Naglee Park Movers for Century-Old Houses

Most Naglee Park houses went up in the early decades of the twentieth century, and their insides show it. Craftsman bungalows, Victorians and revival-style homes have narrower doorways, steeper staircases and smaller turns than anything built recently. Many still have their original hardwood floors, plaster walls and built-ins. That is the charm, and it is also where a careless move leaves marks.

• Oversized sofas, armoires and headboards are the usual trouble at front doors and stair landings.
• Old floors scratch easily, so carpet runners and floor protection go down on the path before anything moves.
• Plaster corners chip, so tell us about tight turns and narrow doors ahead of time.

Naglee Park sits just east of the San Jose State campus and Downtown, about a mile from the city center in ZIP 95112. East Santa Clara Street marks the north side and Coyote Creek the east, with William Street Park along the creek. The name comes from Henry Naglee, whose estate once covered much of this land. The streets form a flat, regular grid of tree-lined numbered and named streets, which makes the drive and parking easier than the houses themselves.

With the university next door, long-time owners live beside renters, and some big old houses have been split into several units with a shared entry or an added outside stair. The weeks around the start and end of each semester can bring many moves to the same few blocks, and the curb can fill fast. If your date falls then, plan the truck spot earlier than usual. The busy one-way couplet of 10th and 11th Streets also carries heavy traffic, so homes facing those streets may be easier to load from a side street.

1. Measure first. Send the size of your largest piece and the narrowest door or stair turn it has to pass.
2. Tell us about the floors. We lay protection on every path, and knowing about refinished or original wood helps us plan.
3. Pick the curb. A driveway is easiest. Otherwise San Jose's Department of Transportation issues a Tow-Away Permit, and the city suggests about two weeks' lead time.
4. Share the building. In a divided house, warn the other units about the date.
5. Move morning. The arrival window is 8 to 10 AM, and the crew calls roughly 30 minutes ahead.

Bungalows of two or three bedrooms usually get 3 movers at $175 an hour. A student room or very small load can run with 2 movers at $145. A larger Victorian with four or more bedrooms, or three bedrooms beyond 1,800 square feet, gets 4 movers at $235 an hour. The minimum is 3 hours and the rest bills in 15-minute steps. We come from San Jose, and there is no charge for the trip to your door. Saturday and Sunday cost the same as a weekday.

From a studio to four bedrooms: Naglee Park move costs

We took the billed time on moves we completed from mid-July to mid-October 2026 and priced each range at the crew rate for that size. None of this is a flat price. Billing runs by the hour from the crew's arrival until the job is done.

Middle 50% of billed hours on recent local moves for direct customers (July to October 2026), with the drive between homes counted as billed. Account and partner-billed jobs and moves that included our full packing are not in these numbers. Packing supplies extra; 3-hour minimum.

In a divided house with an added outside stair, read the row for your own unit's size, not the whole building's, and tell us which entry the crew should use.

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• Want help packing fragile pieces? See packing and storage.