Lauderdale Movers, Edmonton
Cactus has completed over 260 residential moves across northwest Edmonton: Lauderdale and the 26 communities around it. Here is what they cost, how long they run and what the City wants at the curb.
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Tenure in Lauderdale is close to a coin flip, about half its homes owned and about half rented, and that is the fact that shapes a moving day here. A rented home moves on a lease date, fixed weeks ahead and often shared with a building; an owned one moves on a possession date. Lauderdale has both in near-equal measure, so neither calendar is the default and neither should be assumed when you book.
The housing is mixed to match: not quite half of it detached houses, most of the rest low-rise apartments and row houses, and nothing in a building of five storeys or more. That means a stairwell rather than a service lift wherever the home is an apartment. The data below is pooled from the communities around Lauderdale rather than from the neighbourhood on its own.
Moving costs around Lauderdale, by the numbers
Oliver, Downtown, Queen Mary Park and the rest make up that pool: 26 northwest Edmonton communities and 269 residential moves, at a 3.75-hour median on site and a $695 median cost, half of them between $480 and $1,070. 74% graded small, 21% medium and 5% large. Because the rate is hourly, what separates the two ends of that band is how much there is to carry and how many stairs sit between it and the truck, not a different price per hour.
- The comparison set
- 26 neighbourhoods · 269 moves
- Crew hours on site
- 3.75 median
- How big those moves are
- 74% small · 21% medium · 5% large
- Busiest months
- May, August and July
- What those moves cost
- $695 median
communities in northwest Edmonton: this one and every community next to it
half ran 2.75–5.75 hours · 269 moves
May 40, August 32, July 30
half fell between $480 and $1,070 · based on 269 residential moves, total cost with tax
How much does it cost to move in Lauderdale?
The median residential move across the northwest Edmonton communities around Lauderdale costs $695 with tax in, and half of the 269 completed there fell between $480 and $1,070. An hourly rate covers a local move, built from the number of movers and the truck size the job needs and confirmed in the agreement before the crew begins.
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Is a rental move different from a house move in Lauderdale?
The rate is the same; the calendar is not. Lauderdale's homes split close to evenly between owned and rented, and a rented home moves on a lease date that is fixed weeks ahead and often shared with a building, while an owned one moves on a possession date. If your building wants notice for the stairwell or for a loading spot, that is the call to make first.
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Why is the price range around Lauderdale so wide?
Because one median covers every size of home: 74% of the 269 moves behind it graded small, 21% medium and 5% large. The hours behave the same way, 3.75 in the middle with half of them between 2.75 and 5.75. The hourly rate is a single number, and what moves a job along that band is the volume and the stairs rather than a different rate.
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How long does a move around Lauderdale take?
The middle move among the 269 in the surrounding northwest communities ran 3.75 hours on site, with half of them between 2.75 and 5.75 hours. There is no charge for travel time within city limits, so those are the hours actually worked at the two addresses rather than the time the truck spends on the road.
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Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Lauderdale?
Only if the truck has to occupy the road rather than a driveway. Edmonton's On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit is what covers it, there is no fee on it at present, and processing runs about 6 business days. Low-impact work should be filed a minimum of 6 working days ahead and high-impact work 10, and peak construction season stretches both.
Call Edmonton or get a quote online. Either works.
Lauderdale neighbourhood guide for moving day
None of Lauderdale's buildings reach five storeys, so where a home is an apartment the access is a stairwell rather than a service lift, which is a real factor in how many movers a job needs and how long it takes. Street space is the other item worth settling early. Edmonton's On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit covers a truck occupying the road, currently with no fee attached; processing takes around 6 business days, lower-impact work is asked for a minimum of 6 working days beforehand, and 10 for anything heavier.
Most homes in Lauderdale were built 1961 to 1980
2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home
- People
- 2,955
- Homes
- 1,160
- What people live in
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- 47% single-detached houses
- 21% apartments in low-rise buildings
- 12% row houses
- In a building of five storeys or more
- 0% of homes
- One-person households
- 32%
People per household
2.5
2021 federal census
2021 federal census
- Owned or rented
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- 51% owned
- 49% 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale’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
10/10 (more than that) recommend Cactus Moving. Lovish and Vadym went above and beyond for me with my move. We showed up to my new rental and the stairs had been removed by the contractor so no way to get in… but they handled that with ease and got everything done with care.
5 out of 5
If you want Efficient, Reliable and Affordable moving company, then I believe cactus is the place to hire. I booked them recently and they were really professional and efficient with everything from starting to delivery. Shoutout to the best movers in town.
5 out of 5
This is my second time using this company and they are amazing to deal with Chint and Vadym were very personable and friendly they were very easy to converse with I highly recommend this company thank u so much
5 out of 5
Great moving company! I would highly recommend and would definitely use them again. Took care with mats on floor and quickly wrapped tv and other breakable items. Showed up on time and worked hard the entire time. Quote was very accurate and reasonable. Professional and fast!
5 out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I had an amazing experience with Cactus Moving! From the very first call to the final handshake, everything was smooth, professional, and stress-free. The movers showed up on time, fully uniformed, and worked quickly while still being careful with my furniture.
5 out of 5
We used these guys to move us from Edmonton to Calgary. They are the only company who had a great price and didn’t consolidate items. Also they delivered the same day! Absolutely fantastic! We will be moving again this month within Calgary and I defined will use them again. They gave us real cactus!
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