4.8 Stars From 810 Google Reviews
Serving Chicago Since 2001. ILCC #119878.
If you are comparing movers in Chicago, IL that homeowners and businesses actually recommend, start here. Wolley Movers is a family-run Chicago moving company that has packed, loaded, and delivered across the city since 2001, working out of one location at 1040 N Cicero Ave. Our professional movers are our own professionally trained employees, they drive our own trucks, and the company holds a 4.8-star rating from 810 Google reviews. Call 773-644-5917 for a free quote.
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Norman Abbas founded Wolley Movers in 2001, and the company has moved thousands of Chicago families and businesses in the 25 years since. Few movers can point to that record with the same owner still in charge. We are fully licensed with the Illinois Commerce Commission under ILCC #119878, insured, and BBB accredited with an A plus rating held since 2009. Every mover on the truck is our own employee, hired with prior moving experience and safety trained. A Chicago moving company that subcontracts its crews cannot promise you that, and we never subcontract.
Our full service moving services cover the whole job, from the first box to the last piece of furniture on the truck. These are the professional moving services Chicago homes and offices book most often.
Studios, condos and single-family houses across the city, packed and loaded by our own residential movers.
Offices, retail units, and warehouses moved by a commercial moving team on evenings and weekends to protect your trading hours.
Same-day and next-day local moves anywhere inside the Chicago area, run by movers who know the streets.
Full or partial packing services, plus unpacking, using our own materials.
Uprights, baby grands and gun safes handled by professionals with dollies, straps and boards.
Boxes, tape, paper and wrap delivered before packing day.
Our full-service moving services also cover the jobs below.
Most of our work is local relocation inside the city, and city moving is a skill of its own. Our crews know which blocks need a loading zone permit and how long a fourth-floor apartment walk-up in Logan Square really takes. We carry Masonite for lobby floors and pads for door frames, because a scraped wall is what costs you a deposit.
A third-floor apartment in Lakeview, a two-bedroom house in Beverly and a corner office in the Loop are three different city moving jobs, and we crew each one accordingly. That street-level knowledge is the part of Chicago moving you cannot get from a map.
Most downtown and North Side buildings will not let a crew past the loading dock without a certificate of insurance naming the building and its management company as additional insured. We carry the liability and cargo insurance the Illinois Commerce Commission requires of every licensed Illinois mover, and we issue certificates straight to property management. Send us your manager’s contact and the building’s requirements when you book, and we turn the certificate around in.
Freight elevators are handed out in two- or four-hour windows, and missing the window can push a move to another date. Tell us the slot your building gave you, and we schedule the crew to fit it, so a fourth-floor apartment or a thirty-second-floor condo is loaded inside the reservation rather than over it. If management also wants proof of licensing, our ILCC number is 119878.
Chicago moving demand clusters around the 1 May and 1 October lease turnovers, and Saturdays in those weeks fill first. Summer brings heat, blocked alleys and street festivals that close the loading zone you were counting on. Winter brings salt, ice on ramps and buildings that want floor protection down before the first box moves. We run crews through both, so give us your date early, and we will plan around the season.
Long-distance moves need more planning than a crosstown job. We keep the same team of movers from load to delivery instead of handing your belongings to a third-party line, and every one of our long-distance moves is quoted in writing before anything goes on the truck. Senior relocations often sit here, when someone is relocating closer to family in another state, and we build extra time into those.
Packing is where most moving delays begin. Our packing services cover dishes, mirrors, artwork, and electronics, wrapped by professionals who pack every week. Full packing means we arrive the day before so the load starts first thing, and partial packing covers the kitchen and fragile items only.
If your closing dates do not line up, we can hold your things or deliver them to a storage unit and bring them back out when the new place is ready. Packing and storage sit inside the same moving services package, so you deal with one team and one invoice.
We do the heavy lifting so you are not carrying a sofa down three flights on a Saturday. What customers write about afterwards is the crew, and a great team is the difference between a long day and a bad one. Calling yourself the best moving company in Chicago is easy. The proof is keeping the same movers and the same owner for 25 years.
Our reviewers name individual team members, which is what happens when the same people work together that long. The crews keep a positive attitude through a ten-hour job, and customer satisfaction here is measured by how many customers call us for a second move.
You get a call the day before to confirm crew size, arrival window and parking. On moving day, the team walks the house with you first, agrees what is going and what is staying, then wraps the furniture. Nothing leaves until it is padded, and the same professionals who load the truck unload it.
We charge by the hour and the clock starts when the crew arrives. Your estimate is built from the inventory you give us over the phone, so it holds for as long as that inventory does. If there is more to move than we were told, or the carry from the door is longer than described, the job runs longer and the cost rises with it. The crew lead raises that with you on site, before the extra time is spent. Send photos or book a video walkthrough and the number gets sharper.
Materials we cannot reuse are billed on top of the hourly rate. That covers boxes, tape and the shrink wrap that protects your furniture, and you can take that line to zero by packing and wrapping the job yourself.
Call the office the moment your date shifts, and we will rework the schedule rather than lose your slot, because a cancelled booking is a crew and a vehicle we cannot fill that morning. If something is damaged while we are handling it, tell the office as soon as you find it.
We are based at 1040 N Cicero Ave on the West Side, which puts our movers close to most of Chicago. Inside Chicago, we move in Logan Square, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown, Rogers Park, Albany Park, Jefferson Park, the Gold Coast, Old Town, the Loop, Pilsen, Bridgeport, Hyde Park and Beverly.
Beyond Chicago, we cover Cook County suburbs including Evanston, Skokie, Niles, Morton Grove, Park Ridge, Des Plaines, Oak Park, Berwyn, Arlington Heights and Orland Park. In DuPage County, we serve Naperville, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Hinsdale, Wheaton and Oak Brook. In Lake County, we serve Highland Park, Lake Forest, Deerfield, Buffalo Grove and Waukegan.
Hey do all the heavy lifting. They’re efficient, fast, and accountable to ensure all of your belongings arrive safely. You’ll avoid stress, save time, and energy, plus you’ll minimize the fatigue that comes when you try to move everything yourself. Whether you’re just relocating to the other side of town or across the country, do yourself a favor and get moving quotes from packing and moving agencies.
Talk to small local movers, local and long-distance movers, and other local home movers in Chicago. When you do, we know you’ll find our service and experience provide the best value around. Like thousands of others, you’ll decide that Wolley Movers, the best local movers service in Chicagoland, is the right choice to help you with your move.
Our services include Chicago residential moving, Chicago commercial moving, and Chicago piano moving services. We also offer packing services and supplies.
Stress may be a normal part of the moving process, but there are ways to ease the anxiety and hassle it can cause. If you’re in Chicago, the best way is to hire moving services, such as Wolley Movers.
People think it’s a luxury to hire local packers and movers in Chicago, but it’s actually an investment that will ease your mind on the moving day. If you were to calculate all of the costs involved, including supplies and rentals—not to mention the physical toll it takes when you do it yourself—you might be surprised to learn how affordable it is to hire movers.
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Wolley Movers has been a trusted moving company in Chicago since 2001. Call (773) 761-8330 or request a free quote online, and a great team will be at your door on moving day.
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