into wooden storage vaults at your house, seal them, and keep them in climate-controlled storage until the work is done. Storage runs $95 to $150 a month per vault, and a two-bedroom cottage usually fills three or four.

In our experience the dates almost never line up perfectly. A two-week gap between the sale and the new lease is normal, and paying for storage is usually cheaper than paying for a second truck day.

Why Warwick Families Book Us

• Crews of three on most house moves, so nobody carries a dresser alone
• A written estimate with the hourly rate, the crew size and the travel time
• Moving blankets, floor runners and door jamb pads on every truck
• Seven days a week, so a Sunday closing isn't a problem

Shore houses come with sand, salt and screened porches, so a Warwick truck carries a few extras. Shrink wrap covers wicker and cushions, and every bed gets a mattress bag. A dish pack or two handles the kitchen that never got packed. Door jamb protectors go on the narrow cottage doors. Out-of-state moves get a bill of lading and an inventory list, checked item by item at both ends.

Moving a little further down Route 2? We also cover East Greenwich, from the Main Street apartments to the big lots out west.