Malmo Plains Movers, Edmonton

Two movers and one truck, and a median of 4.25 hours on site across the 48 one-bedroom jobs completed in the wider southwest. Malmo Plains has fewer than five of its own at this size. Half of them ran 2.94 to 7.31 hours, a wide spread for a load that hardly varies; what varies is the stairs, the lift, and the distance from the door to wherever the truck can stand. The $804 median sits inside a $470 to $1,419 band for exactly that reason.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo across southwest Edmonton is a 3-mover, one-truck job at a median of 5.5 hours on site, with half of the 41 running 3.5 to 7.5. That is roughly an extra hour over a one-bedroom, for a second bedroom of furniture and a fuller kitchen. The median comes to $1,082 with the middle half between $601 and $1,698, and the third mover is what keeps a fuller load inside a single working day. These are the surrounding communities' figures rather than Malmo Plains's own.

A three-bedroom house or townhouse is a full day across southwest Edmonton: 3 movers, one truck and a median of 8 hours on site, with half of the 25 running 6 to 9. The bedrooms are only part of it at this size. The basement, the garage and whatever is in the yard are what stretch the hours, and the band runs $1,048 to $2,165 around a $1,624 median because of it. A walkthrough before the date is what says which end of that band a house is heading for.

Four bedrooms and up is a 4-mover day with one truck, a median of 8.13 hours on site, and half of the 12 southwest Edmonton jobs at this size running 5.13 to 11 hours. Twelve is a small sample, so treat $2,232 as the middle of a handful rather than as a rate; half of them landed between $1,249 and $2,877. The rate itself is the same hourly one every smaller job is billed at, the length of the day is what separates them, and how much is boxed before the crew arrives is the main lever on it.