Is Kentfield part of a city?
No. It is unincorporated, so most streets fall under Marin County. That matters if the truck needs to hold space on the road, because the county, not a town, sets those rules.
Kentfield Movers: Two Kinds of Move in One ZIP
Kentfield movers for valley-floor homes and steep Kent Woodlands lots. Access checked before move day, crews sized to the stairs. Call 1-877-417-6060.
First question: flats or the hill?
When someone calls about a Kentfield move, we ask one thing before anything else: are you on the valley floor or up in Kent Woodlands? The answer changes the access plan, the crew and the time estimate.
Kentfield is an unincorporated community, so Marin County, not a town hall, looks after most of its roads. It shares ZIP 94904 with Greenbrae. College of Marin's Kentfield campus anchors the flat side along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and College Avenue, with Corte Madera Creek running behind it. South of the boulevard, Woodland Road and the streets that branch off it climb into Kent Woodlands, where big homes sit in the trees on the lower slopes of Mount Tamalpais.
The valley floor
Down near the creek and the college, lots are level and most houses have a regular driveway. Ranch homes, older bungalows and remodeled two-story houses make up most of it. These are the simpler Kentfield jobs: the truck backs into the driveway or stops at the curb, and the work is mostly about wrapping and loading. Traffic is the real variable. Sir Francis Drake carries the whole Ross Valley to US-101, and school and college hours stack up cars right past these streets.
Kent Woodlands
Up the hill, roads narrow, switch back and lose their shoulders. Homes are larger, often on multiple levels, with long exterior stairways, decks and steep driveways that drop away from the road. Some driveways are fine for a car and impossible for a 26-foot truck. Where access looks tight, David checks it before move day and tells you whether a shuttle is needed. A shuttle adds truck rental and labor, so you hear about it before the day, not on it.
- Count the steps from where a truck can stop to your front door.
- Tell us if your driveway has a turnaround or ends at the garage.
- Note any piece that has to go down an outside stairway, like a sofa from a lower-level den.
What it costs, flats versus hill
A 2-bedroom on the flats is usually a 3-mover crew at $175 an hour. A Kent Woodlands home with 4 or more bedrooms, or 3 bedrooms over 1,800 square feet, gets 4 movers at $235 an hour, and the extra person matters when every load goes up or down steps. We bill a 3-hour minimum and then by the quarter hour, at the same rate any day of the week. Padding, tape, wardrobe boxes, floor protection and furniture disassembly come with the move. Boxes and packing paper are charged only if used.
Typical Kentfield move by home size
To help you budget a Kentfield move, we measured our recent local moves by the hours on the final bill, then applied the standard crew rate for each size. None of this is a flat price; the final cost is billed hourly for the time your move actually takes.
| Home size | Crew | Typical hours | Typical cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 3 movers, $175/hr | 3.5 to 4 hours | $613 to $700 |
| 1 bedroom | 3 movers, $175/hr | 3 to 4.5 hours | $525 to $788 |
| 2 bedrooms | 3 movers, $175/hr | 4.5 to 7.75 hours | $788 to $1,356 |
| 3 bedrooms, under about 1,800 sq ft | 3 movers, $175/hr | 7 to 12.5 hours | $1,225 to $2,188 |
| 3 bedrooms over about 1,800 sq ft, or 4+ bedrooms | 4 movers, $235/hr | 7 to 12.5 hours | $1,645 to $2,938 |
Hours are the middle half of billed hours on our recent local moves for direct customers, July to October 2026, including the drive between homes; account and partner-billed jobs and jobs with our full packing service are left out. Packing materials are extra, and every job has a 3-hour minimum ($525 with 3 movers).
A home on the valley flats moves quickly, while a multi-level house up the hill with long exterior stairways and a steep driveway dropping from the road runs longer.
Kentfield in our records
Our Kentfield numbers are small: we had no quote requests from ZIP 94904 between mid-July and late October 2026. Across Marin in that same window we had 4 quote requests, not counting account work, and every one was a local move that booked or finished.
From San Jose to Kentfield
Kentfield sits about 56 miles northwest of downtown San Jose as the crow flies. US-101 crosses the Golden Gate Bridge into Marin, and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard leads west from the freeway into Kentfield. That drive to you is not billed. If the second address is more than 10 minutes away from the first, the time between them is billed at double, which is a California rule, not ours.
Kentfield prep list
- If the truck must stand in the lane on a county road, check with Marin County whether anything is required for your street.
- Move cars off the street in front of the house the evening before.
- Measure the narrowest door on each level of a split-level home.
- Pick a start time away from the college and school rush on the boulevard.
- If a building or HOA is involved at the other end, send us its name, mailing address and email for a free certificate of insurance.
- The crew phones about 30 minutes before arrival.
Neighbors of Kentfield
- Ross: the town just west, with large lots, gates and tree-lined lanes.
- Larkspur: south over the hill, with Magnolia Avenue and canyon roads.
- Greenbrae: shares 94904 and sits at the freeway interchange, with more condos.
- San Anselmo: up the valley, older homes around a busy downtown.
- San Rafael: east across 101, the largest city in Marin.
For a Kentfield move within Marin see local moving.
Questions and answers
Will a big truck make it up my Kent Woodlands driveway?
Sometimes not. Steep, curved drives with no turnaround are common up there. We check access before move day and tell you if a shuttle is needed, so there are no surprises.
Why is my hillside move estimated longer than a similar house on the flats?
Stairs and carry distance. Every piece that goes down an exterior stairway takes longer than a straight roll to a driveway, and if a shuttle is needed it adds time too.
Do you charge more because Kentfield is far from San Jose?
No. The drive to your home is free. Only the drive between your two addresses counts, and it doubles only when they are more than 10 minutes apart.
Can you take down our wall-mounted TVs?
Yes, we dismount them and can connect them at the new place. We do not mount TVs on walls, so plan a handyman for that part.
Do you offer any discounts?
Repeat customers get 7%, friend referrals 5% and real estate agent referrals 7%, with the name or phone number of whoever referred you as proof.