Fairfax Movers for Stairways, Canyons and Cottages

Fairfax is where the Ross Valley runs out of flat ground. Past it, Sir Francis Drake climbs White's Hill toward the San Geronimo Valley, and Bolinas Road heads up into the Mount Tamalpais watershed toward Alpine Lake. The town itself is compact: a small downtown around Broadway, Bolinas Road and Center Boulevard, a creek through the middle, and neighborhoods that reach up side canyons such as Cascade Canyon and Deer Park, plus hill areas like Oak Manor and the Manor.

It is an easygoing, wooded place, with lots of bikes in garages and gardens built on terraces. Almost everything about a Fairfax move comes down to that terrain.

• Downtown blocks and the flats by the creek. Level streets, short driveways or curb loading. A full-size truck usually works.
• Canyon roads. Narrow, two-way, often with no shoulder and parked cars on one side. Our 26 ft truck may fit but cannot always turn, so David checks the road before move day.
• Ridge and upper hill streets. Steep, with tight switchbacks. Some of these need a shuttle; if yours does, we tell you before the move, because it adds truck rental and labor.
• Houses below or above the road. Common in Fairfax. The stairway between the road and the door sets the crew size more than the bedroom count.

No quote requests came from 94930 between mid-July and late October 2026. For Marin overall, in that July to October stretch we took 4 Marin requests, not counting account work, each a local move, each one booked or completed.

• Count the stairs between the road and your door, and note any landings or tight turns.
• Tell us if the road in front of the house has room for a truck to stop without blocking traffic.
• If the truck will need to hold space on a town street, the Town of Fairfax sets those rules. We review them with you.
• Gather bikes, scooters, garden tools and outdoor gear in one place so they load together.
• Leave enough time on the far end. If you are heading to the East Bay or San Francisco, remember that drive time between addresses more than 10 minutes apart is billed at double.
• Choose a start outside school and commute hours on Sir Francis Drake.

For a 2- or 3-bedroom Fairfax home we usually quote 3 movers at $175 an hour. Stairways make that third person worth it. A very small cottage load can go with 2 movers at $145 an hour, and larger homes, 4 bedrooms or 3 bedrooms over 1,800 square feet, get 4 movers at $235. There is a 3-hour minimum, then time goes in 15-minute steps, and weekend rates are the same as weekday rates. Pads, tape, wardrobe boxes, floor protection and disassembly are included; boxes and wrap are billed as used.

From a studio to four bedrooms: Fairfax move costs

Rather than quote a vague starting price, we grouped the billed hours from local jobs we closed between July and October 2026 by home size. No two Fairfax homes pack the same way, and your total is always the hours used times the crew rate.

Based on billed hours from local moves for direct customers that we closed July to October 2026 (middle 50%), drive between addresses included; account or partner-billed jobs and full-packing jobs excluded. Add packing materials used. The 3-hour minimum applies to every move.

Steep canyon streets with tight switchbacks are typical, and a cottage reached by a stairway takes longer per load than a house on a level downtown street.

Fairfax is about 59 miles northwest of downtown San Jose in a straight line, at the far end of the Ross Valley: north over the Golden Gate on US-101, then west on Sir Francis Drake through Kentfield, Ross and San Anselmo. There is no charge for driving to your home, however far up the valley it is.

• San Anselmo: next town east, with a busier downtown and the Hub intersection.
• Ross: estate lots and long garden carries.
• Kentfield: college-area flats and Kent Woodlands hillsides.
• San Rafael: Marin's largest city, with apartments and permit parking downtown.
• Greenbrae: condos and split-levels at the freeway.

Leaving California from Fairfax? See long distance moving.