Tampa Bay families usually phone B and G Movers once they tally everything riding on move day: a Westshore high-rise that wants a certificate of insurance on file, a freight elevator that has to be booked, an HOA in FishHawk that hands out a tight window at the gate, and a sky that turns black with thunder by mid-afternoon. Brett and Greg built this company so one crew handles all of it. We are a licensed Florida mover running our own trucks, so the people who load your kitchen in Hyde Park are the same people who carry it up to your new place in Carrollwood.
Across town in Tampa, the day is won or lost on the schedule
Hillsborough County is wide, and the bridges and expressways decide how a local move actually goes. A hop from Davis Islands over to Westchase can stall the moment I-275 stacks up at the Howard Frankland, or the Selmon Expressway clogs heading toward Brandon. Our dispatch maps each leg around Dale Mabry, Kennedy, and Gandy instead of fighting them blind, and we set early start times so the heavy lifting finishes before the daily storms roll through. Pads go on each piece before it leaves the room, and your job stays with one B&G crew from the first box to the last.
The flat number on your quote is the number you sign
Lock a flat local rate with us and whatever Brett or Greg quotes is what shows up on your paperwork. No fuel add-on appears, no stair charge materializes once the truck is loading. If the job genuinely grows past what we walked through, you hear it from us first, before another item moves.
- Tampa Bay localsBrett Donovan and Greg Hayes started B and G Movers in 2015 and still run the tough jobs
- Fully licensedFlorida intrastate mover registered with FDACS, plus USDOT and MC authority
- Our own peopleW-2 movers on B&G trucks, no day labor and no handing your load to anyone else
- Cargo coverageEvery load carries $1M in cargo coverage with a nine-month claim window
Condo COIs, gate codes, and slab houses we already know
✓ Our own trucks, staffed by movers on the B and G Movers payroll
- Call and Brett, Greg or someone else at our Westshore office answers in person, never a rented call floor
- The total on the written estimate is what you pay at the door — no move-day surcharge bolted on, no padded line items slid into the invoice.
- One B and G Movers crew packs, loads and unloads the whole way through
- Every load carries $1M of coverage, and any certificate of insurance your HOA or high-rise requires goes out the same day
- If something goes sideways, Brett and Greg handle the claim themselves, and it stays inside our Westshore office
× Broker chain
- Run those same details through a broker and they ricochet around a call floor before getting sold to whoever bids lowest.
- Unexpected “extras” added to the invoice the second the truck arrives
- An unfamiliar truck shows up carrying a crew of strangers
- The certificate of insurance and the building paperwork land on you to track down
- Broken items waved off with a “that was not our subcontractor” excuse
Downtown, Channelside, Water Street, and Westshore towers want a certificate of insurance filed ahead of time, a reserved freight elevator, and a loading-dock window you have to hit. Waterfront homes on Davis Islands, Harbour Island, and along Bayshore have their own tight approaches. Master-planned communities like Westchase, Tampa Palms, and Hunters Green run on a gate code paired with an assigned move slot, while a garden apartment off Hillsborough Ave can sit three stories up with only a staircase. Tampa homes are built on slab without basements, which means we load and stage everything at street level. Our crews see these setups constantly, so very little about your address surprises us when we arrive.
Run the clock or lock a flat band
A studio or one-bedroom almost always lands cheaper by the hour, while a packed three- or four-bedroom in Tampa Palms usually wins on a fixed band. The hourly rates sit in the table just below; fixed bands land at $420–$660 (studio), $660–$1,080 (one-bedroom), $1,080–$1,780 (two-bedroom), $1,780–$2,900 (three-bedroom), and $2,850–$4,500 (four-bedroom). Walk us through your layout and how the truck reaches each door, and we will recommend whichever option costs you less.
| Crew size | Per hour | Typical fit |
|---|---|---|
| 2 movers | $125/hr | A studio or one-bedroom with a clear ground-level path |
| 3 movers | $170/hr | Mid-size apartments and one-story houses |
| 4 movers | $215/hr | Roomier homes, stair carries, and narrow HOA timeslots |
A short list to handle before the truck pulls up
A few minutes of prep on your side keeps the clock fair and the day rolling.
- Keep the entry code and your assigned HOA move slot handy for FishHawk, Westchase, Tampa Palms, or wherever you live.
- If you are in a downtown, Channelside, or Westshore tower, file the COI and reserve the freight elevator and dock window early.
- Set aside a shaded staging spot near the entrance and keep cold water on hand, since summer afternoons sit at 90-plus.
- Flag any third-floor walk-up or stair-only unit up front so we send the right size crew.
- From June through November, leave a little slack in the schedule in case a hurricane watch or downpour moves in.
B and G Movers operates as a licensed, insured Florida direct carrier (USDOT/MC authority) covering Tampa and the wider Tampa Bay area out of our Westshore base. Released value runs $0.60 per pound, and full-value protection at 1–3% is on the table when you want replacement cost covered instead. Call [bc_phone] and we will put a firm, written number in your hands for the local Tampa job.
