“David and T were super fast and efficient with no problems at all.”
andrew moore
LICENSED & INSURED · PORTLAND & METRO MOVERS · PORTLAND, OR
A Affordable Movers
Russell Voss spent eight years writing walkthrough estimates for a national van line, watching the number grow once the invoice showed up — a long carry, a flight of stairs, a fuel surcharge, tacked on after the fact. A Affordable Movers runs the opposite way: whatever comes up gets folded into one number that day, and that’s the number on your invoice. Eight trucks, twelve people on payroll, zero subcontractors.
Prefer to talk it through first? (503) 419-7268 rings straight into our Portland office, never a call center in another state. Send the quote bar instead and Denise picks it up herself — most people hear back inside the hour, with a walkthrough already on the calendar if the job’s bigger than a studio.
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AMSA Certified
BBB Accredited
A+ Rating
US DOT
FMCSA Registered
State Licensed
OR HHG Mover
IAM Member
Intl. Movers Assn.
OR Certified
Licensed Household Mover
“David and T were super fast and efficient with no problems at all.”
andrew moore
Owner On Every Walkthrough, Since 2013
One Number From The Walkthrough — That’s What You Pay
- One number, set at the walkthrough — whatever Russell sees in your home that day gets folded into the price before he leaves your driveway.
- Every job runs through one calendar — Denise has dispatched all of it since 2016, so nothing gets double-booked or forgotten.
- Tobias and Selena captain the crews — our two crew chiefs, on board since 2015 and 2018.
- Priced in person, not by phone — Russell walks the home himself before the number goes on paper.
- Cleared for the state line before you book — our Oregon carrier paperwork is current, so a route into Washington, Idaho, or California doesn’t need a separate authorization.
Priced On The Spot, Not Weeks LaterA Hillsboro rental’s tight stairwell, a long carry across a Lake Oswego lawn — Russell prices whatever’s actually there before he leaves your driveway, so nothing shows up on the invoice that wasn’t in the walkthrough
BBB Accredited · A+ RatingKept current for the same reason as always: somewhere to escalate if a job ever falls short of what we promised
Coverage Set Before You Sign, Not AfterBasic released-value coverage rides free on every job, and Russell can add full replacement value on the walkthrough if you want the higher payout ceiling locked in before move day, laid out by Russell on the estimate call
No After-The-Fact Line ItemsLong carry, stairs, fuel surcharge — if it’s going to cost something, it gets priced into the number that day, not discovered on the invoice
Reviews Land On More Than One App
Look Us Up Anywhere — Same Number, Every Time
Customers post wherever they happen to have an app open once the truck pulls out of the driveway — Google one afternoon, Yelp or Angi the next, on nobody’s schedule but theirs. We don’t chase a particular platform; check any of them and you’ll find the same pricing rule behind every job.
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28+ reviews
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5-star average
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Frequently booked
Not Cherry-Picked Testimonials
What The Metro Actually Says About Us
“Cant show my gratitude enough for these two gentlemen here. Shay & Ben handled the everything from start to finished. Incredible work/very professional !”
Bryan Carrera
“Ahmad and Chris did great! Very positive and motivated to do a good job. Kept all our items secure and put in place in the end.”
Rebecca Behm
A Live Look At The Board
What The Crews Are Doing Right Now
Nothing staged for the site here — this is what’s actually on the schedule today. Tobias is midway through emptying a rambler in Beaverton, Selena’s crew has a Tigard condo half-loaded onto the truck, and a third team is already past Salem, running I-5 toward Sacramento.
Updated daily
Studio
✓ Completed
Beaverton
Spokane
Today
1-bed apt
Booked
Hillsboro
Salt Lake City
Yesterday
2-bed apt
In progress
Gresham
Sacramento
2 days ago
3-bed home
✓ Completed
Tigard
Denver
3 days ago
4-bed home
Booked
Lake Oswego
Medford
This week
Office
In progress
Milwaukie
Beaverton
Today
Everything We Move, Pack, Or Store
Portland Moving & Storage Lineup
A Beaverton one-bedroom and a four-bedroom move headed for Sacramento both land somewhere in the same $109–$179 hourly range — Russell sets the crew size at your walkthrough, and that’s what determines the rate, not which day of the week it is. A stairwell nobody flagged in advance doesn’t turn into a line item once the truck’s already loaded.
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Local Moving
Explore mapLong-Distance Moving
Explore homeResidential Moving
Explore buildingApartment & Condo
Explore boxFull-Service Packing
Explore pianoPiano & Heavy-Item
Explore Storage warehouseShort-Term Storage
Explore heartSenior & Downsizing
Explore briefcaseCommercial Moving
Explore clockLast-Minute & Same-Day
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What Portland Notices First
Why Portland Keeps Booking A Affordable Movers
One Number, Written The Day Russell Walks Your Home
Eight years pricing walkthroughs for a national van line taught Russell exactly which line items get tacked on after the invoice arrives. We fold all of it — the long carry, the stairs, the fuel surcharge — into one number before he leaves your driveway, and that’s the number you pay.
Rain Gear Is Standard Equipment Here, Not An Upcharge
Mattress bags and shrink wrap go on every load by default, and the ramp gets tarped before the first box makes the trip up it — nobody has to request it, and it’s never billed as an extra. A swollen dresser or a soaked box spring isn’t something you can undo after the fact, so we plan around it instead of writing an apology for it.
Twelve People On Payroll, Not A Rented Crew
Denise has dispatched this crew since 2016, and Tobias and Selena have each run their own since 2015 and 2018. No subcontractors, no day-labor brought in for a busy Saturday — everyone carrying your furniture is on our payroll year-round.
Long-Distance Quotes Hold From Portland To The Driveway
Sacramento, Boise, Salt Lake City — wherever the route ends, the number Russell writes at your walkthrough is the number on the delivery invoice. No reweigh at a scale, no added charge for a flight of stairs nobody mentioned at pickup.
Local Knowledge, Not A Route-Planning App
13 Years Of Knowing Which Driveways Don’t Work
After 13 years running Portland and the metro suburbs, our crews already know the Lake Oswego driveway that only takes a backed-in truck, the afternoon I-5 or Highway 217 backs up early enough to change when the yard rolls out, and which streets start pooling water first once the rain sets in. No map tells you any of that — it shows up in the number Russell writes, because his crews have already driven it a hundred times.
Longer Hauls, Same Rule
Where Our Trucks Head Out Of Portland and the metro suburbs
Most days a truck out of the Portland yard heads a different way — I-5 north to Seattle and Spokane, south to Sacramento, Reno, and San Francisco, or I-84 east toward Boise, Salt Lake City, and Denver, with Bend and Medford as the shorter in-state trips. Give Russell a date and he’ll tell you plainly whether a crew’s actually free that week, not just whether the calendar looks open.
In Russell’s Own Words
Why The Number Never Moves Once It’s Written
“For eight years I wrote the walkthrough number for somebody else’s company, and I got tired of watching it turn into a different number by the time the invoice showed up — stairs, a long carry, a fuel line, always added in after I was already gone. So this company runs on one rule: I price what I actually see, that same day, and whatever’s in that number is what lands on your bill. Nothing gets added once the truck’s loaded.”
Russell Voss
Owner · A Affordable Movers
Everywhere We Actually Drive
A Affordable Movers’s Coverage Across Portland and the metro suburbs
Suburbs We Run Weekly
Long-Distance Lanes Out Of Portland
Counties On Our Route
Set Before You Sign, Not After
What’s Priced Before Russell Leaves Your Driveway
Nothing on this list gets sorted out mid-move — it’s settled before Russell leaves your kitchen table, and it’s the exact number that ends up on the invoice.
What You’re Not Guessing At On Moving Day
- A price in writing from the walkthrough — not a phone-quote that shifts once the truck’s there
- Rain gear on every load once fall sets in — blankets doubled, ramp tarped, before a single box goes up
- Pianos, gun safes, and anything else oversized get their own rigging plan worked out ahead of time, not improvised
- Basic released-value coverage rides free on every job, and Russell can add full replacement value on the walkthrough if you want the higher payout ceiling locked in before move day
- Crew wages and fuel already folded into the quoted number, whether it’s a Portland-only job or a haul out to Boise or Sacramento
- Furniture that came apart for the move goes back together before Tobias’s or Selena’s crew leaves
- Card, transfer, or check — settle up however’s easiest, none of the three costs extra
Coverage included — Basic released-value coverage rides free on every job, and Russell can add full replacement value on the walkthrough if you want the higher payout ceiling locked in before move day
Oregon household-goods registration on file for every job across Portland and the metro
Interstate authority on file for any move leaving Oregon, from a single item to a full household
Common Portland Questions
A Affordable Movers, Answered Plainly
What does a local move with A Affordable Movers cost in the Portland area?
Hourly billing runs $109 for two movers, $145 for three, $179 for four, plus $36 for each additional mover — Denise matches crew size to the job when you call. Once a house in Beaverton or Lake Oswego hits four bedrooms or more, it usually makes more sense as a flat rate instead, landing somewhere between $1,850 and $2,500 depending on what the walkthrough turns up.
Is A Affordable Movers an actual moving company, or are you just matching me with a carrier?
The truck that shows up is ours, and so is the crew inside it — your job never gets handed off to somebody else’s outfit. Our Oregon household-goods authority and US DOT/MC operating authority are on file year-round, not paperwork we scramble for when a state-line move comes up. If you want to see them before booking, Denise will send copies same day.
What exactly does “the number doesn’t move” mean?
It means whatever turns up during the walkthrough — a narrow stairwell, a long carry from the curb, an extra flight of stairs — gets folded into one number that day, before the truck ever gets loaded. That figure is what shows up on your invoice, period. Russell built the company around not doing to customers what he used to watch happen at his old job, where the estimate and the final bill were rarely the same number.
Who actually shows up to run my move?
Crew chiefs Tobias Kwan and Selena Marsh lead our two crews, and one of them is on every truck we send out — never a driver you haven’t heard of before move day. Denise tells you who to expect when she books your job.
What secures my spot on the schedule?
A $125 deposit, credited toward the final invoice — the same figure whether it’s a same-day local job or a multi-day haul out of state. Call (503) 419-7268 and Denise will walk the calendar with you.
Can I move my date after booking without losing my deposit?
Give Denise at least 72 hours’ notice and your $125 deposit either moves to the new date or gets refunded, no argument about it. Closing dates and plans shift more than anyone would like, so we build room for that.
Our closing date slipped — is there somewhere our things can sit until it’s sorted out?
Our own climate-controlled space in Portland holds it for as long as the gap lasts — a flat monthly rate running from $85 for a studio or 1-bedroom up to $199 for a full four-bedroom household. When you’re ready, whichever crew chief brought it in, Tobias or Selena, is the one who pulls it back out.
There’s no good spot for the truck to park at our place — does that change anything?
Flag it before move day and it’s already accounted for. Russell factors the real parking and carry distance into the crew size at the walkthrough, so it’s built into your number from the start instead of showing up afterward as a long-carry charge.
We already booked, but the date might shift — how does that work?
Not a problem, and there’s no charge for it — just give the office a few days’ heads-up. Denise leaves room in the schedule specifically so a date change doesn’t mean rebuilding your booking from zero.
What happens if something of ours gets damaged during the move?
Basic released-value coverage rides along on every job automatically. If you’d rather have full replacement value, ask for it at the walkthrough — it gets priced into your number before the truck ever loads, not after something turns up broken.
Is Saturday pricier than a weekday?
No — the rate doesn’t change by day. Saturdays just tend to book out first each month, so it’s worth grabbing the date early rather than waiting.
Our building needs a certificate of insurance and a dock reservation before you can even show up — is that something you deal with?
That’s a normal part of booking for us. Give Denise the building name up front and she’ll have the certificate filed and the dock or elevator window locked in well before move day, not pieced together the morning of.
Have A Date In Mind? Get A Real Number Today.
Send the office your two ZIP codes and a date, and you’ll have an actual number back the same day — not a ballpark. If a piano, a gun safe, or a long-distance leg is part of the job, say so now; it’s a lot easier to price once than to sort out with a crew already standing in your driveway.