Elise Troske-Roberts
Chalmette · Residential move · Yelp
The whole crew was helpful, courteous, and worked well with our changing schedule. A really great experience. Would highly recommend.
NEW ORLEANS · LA
Residential Moving in New Orleans
A shotgun house off Magazine and a Metairie split-level get the same careful crew, different equipment.
- Written before Marcus books the truck
- Payroll crew, our own trucks
- Louisiana household-goods standing on file
Start your estimate
Desiree can often quote it from your description alone.
Not every move we run is a dorm room or a studio apartment. Families and long-term residents across Metairie, Kenner, and the rest of Greater New Orleans call Fast Affordable College Student Movers for full household relocations too, and the same crew that threads a dorm mattress through a stairwell in August is fully capable of moving a four-bedroom house in Gretna.
What’s included
Residential moves include a full walkthrough or phone inventory, furniture blanket-wrapping and disassembly, appliance handling, and careful loading sequenced so nothing shifts in transit. We move houses, doubles, townhomes, and full apartments, and we’ll bring in additional crew for larger square footage rather than stretching a two-person team past what it can safely handle.
Who this serves
Homeowners, renters upgrading out of a starter apartment, and families relocating within the metro all use this service. It runs separately from our local moving and dorm and apartment moving pages because the scope is different — a full house has appliances, patio furniture, and garage contents that a studio apartment simply doesn’t. If your move also needs full packing, our packing services pair directly with a residential move for one combined quote.
Pricing factors
Square footage, number of bedrooms, stairs, and distance between properties drive the estimate. A house in Chalmette moving to a double in Carrollton is priced differently than a two-bedroom apartment move, and Desiree will walk through room-by-room detail with you so the quote matches what’s actually getting loaded, not a rough guess.
Team callout
Larger residential jobs typically get a mixed crew, and Katie Sonnier often leads them alongside Jamal when a move includes both bulky furniture and a full kitchen pack-out. Her four years running high-volume apartment turnovers translate directly to keeping a household move organized room by room instead of everything landing in one pile at the new place.
Scheduling around the academic calendar
Residential moves aren’t tied to the semester calendar the way student moves are, which actually works in your favor — booking outside August move-in and May move-out weeks means more schedule flexibility and often better rates, since our trucks aren’t stretched across a hundred campus-area turnovers at once. Get a walkthrough quote at our quote form or read about how we started at our About page.
Bundled in, not billed separately
Here's what shows up on the truck with your crew
You won't see these listed as extras on the invoice — they're just part of how a New Orleans job gets done.
- Full walkthrough of every room, porch, and shed before quoting a crew size
- Crew chief maps the load order before anything gets carried out the door
- Furniture disassembly/reassembly and appliance disconnect included
- Room-by-room labeling so unloading matches your new floor plan
- Patient handling on family moves and downsizing jobs, not rushed like a dorm turnover
Real New Orleans jobs
What New Orleans customers told us
Pam Carver
Harahan · Residential move · Google
Both Katie and Marcus were polite, efficient, engaging, and extremely helpful. Very professional. Would ask for them again.
Danene Bottiaux
Kenner · Residential move · Google
We had a wonderful experience with our move. Can't say enough about Jamal's crew. They worked fast and took great care of our furniture.
The rest of the lineup
Need a different kind of move?
Same New Orleans crew handles all of these across Greater New Orleans, not a separate subcontractor per service.
Local Moving
Katie's crew has hauled enough futons up Freret Street stairwells to size a truck from the address alone.
Long-Distance Moving
Jamal runs the same truck all the way home to Houston or Atlanta — nobody hands your boxes to a stranger halfway.
Dorm & Apartment Moving
We know which Freret and Broadmoor complexes need a certificate of insurance before the elevator opens up.
Full-Service Packing
Nobody has time to box a whole kitchen during finals — give Desiree a date and it's done before the truck even backs in.
Piano Moving
An upright and a baby grand don't move the same way, so Jamal wants to know which one you own before he'll put a number on the stairs.
Safe & Gun-Safe Moving
Gun safes and floor safes don't come loose with a dolly and good intentions — Jamal's crew brings the straps and the plan first.
Questions that come up on this job
Answered before you have to ask twice
Do you move full houses, not just apartments?
Yes. Residential moves cover houses, doubles, and townhomes throughout Greater New Orleans, with crew sized to the square footage rather than a one-size-fits-all team.
What's the difference between residential moving and your dorm/apartment service?
Residential moving covers full households — houses, larger apartments, families relocating. Our dorm and apartment service is built specifically around single rooms and student-scale turnovers timed to the academic calendar.
Can you handle a move with a lot of stairs or a narrow shotgun layout?
Yes, this is routine in New Orleans housing stock. Tell us about stairs, narrow hallways, or tight parking when you book so the crew and truck are sized correctly.
Do you provide boxes and packing materials for residential moves?
We can supply materials or handle full packing through our packing services — ask Desiree to bundle it into your residential quote.
Whenever you are ready
Put your Residential Moving on the calendar
Two addresses is enough for our New Orleans office to send back a written flat rate, usually the same business day.