What does a three-bedroom house move cost around Ottewell?

$1,239 is the median for a three-bedroom house move across the southeast Edmonton communities, with half of those 16 jobs between $1,042 and $1,742: three movers, one truck and 7.25 hours on site. Ottewell has fewer than five moves of that size of its own, so the figure describes the surrounding set rather than the neighbourhood.

How long does a move in Ottewell take?

The middle job recorded inside Ottewell ran 3.75 hours on site, with half of the 8 falling between 2.19 and 4.56 hours and a median crew of two movers. That is shorter than the 4.25-hour median of the surrounding southeast communities, and since travel time within city limits is not charged, it is time spent working rather than driving.

Why is the median move in Ottewell lower than in the communities around it?

Because the jobs recorded here have been smaller: 88% of Ottewell's moves graded small against 63% across the surrounding southeast communities, which is why its median sits at $709 rather than $843. The hourly rate is the same in both places, so the difference is the number of hours a smaller load takes.

Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Ottewell?

Only if the truck has to occupy the roadway rather than the driveway. Edmonton covers that with an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, which currently carries no fee, and asks for a minimum of 6 working days of notice on low-impact work such as a move, 10 on heavier jobs, with roughly 6 business days of processing.

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Movers in Ottewell: what we know about moving here

Ottewell is a settled neighbourhood of owner-occupied detached houses, low-rise throughout, with a small apartment fringe and a middle home from the 1961 to 1980 band. That makes a move here a driveway-and-front-door job with no building management in the way, and it makes the calendar a possession-day calendar more often than a lease one.

The record inside the boundary is short but consistent: at least 8 residential moves, all 8 of them inside the last twelve months, 88% of them graded small, a median crew of two movers, and a middle job of 3.75 hours that came to $709 with tax across the 6 carrying a comparable local total. Both of those figures sit under the surrounding southeast set, where the medians are 4.25 hours and $843.

Ottewell neighbourhood guide for moving day

Two things follow from this panel, and neither is on the invoice. Ottewell is low-rise, owner-occupied housing, so the elevator question does not arise, with no bookings, no loading bay and no building management, and what replaces it is driveway and street access, which is worth checking rather than assuming. Where the truck cannot use the drive, the roadway itself is permitted ground in Edmonton: the On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit currently costs nothing, but its notice is counted in working days rather than hours, so it belongs to the week before the move.

Most homes in Ottewell were built 1961 to 1980

2021 federal census, 25% sample · the band holding the middle home

People: 5,915
Homes: 2,440
What people live in: 83% single-detached houses
12% apartments in low-rise buildings
In a building of five storeys or more: 0% of homes
One-person households: 29%

2021 federal census

Owned or rented: 78% owned
22% rented

2021 federal census, 25% sample

Booking the curb

On-Street Construction and Maintenance (OSCAM) Permit

City of Edmonton

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).

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Ottewell moving costs, by the numbers

Those eight jobs are the ones where a load or an unload landed inside Ottewell's own boundary, counted since 2025: a floor, and every one of them happens to fall in the last twelve months. The dollar median stands on 6 of the eight, the jobs invoiced as local residential work with tax included. Eight is a small sample and the figures are printed as what they are, the middle of a handful of real days, useful as a range and not as a quote.

What a local move cost: $709 median
Residential moves in Ottewell: at least 8
In the last 12 months: 8
Crew hours on site: 3.75 median
Crew size: 2 movers median

Ottewell’s own community boundary about 1.6 km across the community outline as the City publishes it

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What a move this size costs in Southeast Edmonton

Sizes of move cut out of the completed residential jobs in Southeast Edmonton, the communities beside this one. Ottewell has fewer than five of its own at each size, and a band resting on fewer than five moves is not published here at any scope.

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southeast Edmonton

$521
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $463 and $929 · 14 moves

3.13 hours on site half ran 3–5.56 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A one-bedroom apartment or condo move across southeast Edmonton is two movers and one truck, and the middle of the 14 recorded finished in 3.13 hours on site, the shortest day of the three cards here. Half ran 3 to 5.56 hours, and half cost between $463 and $929. The contents are a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen's worth of boxes; what stretches the day is stairs and the distance from the door to the truck. Ottewell has fewer than five of this size, so the figures are the wider southeast set.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Edmonton, across 14 moves.

A two-bedroom apartment or condo move in Southeast Edmonton

$979
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $665 and $1,352 · 21 moves

5.25 hours on site half ran 3.75–6.75 hours
2 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

Still two movers and one truck, and the middle of the 21 two-bedroom moves across southeast Edmonton ran 5.25 hours on site, with the middle half spanning 3.75 to 6.75. Half came to between $665 and $1,352, a wider band than the one-bedroom carries, because at this size how much is in the second room varies more than the floor plan does. These are the surrounding communities' figures rather than Ottewell's own.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Edmonton, across 21 moves.

A three-bedroom house move in Southeast Edmonton

$1,239
Median, total cost with tax

half fell between $1,042 and $1,742 · 16 moves

7.25 hours on site half ran 4.94–8.88 hours
3 movers · 1 truck the crew and trucks actually dispatched, median

A three-bedroom house move across southeast Edmonton takes three movers, one truck and 7.25 hours on site at the median of the 16 recorded, a full working day rather than a morning. Half of them fell between $1,042 and $1,742, and the middle half of the hours ran 4.94 to 8.88, because at this size the garage and the basement decide as much as the bedroom count does. Ottewell has fewer than five moves of this size, so the card describes the wider southeast set.

Fewer than five moves of this size here, so these figures come from Southeast Edmonton, across 16 moves.

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How much does it cost to move in Ottewell?

The median local move in Ottewell costs $709, total cost with tax, and the 6 jobs carrying a comparable local total spread between $485 and $815 across their middle half. Rates are hourly and follow the number of movers and the size of the truck, with the agreement stating the rate before the crew starts.

What does a three-bedroom house move cost around Ottewell?

$1,239 is the median for a three-bedroom house move across the southeast Edmonton communities, with half of those 16 jobs between $1,042 and $1,742: three movers, one truck and 7.25 hours on site. Ottewell has fewer than five moves of that size of its own, so the figure describes the surrounding set rather than the neighbourhood.
How long does a move in Ottewell take?

The middle job recorded inside Ottewell ran 3.75 hours on site, with half of the 8 falling between 2.19 and 4.56 hours and a median crew of two movers. That is shorter than the 4.25-hour median of the surrounding southeast communities, and since travel time within city limits is not charged, it is time spent working rather than driving.
Why is the median move in Ottewell lower than in the communities around it?

Because the jobs recorded here have been smaller: 88% of Ottewell's moves graded small against 63% across the surrounding southeast communities, which is why its median sits at $709 rather than $843. The hourly rate is the same in both places, so the difference is the number of hours a smaller load takes.
Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Ottewell?

Only if the truck has to occupy the roadway rather than the driveway. Edmonton covers that with an On-Street Construction and Maintenance permit, which currently carries no fee, and asks for a minimum of 6 working days of notice on low-impact work such as a move, 10 on heavier jobs, with roughly 6 business days of processing.

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Five-star Google reviews from customers whose move Cactus completed, newest first, preferring the ones whose job falls inside Ottewell’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
George & Patrick were the best! They disassembled my furniture quickly and were super efficient moving. The little cactus & coffee were rly nice & unexpected gifts :)
Molly Tarapaski
moved from Downtown to Ottewell, May 2026
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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.
SyeDhrubo
August 2025
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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
Amanda
August 2025
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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!
Judie Butts
July 2025 · 1 bedroom
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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.
Linda Macdonald
July 2025
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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!
Jake Smith-Row
July 2025
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Nearby and similar neighbourhoods in Edmonton

Set Ottewell against its region and the difference is the size of the job rather than the price of the hour. The 32 southeast Edmonton communities around it, Summerside, Bonnie Doon, King Edward Park and the rest, account for 104 residential moves, of which 63% graded small, 30% medium and 8% large; Ottewell's own eight were 88% small. That wider set runs 4.25 hours at the median against 3.75 here, and $843 against $709.

Measure	Ottewell	Southeast Edmonton
Median local move	$709	$843
Median crew hours on site half of Ottewell’s ran 2.19–4.56 hours	3.75 hrs	4.25 hrs
Graded a small move Cactus’s own grading on the job	88%	63%
Completed residential moves the comparison set is 32 communities, this one and everything next to it	at least 8	104

In Ottewell or any of the neighbours beside it, the crew and the hourly rate are the same. Tell us the address

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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