Ritchie Movers, Edmonton

Because the days here have been longer: 6.75 hours on site at the middle against 4 hours across the 128 moves in the surrounding communities, which on an hourly rate is the whole of the $958 against $725 gap. The rate itself is identical on both sides of that comparison. With a small sample behind Ritchie's own figure, the wider band is the safer guide for a larger home.

The middle job here ran 6.75 hours on site, with half of the moves between 6 and 7.75 hours and a median crew of 2 movers. That is most of a working day, and longer than the 4-hour median across the southeast Edmonton set. Since there is no charge for travel time within city limits, those are the hours the crew is actually working.

$451 is the median for a one-bedroom apartment or condo move across southeast Edmonton, with half of those 25 jobs between $376 and $928. It is 2 movers, 1 truck and 3 hours on site at the midpoint, which is a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen's worth of boxes. Ritchie has too few moves of that size to publish its own figure, so the card covers the communities beside it.

The median is $1,029 across southeast Edmonton, on 3 movers, 1 truck and 5.25 hours on site, with half of those 25 jobs between $688 and $1,523. That is about two hours longer than the one-bedroom card above, for a second room's worth of furniture and boxes. Having the packing finished before the crew arrives is what keeps a job of this size at the shorter end of its own band.

No. There is no charge for travel time within city limits, so a Ritchie move is billed for the hours the crew is actually working, a median of 6.75 of them here. There is also no deposit on a local move and no fuel surcharge, so the $958 median above is a total with tax rather than a subtotal. Packing services and bin rentals are quoted separately.