Moving To, From and Around San Bernardino
In San Bernardino, the forecast can change a moving day. When Santa Ana winds pour through the Cajon Pass, the gusts bring warnings for high-profile vehicles like moving trucks, and a mattress carried across a driveway turns into a sail. In summer the issue is heat. Neither one stops a move, but both decide when we start, how we wrap things and what gets loaded first.
Foothill Homes in the North End
Verdemont sits in the northern part of the city against the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. It has some of the city's newer homes, including estate houses on lots of an acre or more, and Kendall Hills and the streets around Cal State San Bernardino are close by. Up here we check three things on the survey: the slope of the driveway, the distance from the front door to where the truck can stand, and how exposed the lot is on a windy day.
Heat, Wind and Picking the Day
Summer afternoons in the valley run hot, so summer moves start early and the heaviest carrying happens before noon. Santa Ana season runs through fall and winter. On a windy forecast, mattresses, mirrors and glass tabletops get wrapped or boxed inside the house before they go out the door, and if your move heads north over the Cajon Pass to the High Desert, we watch the warnings for high-profile vehicles before the truck leaves.
Between San Bernardino and San Diego
If you're moving between here and San Diego County, the truck runs I-215 to I-15, the same corridor our crews drive from our office in San Marcos. Our 10 tips for moving from San Diego to San Bernardino cover that move from the San Diego side. Going farther? I-10 east and I-15 north are the first miles toward Phoenix and Las Vegas, and as a North American Van Lines agent we handle long distance moves across the country.
How a San Bernardino Quote Comes Together
A Relocation Consultant visits, or an Inside Sales Representative runs a virtual survey that inventories each room, and then you get a written estimate. For a San Bernardino home, the things that change it most are the carry on a foothill lot, the season (an early start in July, a backup plan for a wind day) and the distance. Across town, and on most trips down to San Diego County, you pay by the hour, crew and truck together; ask for current rates at 1.858.360.1569. Past roughly 150 miles, or over a state line, weight and mileage set the price, and a binding estimate is the number you pay unless you add to the shipment or services, send it to a different address or change the pickup date.
Wind, Storage and Other Questions
What's the best season for a San Bernardino move?
Spring tends to be easiest, after most of the wind events and before the summer heat. Any month works with an early start, and we'd rather shift the start time than load through a scorching afternoon or a gusty one.
Can you store our things between homes?
Yes. Your shipment can wait in secure, bar-coded storage for a few weeks between closings, or through a summer away from CSUSB.
Do you handle office moves in San Bernardino?
We do, from downtown offices to businesses along I-10. Our San Bernardino commercial movers page has the details.
