Residential movers in Birmingham, AL for the whole house

Tunj Control Moving moves households across Birmingham, AL, and the suburbs around it, including 1920s bungalows in Crestwood, split-levels on Shades Mountain, and new four-bedroom builds off US 280. We have been locally owned and based in Birmingham for five years. More than 25 trained movers work for us, each one background-checked and in uniform on your move day. Our Google rating sits at 4.8 stars across more than 200 Google reviews, and we are licensed and insured. A residential move with us covers the whole job: protecting furniture, loading, transport, unloading, and placing every item in the room where you want it before the movers leave.

What a Tunj Control residential move includes

A household move with us starts before the truck arrives and ends after the last piece is set down. Here is what our movers do on a standard home move:

  • Wrap sofas, dressers, and tables in moving blankets and stretch wrap
  • Disassemble bed frames, dining tables, and anything that will not clear a doorway
  • Load the truck with heavy pieces low and boxes stacked by room
  • Drive your belongings with the same movers who loaded them
  • Unload and carry each piece to the room you point to
  • Reassemble beds and tables and place furniture before leaving

Packing is optional. You can pack yourself, have us pack the kitchen and the closets, or book a full pack through our packing services. If new furniture is arriving at the same time, the same movers can assemble it during the move, with the care they bring to our FF&E installation projects for offices and apartment communities.

A recent local job shows what that looks like in practice. Our movers protected, loaded, transported, and placed the furniture and household goods for a four-bedroom home in Birmingham, with placement in every room, and closed out the whole job in three days.

Homes we move across Birmingham and its suburbs

Our office is at Perimeter Park, off US 280 on the southeast side of Birmingham, so most of the metro is a short drive. The housing changes a lot in a few miles, and each type of home changes how we plan the day.

Older homes in Homewood and Mountain Brook

Bungalows in the Edgewood section of Homewood and older homes near the villages of Mountain Brook were built with narrow hallways, tight stair turns and small doorways. Our movers measure sofas and armoires before lifting them and take doors off their hinges when a piece needs the extra inch. Street parking is often the only option, so we decide where the truck sits before we arrive.

Newer subdivisions in Hoover, Trussville and Chelsea

Neighborhoods like Ross Bridge in Hoover, the newer subdivisions off I-59 in Trussville and the larger lots along US 280 in Chelsea have wide streets and open floor plans, which shortens the carry. The tradeoff is size. A four-bedroom house with a bonus room and a finished basement takes more mover hours and often a second truckload. We cover family homes and townhomes along I-65 in Pelham and west of the city in Bessemer the same way.

Hillside lots in Vestavia Hills

Houses on the slopes of Shades Mountain in Vestavia Hills often come with steep driveways, split levels, and a garage a full floor below the kitchen. Our movers use strapped dollies and, when the driveway is too steep for the truck, a carry plan that keeps the truck on the street. The same planning goes into the garden homes and larger houses in Brook Highland, a few minutes down 280 from our office.

Pianos and other heavy household pieces

We move pianos as part of a full household move, never as a single-item job. An upright gets its lid and pedals secured, the body wrapped in blankets and strapped to a piano board, then rolled on a four-wheel dolly to the truck. Grand pianos come off their legs, which travel wrapped on their own, and go back together in the new living room.

Other heavy pieces get the same treatment: solid wood armoires, marble-top dressers, treadmills and sleeper sofas. Tell us about them at the estimate stage so we can schedule enough movers and bring the right equipment. For antiques, art, and designer furniture, our white glove service adds an inspection before wrapping and room-by-room placement at the end.

Tunj Control mover smiling in the cab of a moving truck

How we build your estimate

Every estimate is free and carries no obligation, and we get back to you within one business day. As residential movers in Birmingham, AL, we build it from the details of your house rather than a guess, so the more you tell us, the closer it lands. The factors that shape it:

  • Home size and the number of furnished rooms
  • How many movers and truckloads the job needs
  • Distance between the two addresses
  • Stairs, long carries, and steep driveways
  • Full or partial packing
  • Pianos and other pieces that need extra hands

A move that stays inside the Birmingham area is scoped differently from a long-distance move to another state. Units in mid-rise buildings raise their own questions about elevators and loading zones, which we cover on our apartment moving page. Business relocations run through commercial moving, where the schedule is built around your open hours.

Getting the house ready for moving day

A few hours of prep the week before makes the move faster. Our short list for homeowners:

  • Book 1 to 2 weeks ahead, earlier for weekends and end-of-month dates
  • Empty and defrost the refrigerator the night before
  • Unplug and label TVs, routers, and lamps
  • Box loose items in closets and cabinets, or add packing to the booking
  • Clear a path from the front door to the driveway
  • Keep medications, chargers, and keys in a bag that rides with you

If our movers are packing, leave the kitchen and the closets alone. That is the part of the job they are coming to do. Questions before you book can go through our contact page, and you will hear back within one business day.