Acadia Movers, Calgary

Two movers and one truck handle a one-bedroom move in Acadia, and the median job finishes in 4 hours on site. Half of the 10 we have completed at this size ran between 3.56 and 4.75 hours, and half cost between $663 and $804. That is a tight band, because a one-bedroom's contents do not vary much from one home to the next. With Acadia split so evenly between houses and apartments, a one-bedroom here can start at a driveway or at a building entrance, and where there is a lift the booked window decides where in that band the day lands.

At two bedrooms an Acadia job usually picks up a third mover, and the median day runs 5.25 hours on site; half of the 16 we have completed fell between 4 and 6.5 hours. These are apartment and condo moves more often than house moves, so the elevator window and a clear spot for the truck shape as much of the day as the furniture does. Half of them cost between $728 and $1,473, the widest band of the three sizes Acadia has enough moves to publish on its own.

Three movers, one truck and a median of 5.75 hours: a three-bedroom house move in Acadia is a full working day rather than a morning. Half of the 10 at this size ran between 4.44 and 7.19 hours and cost between $874 and $1,468. At this size the garage and the basement matter as much as the bedroom count, which is why a walkthrough before the date earns more here than at any smaller size: it is what says which half of that band your home sits in.

A four-bedroom-plus day is a different job again: four movers, one truck and a median of 8 hours on site across the southeast Calgary communities, with half of the 65 moves at this size running between 5.5 and 10.25 hours. Acadia has fewer than five of its own this big, so those figures describe the wider set rather than the community. The hourly rate is the one every smaller job is billed at; what stretches the day is how much of the house is packed before the crew arrives.