East Bay to San Jose and Peninsula movers

Between mid-July and late October 2026 we received 9 quote requests between an East Bay city and the South Bay or Peninsula, not counting account work. That made it our second most common cross-region pair, after San Francisco to the South Bay, and three of those moves were booked or completed. Typical pairs: Fremont to Milpitas or San Jose, Hayward to San Mateo, San Mateo to Hayward, and Oakland to San Jose.

All of these are local hourly moves. What changes the bill is which freeway or bridge sits between your two homes.

• Hourly rate for the whole crew and a 26 ft truck: 3 movers $175 (our standard team), 4 movers $235 for larger homes, and 2 movers $145 for very small moves or on request, the same every day of the week.
• 3-hour minimum, then billed in 15-minute increments.
• Included: furniture disassembly and reassembly, moving blankets, tape, wardrobe boxes and floor protection.
• No charge for mileage, fuel, tax, stairs or elevators. Boxes and other packing supplies are charged as used.
• No deposit. You pay at the end of the move by cash, money order, Visa or Mastercard (3% fee on cards).

Rounded map estimates.

If your move crosses the bay on the San Mateo or Dumbarton Bridge, or runs the length of I-880 or I-680, the drive between your homes will be more than 10 minutes, so it is billed twice under California's double drive time rule. A Fremont to Milpitas move can be short enough that only a small amount of drive time is added; an Oakland to San Jose move adds much more. Driving to your pickup and back from your drop-off is never billed.

To estimate it yourself, time the drive door to door on a normal weekday morning and double it. That is roughly how much crew time the drive adds to your bill.

Starting in the East Bay, the arrival window is 9 to 11 AM. Starting in the South Bay or on the Peninsula, it is 8 to 10 AM. Either way the crew calls 30 minutes before arriving. If you need a later start, ask; an afternoon arrival is possible on some days but the window is wider (12 to 4 PM) because it depends on when the morning job finishes.

Some moves on this corridor go from a single-family house in Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon or Fremont to an apartment or townhome in San Jose, Santa Clara or Sunnyvale, or the reverse. Two things help on those days. First, ask whether the apartment community needs a certificate of insurance; ours is free. Second, book the elevator or loading area if the building has one. Elevator wait time is billed as part of the move.

For a 3-bedroom over 1,800 sq ft or any 4-bedroom house, we send 4 movers. For most smaller homes, 3.