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Apartment, Condo & College Move-In Movers in Flint, MI

Apartment and college moves around Flint hinge on two things: the building's rules and the calendar. A Kettering dorm hands you a fixed move-in window; an older Carriage Town walk-up gives you a tight staircase and a front office that wants a certificate on file. Angelo Ruiz lines both up before the truck rolls.
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Budget Moving crew loading boxes into the moving truck in Flint

A real mover answers, every time

Dial the yard and it is Curtis on the line, or one of the crew who actually rides the trucks — no phone tree, no scripted call center. Walk us through what makes your move tricky — a turning staircase in an older Carriage Town bungalow, a Grand Blanc basement that has to come up flight by flight, the long rural pull out to Goodrich — and we have the whole day mapped before your date lands.

The number is locked before we lift a thing

We walk your rooms one by one, fold the wardrobe boxes, pads, dollies and shrink-wrap straight into that figure, and hand it to you in writing — so once the truck is in your driveway, nothing new ever shows up on the tab. That is what Budget stands for here: an honest up-front price, not a rental-depot counter.

Box the whole house or just the breakables

Give us the kitchen for dish barrels, let closets ride across on the hanger in wardrobe cartons, or simply flag the mirrors, flat-screens and glass tabletops — those we build a fitted crate around for the road. Your call on how much we handle.

The same crew, front door to front door

Whoever sizes up your rooms at the estimate is the crew chief steering the truck and doing the final walkthrough with you — a Davison ranch, a Flushing two-story, a third-floor place near UM-Flint, the job never gets handed off partway.

Student housing and older apartment buildings each run on their own clock. A University of Michigan–Flint or Mott move-in weekend opens a window everyone’s fighting for, and a two-story off Saginaw Street hands you one steep, narrow staircase built long before elevators. Angelo Ruiz, who leads our college and complex moves, settles the date and the access up front.

Buildings we move most

  • Dorms and student apartments at Kettering University, University of Michigan–Flint and Mott Community College on a fixed move-in window
  • Older Carriage Town and College Cultural walk-ups with narrow staircases and tight doorways
  • Downtown Flint lofts and mid-rise apartments needing an elevator hold
  • Grand Blanc and Fenton complexes whose front office wants a certificate of insurance filed first

Renae Whitfield files the certificate to your community’s exact wording and books the elevator or dock. It’s $119 an hour for a two-mover truck and $169 with a third hand, against a one-hour minimum — wardrobe boxes, pads, dollies and shrink-wrap all ride along from the first box.

Included on Every Job

Each item here is simply how our crews work a move — nothing on this list reappears as a surprise charge at the foot of your bill.

  • We lock the move-in window with your dorm or complex office so the crew lands inside your assigned slot
  • Renae Whitfield writes the certificate of insurance your apartment community requires, to their exact wording and limits
  • Padded runners and door-jamb guards go down every shared hallway, stairwell and entryway on the route
  • An extra set of hands goes on the tight third-floor and older-building stair climbs so nothing stalls
  • Beds, desks and shelving come apart at the old place and go back together at the new one
  • Pads, dollies, shrink-wrap and wardrobe cartons ride on the truck at no extra charge
  • Mattresses bagged and upholstery wrapped against slush and road salt in the colder months

What Flint Customers Say

★ Yelp
★★★★★

“Super flexible great group of guys. Friendly and great attitudes for a BIG move job. Thank you!”

Michelle M.
Flushing, MI · Apartment move
★ Google
★★★★★

“The team arrived timely and was friendly. The move was efficient and affordable. Thank you Peachtree!”

Denise D.
Fenton, MI · Local move
★ Google
★★★★★

“Communication and pricing were on point. The moving guys Byron, Jordan and Jack were wonderful! They were all very kind and made the moving process easy. Thanks again guys :)”

Lindsey J.
Burton, MI · Residential move

The Questions We Get Most

We're moving into a Kettering dorm on move-in weekend — can you work our assigned window?
Yes. Move-in days at Kettering, UM-Flint and Mott fill fast, so tell us your slot when you book and Angelo schedules the crew to arrive inside it. Book early — those weekends go quickly. Call (888) 278-9005.
My apartment is a second-floor walk-up in an older Carriage Town building with a really tight staircase — is that a problem?
Not at all. Older Flint buildings with their narrow stairs and doorways are everyday work for Sam's crew. We measure the tight turns first, pad the landings, and add a hand on a long climb so your things move fast without a scrape.
The front office at my Grand Blanc complex won't let movers in without a certificate of insurance — can you send one?
All the time. Send us the community's requirements and Renae draws up the certificate a few days out, naming the property as additional insured to the limits they ask for.
What does a small one-bedroom apartment cost to move across town?
Expect the $119 two-mover hourly rate on a studio or one-bedroom, one-hour minimum included, and a place that small is generally loaded up and set back down inside a single morning. We'll put a written estimate together off your room count first.
Is Budget Moving an actual moving crew, or do you just rent out trucks?
We're a full-service crew. Budget Moving is a licensed and insured, owner-run company here in Flint — our own trucks and our own uniformed movers who load, drive and unload for you. You never rent a truck or carry a box yourself.
The same Flint crew is on your move start to finish — first carton loaded, last piece carried in and set down

Your Move Day, Step by Step

  1. 1

    Your written number, same day

    Our part: Give us the room count, whether we are walking straight out or hauling up from a full basement, and how the street and driveway sit on your block — and before we shut the office for the night, a figure in writing is usually already in your inbox.

    Your part: Come with both anchor dates — move-out and move-in — and any codes for the building, garage or gate; that is what tightens a ballpark into a firm price.

  2. 2

    Access nailed down ahead of time

    Our part: We line up driveway and street access, book the elevator window at a college-area building, clear whatever certificate of insurance a property manager keeps on file, and in winter get the walk shoveled and salted — so the truck parks at the door and nobody has to carry a dresser half a block.

    Your part: Hand us your two anchor dates — the one you must be out and the one you can move in — and tell us which of them cannot move.

  3. 3

    Padded, wrapped, tagged, carried

    Our part: Dressers and sofas disappear under moving blankets and a wrap of stretch film, and every bit of hardware pulled off a bed frame or table gets bagged, tagged and taped right to the piece it came from.

    Your part: Label your own cartons with the room they belong in on the far end, and keep passports, keys and small valuables riding in your own car, not the truck.

  4. 4

    Off the truck, one room at a time

    Our part: Whoever loaded the truck is who unloads it — each piece set where you want it, bed frames bolted back together, and every scrap of used wrap and tape hauled back out with us.

    Your part: Walk the emptied rooms alongside the crew chief before the truck pulls away, while anything needing a quick touch-up still can get it.

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What will a Flint move run you?

Tell us your home size, the date you have in mind, and roughly what is coming with you, and the same day we send a written estimate straight to your inbox. Nothing is due up front and there is no deposit — just a figure solid enough to build the whole move around.

  • Fully licensed and insured — Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) household-goods authority covers our in-state jobs, and the moment a load crosses the Michigan line we run under US DOT and MC authority
  • What you sign off on is exactly what the crew bills to — the figure is counted room by room, never eyeballed from the curb
  • Every mover on the job is in our uniform, on our own W-2 payroll, behind the wheel of a truck we own

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13Years moving Genesee County households, from downtown Flint out to the rural townships
4.9Star average from 24 verified Genesee County reviews
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Flint Grand Blanc Burton Flushing Swartz Creek Fenton Davison Mt. Morris Clio Linden Goodrich Carriage Town College Cultural Mott Park Kearsley Park Civic Park Woodcroft Estates Glendale Hills Sugar Maple Grand Traverse District University Avenue Central Park Ballenger Highway