Lakewood, OH · Service area

Lakewood Movers

An insured McClain Trucking crew is out in Lakewood nearly every week, working off one written flat total that never grows after the fact.

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Pass along a handful of details and we write you back a single honest flat rate, the downtown COI and any heated winter storage already counted in.

Or call (888) 711-4778

Look for your written rate back from our Brookpark Road office, usually the same working day. Pulling the number together is on us, and asking puts you on the hook for nothing — take your time with it and book only if it sits right. Whatever you put in these boxes stays with the person figuring your price and goes no further.

4.9 ★ average across 28 reviews 20 years across Greater Cleveland 5,737+ moves finished Ohio-licensed & fully insured

Lakewood doubles are our home turf

Nobody moves more Lakewood up-and-down doubles than a Cleveland crew that grew up around them, and that is us. The classic Lakewood double — two flats stacked, a shared front porch, a long interior stair, and a skinny driveway running back to a detached garage — is the single most common job we run on the West Side. We know exactly where the couch hangs up on the landing and which side of the stair the fridge has to ride.

Up-and-down doubles and the long stair

An upstairs Lakewood flat means everything goes up or down a straight, narrow interior stair with a tight turn at the top. We pad the walls and the newel post, carry the big pieces on end, and bring a stair dolly for the appliances. Downstairs flats are quicker, but the shared porch and the front-room bay window still need a careful angle. Our crew does this dozens of times a season, so there is no figuring it out on your dime.

Skinny driveways and detached garages

That long, narrow Lakewood driveway is too tight for a full-size moving truck to clear the neighbor’s mirror, so we either back in carefully to the garage or park the truck on the street and run the dolly down the drive. Either way we plan it before move day. Out near the Gold Coast high-rises and the Detroit Avenue apartments, we handle the elevator and loading-dock side of it too.

One fair flat rate

Lakewood is a town where word travels, so we keep it simple: one written flat rate that already covers the upstairs stair, the long carry down the drive, and the appliances. No phone lowball, no surprise on move day. That is how we have earned the doubles on this side of town.

Lakewood at a glance

Jobs our crew has run in and around Lakewood

Housing stock

Classic up-and-down doubles, plus Gold Coast high-rises and Detroit Avenue apartments

Long interior stair

Straight, narrow staircases with a tight turn at the top — padded and dollied

Skinny driveways

Long narrow drives to detached garages, too tight for a full-size truck to clear

Shared porches

Front porches and bay windows on the doubles that need a careful angle

Gold Coast towers

High-rise moves with freight elevators and loading-dock timing handled

Upstairs flats

Appliances and couches carried on end up the double's interior stair

West Side base

One of the neighborhoods our crew runs most every season

Pricing for Lakewood moves

What it runs to move out of Lakewood

In-town move (by the hour)

2-mover crewfrom $140/hr

The truck and everything stowed in it — floor runners, quilted pads, dollies, you name it — sit inside that rate from the first minute. There is a three-hour minimum, and a run-of-the-mill Lakewood cottage or condo job usually comes in somewhere around three to five hours on the clock.

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Common questions we get about moving in Lakewood

Common questions on a move to Lakewood

I am on the upstairs flat of a Lakewood double. Can you get my furniture up?
Yes — that is our most common Lakewood job. We pad the stair and newel post, carry the big pieces on end through the turn at the top, and bring a stair dolly for the fridge and washer. Our crew runs these doubles dozens of times a season.
My driveway is too narrow for a moving truck. What then?
We either back carefully in to the detached garage or park on the street and run the dolly down the drive. We plan the approach before move day so the truck never clips a neighbor's car or fence.
Do you move people in the Gold Coast high-rises?
We do. We handle the freight elevator reservation and the loading-dock timing along Lake Avenue and Detroit, so your move fits the building's rules and there is no waiting around for an elevator.
Does the upstairs stair add a charge on move day?
No. The interior stair, the long carry down the drive, and the appliances are all figured into the one flat rate we put in writing. What Sharon quotes is what you pay.
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Word from around town

Sharon M.
Sharon M. Lakewood · downtown loft with a freight elevator
★★★★★

This team did a great job. It was an hour drive to my new location and they still finished in four hours. They are fast and professional. Highly recommend!

Google · 2026-05-02
Donna K.
Donna K. Ohio City · four-bed colonial in Shaker
★★★★☆

Excellent services since the quote and during moving day.

Google · 2026-05-24
Karen B.
Karen B. Cleveland Heights · brick bungalow in Parma
★★★★★

On time, efficient, friendly service! Will use again and recommend

Google · 2026-04-10

We have eased our trucks up these driveways more times than we can keep track of.

Narrow tree-lawn drives, Cleveland basement stairs, and the COI a downtown building keeps on file are all standard fare for us on these blocks. Tell us what is going and the pads, the truck, and our own crew all land inside one figure you see before a single box gets lifted.

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