Emptying a whole house has little in common with a studio, and we staff it accordingly. Schedule a household job anywhere in El Paso County and one team carries it from open to close: the rooms you point out get boxed, each item is blanketed and walked outside, a Checkmate truck takes the load, and it comes off the truck room by room so you are not tearing into unlabeled cartons at midnight. Plenty of these Front Range homes are packed with the very things our reputation rests on, a baby grand by the landing, a console in the family room, framed canvases lining a hall, a study with screens glowing.
Putting supplies and labor on one ticket closes every gap. Bed frames, dining sets, and the wide sectionals come apart, then we stand them back up at the other end, drop cloths and moving quilts protect the trim and the flooring at both addresses, and the people wearing our shirts have run this routine countless times over. Whether it is a bungalow in the Old North End or a four-bedroom out toward Banning Lewis, one crew owns the wrapping, the driving, and the placement, so accountability never fractures between the morning’s first box and the evening’s last. The piano, the safe, and every plugged-in device get logged and cushioned, never flung aboard loose.
How a Pikes Peak move day unfolds
Nothing leaves the ground until the crew chief tours each room, settles the loading order, and shields the exit path. High-country weather gets a say in the timing too. From the season’s first snow on Monument Hill through the spring squalls, bulky and powered items go out ahead of any weather and ride sheeted, and the trailer stays sealed during each leg even under a bright, bone-dry afternoon sky. Past a Broadmoor gate or up a long Black Forest driveway, we nail down the access code and any homeowners-association rule early, which spares the crew from buzzing the intercom for a passcode as the clock runs.
What a household figure leaves off
Holding the figure honest pushes a couple of items out of the standard job. Take the load across a state line and the long-distance rate steps in instead of the across-town figure. Hazardous goods, potted plants, and animals do not come along. And a full-length grand, or a heavy safe for that matter, gets its own specialty line; each one demands dedicated gear and a dedicated plan rather than tucking itself beneath the top-line price.
Pricing a full household
That flat written figure arrives after we have eyed the place, on a quick walkthrough or over video, since reading the floor plan and the split-level stairs beats a blind guess. Rough brackets sorted by home size: a two-bedroom about $1,000–$1,700, a three-bedroom $1,700–$2,850, a four-bedroom $2,750–$4,400; a studio opens at $400–$620. Whatever portion you hand us, packing adds on top. Every job rolls beneath $1M of cargo coverage.
Ready to shift the whole household across the Springs? Phone (888) 711-4778 and a real voice at the Checkmate office drafts your flat figure.
What Checkmate Brings
- Packing for any room you would rather leave to us
- A quilt-and-cover wrap around each piece of furniture
- Bed frames, dining sets, and large sectionals taken down, later put back together
- Drop cloths guarding the trim and the flooring at origin and destination
- Recorded, padded handling for a console, a safe, and every plugged-in device
- Boxes and furniture placed in their designated rooms when we arrive
- A fixed figure in writing after the home has had a walkthrough
What You'll Pay
Local crews from $130/hr — or a flat written rate
Two-mover crew, the truck, pads, and dollies all included.
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