What does a one-bedroom apartment move in Crescent Heights cost?

$693 is the median for a one-bedroom move in Crescent Heights, and half of the fifteen we have completed fell between $583 and $821, which is the tightest band on this page. That is two movers, one truck and 3.5 hours on site. Where the pickup is a building, booking the elevator and the loading zone beforehand is what keeps a job at the quick end of that band.

Is an apartment move in Crescent Heights different from a house move?

It is a different day, billed at the same hourly rate. Most homes here are apartments, so most jobs start at a building door where the elevator and the loading zone are controlled by the building and worth booking before the date. The detached houses in the community trade that for stairs and a narrow lot. That is why the crew and the truck are sized after we know which of the two yours is.

Why do some Crescent Heights moves cost so much more than the median?

Because 11% of the jobs here graded large, against 7% across the 42 northwest Calgary communities on this page. A three-bedroom move at the median runs 7.5 hours and $1,410 where a one-bedroom runs 3.5 hours and $693: the same hourly rate, twice the day. That is why the middle half of priced moves stretches from $436 to $1,152.

Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Crescent Heights?

Only if the truck has to occupy road space. Calgary issues a Street Use Permit for that, stated at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use, with the temporary no-parking permit included in the cost and ParkPlus fees on top if the restriction sits in a paid parking zone. Apply at least 5 days ahead for lower-impact work such as a residential move.

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Cactus has completed over 50 residential moves inside Crescent Heights’s own community boundary, 25 of them in the last twelve months. Here is what they cost, how long they ran and what the City wants at the curb.

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Movers in Crescent Heights: what we know about moving here

Half of the households in Crescent Heights are one person living alone, most homes are rented, and most of them are apartments. What that produces is a book of small, quick jobs: 56% of the moves recorded here graded small, the median day is 4 hours on site, and the median crew is two movers.

The interesting part is the other extreme. Eleven per cent of the jobs here graded large, a higher share than the 7% across the 42 northwest Calgary communities pooled below, because the minority of detached houses in an inner-city community produces whole-home days on the same streets as suite moves. Half of the 55 jobs on file finished between 2.63 and 6.13 hours, which is the same story told in hours.

The median local move came to $711 across 49 priced jobs, with the middle half from $436 to $1,152. The four cards below split those jobs by the size of the home, which is the only honest way to read a single figure covering both a one-bedroom suite and a four-bedroom house.

Crescent Heights neighbourhood guide for moving day

Most homes here are apartments, so most jobs start at a building door, with the elevator and the loading zone worth reserving before the date. A meaningful minority are detached houses, where stairs and a narrow inner-city lot are the constraint instead. It is worth saying which of the two you are, because the crew and the truck are sized differently for each. Households are small, so loads skew small with them. For kerb space, a Street Use Permit costs $31.50 per day for shorter-term use, includes the temporary no-parking permit, and takes at least 5 days to arrange.

Crescent Heights is an inner-city community

2019 municipal census · the City’s own community-structure label

People: 6,240
One-person households: 50%

2021 federal census

Homes: 3,882
What people live in: 57% apartments
29% single-detached houses
7% townhouses
Owned or rented: 32% owned
68% rented

2019 municipal census

Booking the curb

Street Use Permit (with an accompanying Temporary No Parking Permit)

City of Calgary

What it costs: Street Use Permit stated at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use; the Temporary No Parking Permit is included in the Street Use Permit cost. ParkPlus parking fees apply on top if the restriction is in a paid parking zone.
How much notice: Apply at least 5 days in advance of the planned work for lower-impact work such as a residential move. Incomplete applications, revisions, or changes after submission can extend these timelines.

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Crescent Heights moving costs, by the numbers

Eleven per cent of the moves here graded large, against 7% across the surrounding communities, and that is the figure most worth carrying off this band. It rests on 55 residential moves since 2024, work that began or ended at a Crescent Heights address, of which 25 fall in the last twelve months. The recent count is exact; the all-time one is stated as a floor. Forty-nine of the 55 have a price attached.

What a local move cost: $711 median
Residential moves in Crescent Heights: over 50
In the last 12 months: 25
Crew hours on site: 4 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Crescent Heights’s own community boundary about 1.4 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move in Crescent Heights actually looks like

Four sizes of move, cut out of 55 completed residential jobs in Crescent Heights. Another 15 were storage runs, container loads and part-home jobs whose paperwork records no bedroom count; they belong to none of the four.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Crescent Heights

$693
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $583 and $821 · 15 moves

3.5 hours on site half ran 3.38–5 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Two movers and one truck, and the median one-bedroom in Crescent Heights is finished in 3.5 hours on site. Fifteen are on file and the band is tight: half of them fell between $583 and $821, with hours from 3.38 to 5. This is the community's signature job: a suite, a lift and a loading spot. Where the pickup is a building, booking the elevator with it beforehand is the single thing most likely to keep the day short.

27% of the moves we have completed in Crescent Heights · 15 moves

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Crescent Heights

$799
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $670 and $1,118 · 16 moves

4.88 hours on site half ran 3.5–6.25 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Still two movers and one truck, and the median two-bedroom in Crescent Heights runs 4.88 hours on site, well over an hour longer than a one-bedroom for a second bedroom's worth of furniture and boxes. Sixteen are on file, half of them between $670 and $1,118 and between 3.5 and 6.25 hours. It is the most common size we handle here, and like the one-bedroom it usually starts at a building door rather than a driveway.

29% of the moves we have completed in Crescent Heights · 16 moves

A three-bedroom move in Crescent Heights

$1,410
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $532 and $1,457 · 9 moves

7.5 hours on site half ran 3.25–7.75 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

At three bedrooms the day roughly doubles: a median of 7.5 hours on site against 3.5 for a one-bedroom, with the crew still at two movers and one truck. Nine are on file and the band is very wide: half of them between $532 and $1,457, with hours from 3.25 to 7.75. Read it as a range. Part-home jobs and whole-home jobs both sit inside it, which is what a walkthrough before the date sorts out.

16% of the moves we have completed in Crescent Heights · 9 moves

A four-bedroom-plus house move in Northwest Calgary

$1,741
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,097 and $2,569 · 64 moves

7 hours on site half ran 5.25–9.81 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

This card is the northwest Calgary figure, from 64 four-bedroom-plus moves across the communities around Crescent Heights rather than from this one alone. Three movers and one truck, 7 hours on site at the median, with half of those days running between 5.25 and 9.81 hours at a cost between $1,097 and $2,569. At this size the total is decided before the crew arrives. What settles it is how much of the home is boxed, and whether everything is staged in one place.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Northwest Calgary, across 64 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in Crescent Heights?

The median local move in Crescent Heights costs $711, total cost with tax, and half of the 49 jobs we have priced here fell between $436 and $1,152. The median day here is 4 hours on site.

What does a one-bedroom apartment move in Crescent Heights cost?

$693 is the median for a one-bedroom move in Crescent Heights, and half of the fifteen we have completed fell between $583 and $821, which is the tightest band on this page. That is two movers, one truck and 3.5 hours on site. Where the pickup is a building, booking the elevator and the loading zone beforehand is what keeps a job at the quick end of that band.
Is an apartment move in Crescent Heights different from a house move?

It is a different day, billed at the same hourly rate. Most homes here are apartments, so most jobs start at a building door where the elevator and the loading zone are controlled by the building and worth booking before the date. The detached houses in the community trade that for stairs and a narrow lot. That is why the crew and the truck are sized after we know which of the two yours is.
Why do some Crescent Heights moves cost so much more than the median?

Because 11% of the jobs here graded large, against 7% across the 42 northwest Calgary communities on this page. A three-bedroom move at the median runs 7.5 hours and $1,410 where a one-bedroom runs 3.5 hours and $693: the same hourly rate, twice the day. That is why the middle half of priced moves stretches from $436 to $1,152.
Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Crescent Heights?

Only if the truck has to occupy road space. Calgary issues a Street Use Permit for that, stated at $31.50 per day for shorter-term use, with the temporary no-parking permit included in the cost and ParkPlus fees on top if the restriction sits in a paid parking zone. Apply at least 5 days ahead for lower-impact work such as a residential move.

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Moving to Crescent Heights, or out of it

Far more of the Crescent Heights moves on our books are departures than arrivals: 36 left the community against 17 that came into it. In a community where most homes are rented, a departure is usually a lease ending rather than a sale closing, which fixes the date weeks ahead and puts the deadline squarely at the pickup end of the day.

Arrivals are the same day seen from the other end, and there were 17 of them. Both sides are billed at the same hourly rate, stated in the agreement before the crew starts. What changes with direction is which building's lift you have to book, and which end of the day carries the deadline.

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Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside Crescent Heights’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.

730 five-star reviews with a written comment on our Calgary listing since May 2021

5 out of 5
They did a phenomenal job moving. I got both packing and moving service. I was surprised that during the move, they also helped assemble the furniture and took out all the garbage. It was way more turnkey than I had anticipated. It was by no means cheap but totally worth the money that I spent.
Denis Burkov
moved from Crescent Heights to Tuxedo Park, May 2026 · 2 bedroom
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5 out of 5
Very professional and easy to deal with. Their rates were the most reasonable I could find in the whole city. Delivery and pick-up were all on time and came with updates at each step of the way. A big shout-out to Connor, who was great to deal with.
Kevin Lasaleta
moved from Crescent Heights to Strathcona Park, October 2025
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5 out of 5
I had a fantastic experience with Cactus Moving! The crew was professional, efficient, and took great care with all of my items. They made my move so much less stressful. Highly recommend!
michelle furniss
moved from Crescent Heights to Renfrew, September 2025 · 1 bedroom
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5 out of 5
I had an outstanding experience with Cactus Moving in Calgary and couldn’t be happier with their service. From the moment I reached out for a quote to the final item being placed in my new home, the entire process was smooth, professional, and stress-free.
Tatiana
June 2025
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5 out of 5
Hired Cactus after having to eject “Mr. Nice Guy Movers” from our property. Very happy with the service from Cactus and highly recommend them. They sent 3 very pleasant young fellows who worked very hard and successfully moved a 475 lb.
Pat Mahoney
June 2025
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5 out of 5
It was honestly stressful to find a decent moving company. I took a chance and ended up going with Cactus Moving as they were name dropped a few times with high praise by Calgarians on Reddit. Pricing was actually very competitive and ended up being the most cost effective method for our move.
Kelvin Chu
June 2025
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Calgary

The pool below is 42 northwest Calgary communities and 1,163 moves, with Bridgeland, Bowness and Hillhurst supplying much of the volume. Crescent Heights runs a little cheaper at the median, $711 against $772, and a little quicker at the quartiles, 2.63 to 6.13 hours against 2.5 to 6.5. The difference is small, which is the point: this community sits close to the middle of its ring rather than at either edge of it.

Measure	Crescent Heights	Northwest Calgary
Median local move	$711	$772
Median crew hours on site half of Crescent Heights’s ran 2.63–6.13 hours	4 hrs	4 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	56%	64%
Graded a large move	11%	7%
Busiest months by move date · a month with fewer than five moves is not published	August, September and June	August, July and June
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 42 communities, this one and everything next to it	over 50	1,163

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Figures come from Cactus’s own completed residential moves (business and high-frequency accounts excluded) and from official municipal open data; they are medians and quartiles, never averages, every published figure rests on at least five moves, percentages are rounded, and all-time counts are floors because some older pickup and drop-off addresses were never geocoded.

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