I’m Dale Lawrence. I grew up here in the Eastern Panhandle, and I started Lawrence & Family Movers with my two sons in 2009 to do whole-home moves the honest way: one flat price for the whole house, written before the truck rolls. A house move is the biggest one most families ever do, and it’s where an hourly meter does the most damage, so we take that meter off the table.
From a historic downtown Martinsburg Victorian to a farmhouse out on a gravel lane, our Panhandle family crew writes the whole job as one flat number up front and holds it — no surprise lines once the truck is loaded.
Every kind of Panhandle home
We move all of it. The brick Victorians and old downtown homes in historic Martinsburg with their narrow original stairs. The new commuter subdivisions in Spring Mills, Inwood and Hedgesville built for families coming over from the DC and Baltimore side. And out past the city line, the farmhouses on acreage and foothill homes across Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties, where the driveway turns to gravel, the lane runs long, and there’s usually a barn or shed to empty on top of the house itself. I match the crew size to whatever the property throws at us.
Protection first, every season
Nothing leaves a room until the floors are covered. My men roll out heavy runners against the mud, snow and road salt the four seasons hand us, and they pad the banisters and door frames first. We strip furniture down, wrap it in quilted pads, and put it back together at the destination, all with the same crew. The gun safes, hutches and oversized pieces get routed to my son Travis and his specialty team.
What a whole-home move runs
The binding flat rate gets written once I’ve walked the place. The two tiers here are only the labor starting point underneath that number.
| Crew | Hourly basis | Typical whole-home flat rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2 men + truck | $135/hr | 2-bed Inwood ranch: about $910 flat |
| 3 men + truck | $185/hr | 4-bed Hedgesville farmhouse with barn: about $2,280 flat |
- Beds, dressers, tables and safes disassembled and reassembled at no extra charge
- Released value $0.60 per pound standard, full-value protection optional
- Up to $1,000,000 cargo coverage per shipment
Walk me through the house and I’ll put a flat number on the whole move. Get my free moving quote and my family will take it from there.
What You Get
- A whole-home walkthrough so I can write a binding flat rate instead of a moving-day guess
- A crew sized to the house, with the bigger team sent to farmhouses, foothill homes and four-bedroom builds
- Attics, basements, garages, sheds and barn-stored furniture counted in the quote, not left for you
- Floor, banister and doorway protection laid against mud, snow and salt before a box moves
- Beds, dressers, dining sets and gun safes taken apart and rebuilt at the new house
- Hector's crew on the steep lanes and stair runs that come with country and historic homes
What Will It Run?
Put two of our crew and a truck on it at $135/hr, or lock one flat written number up front
Blankets, dollies and shrink-wrap all ride in the rate; step up to a three-mover crew and truck at $185/hr.
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