Balwin Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 80 residential moves across northeast Edmonton: Balwin and the 28 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Or call (825) 526-2626 nowMovers in Balwin: what we know about moving here
Balwin is a house neighbourhood with a renting half. Most of its homes are detached, but more than four in ten are rented, and those two facts pull a moving calendar in different directions: an owned move is keyed to a possession date and a private driveway, a rented one to a lease date and whatever entrance the building has. Neither is the exception here.
Nothing in Balwin stands five storeys or taller, so there is no tower lift to reserve and the carry is stairs and a front walk rather than a service elevator and a booked bay. The hours and prices below belong to the northeast Edmonton communities around Balwin rather than to Balwin alone.
Moving costs around Balwin, by the numbers
$635 is the median across that set: 28 northeast Edmonton communities, among them Belvedere, Parkdale and Clareview Town Centre, and 82 completed residential moves. Half of those came in between $436 and $1,067 with tax counted, and half held a crew between 2.06 and 5.25 hours around a 3.75-hour median. Seventy-seven per cent were graded small and 20% medium. Eighty-two moves is a modest sample, so read the spread as a range rather than as a quotation.
- The comparison set
- 28 neighbourhoods · 82 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.75 median
- How big those moves are
- 77% small · 20% medium
- Busiest months
- August, June and July
- What those moves cost
- $635 median
communities in northeast Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.06–5.25 hours · 82 moves
a size with fewer than five moves is not shown, so these do not add to 100%
August 13, June 11, July 10
half fell between $436 and $1,067 · based on 82 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Balwin?
The median local move across the 82 jobs in the northeast Edmonton communities around Balwin is $635, total cost with tax, and half of them fell between $436 and $1,067. Cactus bills a local move by the hour, at a rate set by the number of movers and the size of the truck, and that rate goes into the agreement before the crew starts.
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How long does a move in Balwin take?
The middle job across those 82 moves held a crew 3.75 hours on site, with half of them running between 2.06 and 5.25 hours, and 77% of the set was graded a small job. Because a local move is billed by the hour, those hours are what the price is made of.
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Is it cheaper to move at a certain time of year in Balwin?
No, the hourly rate is the same in every month, so no date in Balwin is priced differently from another. August, June and July carry the most completed moves across the communities around it, but that is a record of how much work there was, not a price list. What moves the bill is the size of the job.
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Is an apartment move in Balwin different from a house move?
The difference is the entrance, not the rate. 24% of Balwin's homes are apartments in low-rise buildings, where a job starts at a shared door and a staircase, and 58% are detached, where it starts at a private driveway. Nothing in Balwin reaches five storeys, so there is no tower lift to reserve either way, and both are billed at the same hourly rate.
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What is included in the hourly rate for a Balwin move?
The movers and the truck at the size the job needs, with the rate stated in the agreement before anyone starts and no hidden fees behind it. Packing and bin rentals sit outside that rate and are quoted on their own, which on Balwin's walk-up buildings is worth settling before the date rather than on it.
Call Edmonton or get a quote online. Either works.
Balwin neighbourhood guide for moving day
Balwin's split tenure is the thing worth planning around: with a rented home about as likely as an owned one, the first question is whose door the crew is starting at and who controls it. Nothing here rises to five storeys, so on the walk-up buildings that means a stairwell rather than a booking. The curb is the other item. Edmonton runs street occupation through an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, and several work reasons carry no fee at present, but the notice does bite: at least 6 working days out for low-impact work and 10 for high-impact.
Most homes in Balwin were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 4,095
- Homes
- 1,565
- What people live in
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- 58% single-detached houses
- 24% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 9% semi-detached houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- One-person households
- 29%
People per household
2.6
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 57% owned
- 43% rented
2021 federal census, 25% sample
- What it costs
- No fee currently: OSCAM Permits associated with Temporary Crossing, Tree Shrub Hoarding and Waste Bin, POD or SeaCan work reasons currently have no fees associated with them. A daily permitting fee for on-street placement of commercial waste bins, PODs or SeaCans is planned but is on hold until further notice.
- How much notice
- Average processing time is 6 business days. Low-impact projects should be submitted a minimum of 6 working days prior to start of work; high-impact projects a minimum of 10 working days. Longer processing during peak construction season (March to October).
Not sure whether your block needs an OSCAM permit before the truck arrives? Booking the curb in Balwin is something we do every week: talk to our Edmonton team
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.
Real Customers. Real Movers. Real Reviews.
Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside Balwin’s own boundary. Quoted verbatim from the public listing and trimmed at a sentence.
181 five-star reviews with a written comment on our Edmonton listing since February 2024
5 out of 5
They are very nice. They moved me really fast, reasonable price great moving company.
5 out of 5
Matt and Lavish moved me from two locations today and they were amazing. Handled everything with care and amazing to talk too. Highly recommend!! 😊
5 out of 5
George Raj Matt Guys were respectful, fast, with the challenges they provided great service.
5 out of 5
George and Ruslan were the two people who came to help me with moving and this being my first time getting movers I was impressed. They were so courteous, helpful, quick, kind and above all respectful. I would recommend them in future. Thank you Cactus Moving for your amazing help.
5 out of 5
Thank you to George and his team for helping with the move! Great guys, they really know their job. Highly recommend!
5 out of 5
Great company! Communication was wonderful, everything was done in time. Fully recommend! And thanks for our wonderful little green friend - a cactus plant, this is so nice!
- Get your move quoted the same way
Reading one that sounds like your move? Our Edmonton coordinators will walk through the whole day with you before anything is booked: call the Edmonton office
Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Edmonton
- Belvedere 12 moves
- Parkdale 8 moves
- Clareview Town Centre 7 moves
- Delwood 5 moves
- McCauley 5 moves
- Alberta Avenue
- Abbottsfield
- Beacon Heights
- Bellevue
- Belmont
- Casselman
- Eastwood
- Evansdale
- Fulton Place
- Glengarry
- Highlands
- Klarvatten
- Maple Ridge Industrial
- Matt Berry
- Montrose
- Newton
- Overlanders
- Riverdale
- Sifton Park
- Westwood
- York
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