Great Scott Moving

Crew was professional, personable and efficient. Did a great job moving my piano.

They were especially careful with everything. I could not ask for a better group of folks. They were excellent, I will always use them for my moving.

Great Scott is GREAT! I recommend them to anyone who is moving. They are professional, friendly, and they move fast, without breaking things (or making you think they will). Very happy with their service and would definitely use them again (not that I am eager to move again soon).

I gave them a B rather than an A for punctuality because they were significantly early. It turned out okay - we were basically ready, and they were able to get the elevator locked off early (we had reserved it for a specific time). So, it turned out fine, but if we had not been ready or we could not have gotten the elevator, I would have been unhappy if they had expected us to pay for the time that they were there but unable to work. I don't know that they would have charged us for that, but just something for them to think about. Otherwise, they were fabulous. They worked fast and hard, were friendly with us, they were careful with our belongings, they did things the way we asked them to, and the job was done quickly and professionally. They were really nice guys and very appreciative of the lunch I bought them. I'd work with Great Scott, and these guys in particular (I wish I could remember their names to compliment them directly) again.

I would absolutely hire Great Scott again. PRICIING: The move took around five hours and fifteen miuntes and by my estimation, we saved a lot of money by choosing Great Scott, who bases their price on time, not by volume and time. The other top three moving companies in the area, who base their price on volume and time, wanted around $1K for our 1BR/1 BA move. You can count on moving companies that estimate cost by volume and time to tack on a lot of extra costs the day of the move as there is no way you can give a perfect estimate of boxes or weight until you are done packing, and no way you can predict weather or traffic. SERVICE: Alex and Abdul were amazing. Because it was raining and the first location did not have a loading dock, their ramp became slippery and was unusable for the rest of the move at the first location. They went as quickly as they could and were very gentle with our belongings even though they had to lift our boxes and furniture over their heads to get them into the truck. We were 85% packed in boxes, but we had some miscellaneous things that they put in large wardrobe boxes that they brought with them. Alex and Abdul were very professional about our packing job even when a box broke because we overpacked it. They wrapped up our TV, our furniture, and our king sized bed cushion and twin sized futon cushion to protect them frmo dust and the rain. At the second location, they were incredibly helpful and put our belongings in whatever spot we asked, including some things in our storage space on a different floor. After unpacking everything I can confirm that nothing broke.

This is the second time we used Great Scott for a move. The first time was in 2009. They did an great job, so we hired them again. This time, Scott and Guss arrived slightly late, but it actually was okay with us because we still needed to get a few things together. Other than that, they took great care handling our items. They were also so very friendly and nice to work with. It was so nice to not have to lift anything and leave the move in expert hands. The move did take longer than the estimate (and thus, was more expensive), but we underestimated how much stuff we acquired over the years. It's actually amazing how much stuff we had in our one-bedroom condo and storage unit. I would use Great Scott a third time and recommend them to anyone. In fact, I just recommended the company to a colleague who is getting ready to move.

The Great Scott crew was incredible. They finished ahead of schedule and below estimated price in spite of a building glitch on the move-in end. The freight elevator in the apartment building was broken (for the first time in 2 years!) when I was moving in. This meant that Great Scott had to use a regular elevator, which was smaller in size and further from my apartment. Nevertheless, they still managed to finish ahead of schedule.

They were great. It took one day of packing and a day and a half of moving. There was one glitch in that they did not disassemble a closet unit on the packing day, but Henry was fantastic and made sure that it was done at no extra charge. We met three sets of packers and movers. They were all attentive, careful, and courteous. They didn't balk at trying to move a heavy and large bookcase to the third floor and were not phased when it didn't fit and had to come back down. This is our second move with Great Scott and I recommend them without reservation.

Excellent job packing our belongings, nothing was broken, and we've been able to find our things in our boxes without a huge effort. Packing staff showed up on time, worked efficiently and carefully. Moving staff showed up on time, very careful with belongings, asked questions as needed, made no assumptions, checked in with me consistently about different aspects of the move. Were careful getting things out of our apartment and into our home, clearly aware of not wanting to scratch up walls etc. Best moment of the day was their creative solution to getting our queen sized box-spring up to the second floor of our new old house-one guy lifted the boxspring up over his head and the other two guys grabbed it from the second floor porch and hauled it over the railing! They probably could have wedged it up the turn in the stairs and marked up the wall, or told us no way, but they figured it out. Everything ended up in the rooms we asked them to put stuff in and they had a positive attitude throughout which made a stressful day actually a positive experience. Highly recommend and will use them the next time we move.

Our experience with Great Scott was fantastic. We were provided with a "no greater than" estimate as well as estimated time frames for how long our packing and moving would go. The Great Scott crew who assisted us was extremely punctual and efficient and were done early both days. On the day of our move the gentlemen walked through our house with me and my husband to make sure everything was in the place we wanted it. They were extremely careful with all our belongings as well as our new floors. I would recommend Great Scott and use them again!

They were very professional about making the arrangements and showing up on time. My furniture was treated with great care--I was asked whether I preferred shrink-wrapping etc. And best of all, they were fast! I plan to use them again in the near future.

They arrived early and despite confusion on the part of the moving party, they remained calm and were able to "go with the flow". Very professional and a pleasure to work with.

They were definitely on time. Their estimate was almost spot-on. They completed the full move in almost exactly the time frame that they said. It was a very positive move. I would use them again.

Everything they promised and more. The two guys that move me were total gentlemen. Great exrprience.

They were A+ across the board. They were great guys. They were very polite, professional, and efficient.

This is my second time in 2 years using Great Scott. In fact, one of the movers was the same people who did my previous move. The reason I used these guys again, and they proved it again the second time, is that they work HARD. You might expect a little loafing around from guys being paid by the hour, but these guys move fast. No breaks, no chatting, no fooling around. And you can tell these guys are professionals because they are about as efficient as possible in how they carry and move things around. I think you'd be very hard pressed to find movers who will do it faster, and perhaps more importantly still making sure all my belongings arrive in one piece. The crew leader, Antonio, regularly asked me if everything was ok with the move. All 3 movers were very friendly. And if I ever have to move again, I'll be calling Great Scott.

Went well. Team was on schedule and worked during the rain. They were hard working, professional and courteous. Move went better than I had expected.

The crew arrived on time, carefully loaded the piano on the truck and arrived as scheduled at my niece's home. The actual cost was slightly less than the estimate. We were completely satisfied with the service.

AMAZING SERVICE--I will never move myself ever again. Scott B and Javier arrived to my house as promised. When I first saw them, I could not see how these two men were going to move my whole house (4 bedroom single family) by themselves. I was proven wrong. Javier had the strength of 3 eleghants. Simply Amazing. These guys are professional, very nice and most importantly took excellent care of my belongings. They wrapped and covered everything to protect it. Things that I didn't even think to wrap. My stuff filled up their 20 ft truck and every single box and piece of furniture was handled with care from the time it went into the truck until the time it was packed in my storage unit. The price was a little high but honeslty, it was worth ever dollar spent. When I move in two years, I WILL be calling Scott and Javier. Thank you guys for taking away alot of stress with my move!

Smooth as silk sums it up. Managers nice and moving crew also nice, STRONG guys.

These guys were simply awesome. After we had an absolutely miserable experience using a non-Angie's List mover, we atoned for our mistake by contacting the folks at Great Scott. I've moved over 30 times in the last 26 years and this crew was the best. First off, the crew of two that showed up looked like athletes. In fact, I think they were former football or basketball players. Secondly, they worked like a well rehearsed dance troupe. They were able to get large pieces of furniture through the typical Washington, DC town house tight corners without a hitch. Gentle, considerate, and polite....essentially, the antithesis of the reputation of movers. No question, I would use these guys again.

We used them for both packing and moving and both were terrible experiences. First, let me start with the most egregious issues. We have an infant which means they had to move our baby’s crib. This is a basic wooden crib which took them 10 minutes to disassemble. When it came time to reassemble it in our new home, it took all four men one full hour to put it back together. Now, I personally put this crib together by myself when I was 9 months pregnant, and it only took me 45 minutes. We kept asking them what was taking so long and they would keep pushing us off, then finally told us that they couldn’t find some of the screws. We told them we had extras but then they told us that they “took care of it”. By this point is was the baby’s sleep time and we had to put him in. We discovered the next day that what they did was leave out several screws that hold the crib together on the bottom support areas. This is endangering an infant. Moreover, since it took four men a full hour to attempt to put it together, it cost us $260 for them to (poorly) reassemble the crib – the crib only cost us $250 to purchase – you do the math… We got a written estimate from them for three movers, a large truck and a pickup truck. On the day of the move, four men arrived and two large trucks. Did we need this? No. Did we even have enough boxes and furniture to fill two trucks? Not even close. We moved out of an 1800 square foot house – with almost no furniture. Suddenly the cost nearly doubled from the estimate. The movers left a large cherry wood desk sitting in the garage at the new house – never asked where it should go, but just left it there, along with sheets, towels and some other items that should never be left sitting outside. Needless to say, we had to get someone else to help bring the heavy desk inside. Things that were labeled with the rooms to be moved to were places haphazardly throughout the house. Many of these boxes were even labeled by Great Scott moving as part of their packing. Even though we were clearly told that we would not be charged for the mover’s lunch hour, we were. Plus we had to buy them lunch for $90. So it cost us another $260 + $90 for their lunch hour. As for the packers, they spent copious amounts of wrapping supplies to wrap broken lightbulbs and put each in a separate large box, but our antique china when into boxes with no wrapping whatsoever. They barely used any of the packing supplies that we purchased ourselves even though Scott told us they would go through that first. Actually, they wrapped all of our packing tape and put it in a box separately. How thoughtful. They used more boxes than you would ever actually need to pack (again, think one broken light bulb in its own large box) which again would jack up the price. Plus, they only used some of our boxes. Don’t buy boxes from them, just go to home depot. Needless to say, several of our things were damaged in the move, particularly things that Great Scott had packed. When we spoke to the owner, he told us they wouldn’t cover anything, despite the fact that part of his sales pitch to us was that they would cover any damages. We had several antiques and other items ruined by them. The written estimate was for $2500 and the total owed jumped to $4500, despite the fact that it took less time than estimated. We have already contacted the company and complained , and even though they admitted their wrongdoings, they would only take off a couple of hundred dollars. I would NEVER recommend that anyone use this company.

I will never, ever use anyone but Great Scott for moving. Not only are they total professionals, but they are, to a man, some of the nicest, easiest to deal with, most helpful people with whom I've ever worked. This is the third time I've used their services. I initially thought of using another company for this move because storage was involved, and Great Scott doesn't do storage per se. However, after that firm never returned my calls or e-mails, I called Great Scott. Turns out they have a relationship with a storage facility not far from their location and it was no hassle for me, as a Great Scott client, to quickly make arrangements there. They were quick (but not rushed), efficient, and careful. Nothing was lost, nothing was scratched, nothing was broken, and they didn't so much as mar a single wall despite maneuvering heavy, awkward furniture through tight spaces. They took apart and reassembled my complicated bed in no time at all and without complaint. From start to finish this was not just a painless process, it was actually pleasant. Their estimate was spot on and they offer great value for money. A great company and great people.

It went well! They guys were really great and I would recommend them! It rained the entire time they were loading and unloading the truck and they never once complained. They were extremely prompt, polite, professional, and helpful. They were genuinely pleasant to be around.

Great Scott did a terrific job. They arrived early, were efficient, friendly and very careful with all our items. I'm amazed at how quickly they were able to move our items into the row house, even having to deal with two flights of stairs they did it in under two hours. They covered all our furniture to ensure there was no damage and even let us use wardrobe boxes for free. I would highly recommend Great Scott.