A Chelsea Moving Company That Knows the New Subdivisions

Nineteen miles of US 280 separate downtown Birmingham from Chelsea, and Tunj Control Moving has driven them enough times to know that a Chelsea move is its own kind of job: a family pulling up to a new build in Chelsea Park, Chelsea Acres, or Adams Ridge with a truck full of furniture and a garage full of flat-pack boxes. More than 10,000 moves and furniture installations sit behind us. We handle local moves into those subdivisions, moves from anywhere in Alabama, and long-distance moves from any state to the 280 corridor. We are licensed and insured, locally owned, and five years into moving Birmingham households. Customers have left more than 200 Google reviews, averaging 4.8 stars. Our Chelsea movers start every job from Perimeter Park, which sits on the same highway, so the drive out is one road with no turns to get wrong.

Housing Stock in Chelsea, From Quarter-Acre Lots to Ten-Acre Estates

Chelsea incorporated in 1996 with fewer than a thousand residents, grew 47 percent between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, and counted 5,437 housing units in 2020, with hundreds of homes still going up each year. Much of that stock is new or nearly new: subdivision homes on quarter-acre lots with two-car garages, fenced yards and small front porches, and newer plans with big kitchens, covered porches and three-car garages. About 84 percent of homes are owner-occupied.

Chelsea Park is the largest subdivision in town, with Chelsea Park Elementary inside it, and it runs from an estate sector with larger lots and basement homes down to Little Creek with smaller plans. Adams Ridge, Chelsea Station, Chelsea Highlands, Polo Crossings, Forest Lakes, and Yellowleaf sit around it. Out on the county roads, custom homes over 3,000 square feet stand on lots near ten acres, including equestrian properties.

For a mover, that mix means three different days. A quarter-acre subdivision lot is a short carry with the truck at the curb. A basement home in the estate sector adds a second stairway. A ten-acre property has a long driveway and a decision about where the truck turns around.

Who Is Moving to Chelsea and What They Bring With Them

Growing families looking for schools and newer construction make up the biggest group, followed by people who work along the 280 corridor and want more house for the money, and out-of-state relocators. First-time buyers priced out of rising rents and multi-generational families combining two homes round it out.

Each group needs something different from us:

  • Families arriving at a new build book residential moving with assembly for the beds and bunk beds that arrive in boxes
  • Corridor commuters coming from Hoover or Vestavia Hills add packing so the move fits around a work week
  • Out-of-state arrivals need long-distance moving with one set of movers and no handoff
  • Two households merging into one need white glove handling for the pieces both sides are keeping

When Movers in Chelsea Stay Busiest

Shelby County Schools start the year in mid-August and finish in late May, so families with kids aim to be unpacked before the first bell. Chelsea Park Elementary, Forest Oaks, Chelsea Middle, and Chelsea High all follow that calendar.

New-build closings land when the builder finishes, which can be any day of the week, so we schedule around that date rather than the first of the month. Weekends and the last days of a month fill first, so we recommend booking one to two weeks ahead for those dates.

280 adds its own timing. It is one of the most congested corridors in the metro at rush hour, so we set load times to miss the morning push toward Birmingham and the evening return.