S&D Moving Co

Very well-arrived on time, moved items quickly and efficiently but took time to carefully wrap/move items, and arrived at the new apartment quickly. Overall did a great job, very nice guys and no damage to any of my items-would absolutely hire again.

Terrible company!!! They damaged nearly everything they touched. Picture frames were dented, scratched, chip or broken because they put every picture/picture frame I had into 1 large box with no padding, wrapping or protection/padding and all frames moved around and damaged the other frames. Glass lamps now have large chips for same reason, put into large box with no protection so glass banged around and now have large chunks missing (large enough that they are highly visible and dangerous enough because they can cut a person). Worst movers ever! They broke or damaged almost everything they touched. I paid for packing up and moving and storage (for around 4 months). When I finally unpacked my belongings 4 months later; All of my picture frames were damaged, chips or big scratches in all of them because movers placed dozens of picture frames into a large box with no wrapping or padding and frames shifted around a lot and banged into each other (this lazy style of packing was VERY common with S&D). My large glass lamps have chips (bad ones were someone could slice their finger open), for the same reason my frames have chips/scratches. Seriously, nearly everything they touched they damaged. Wood Dresser/Nightstands have big chunks missing near bottom of them, wood bed was banged up. Approximately 70% of what they touched they damaged or broke. In the end, the wouldn't do anything for aside from offer me a two hundred dollars, even after they broke and kept a large fan of mine.... Guys who moved my stuff said owners knew about the fan and told me the owners would replace the fan, I asked for an email to explain this but they wouldn't give it to Me, then when I asked owners about it the owners acted as if they never heard about fan and gave me a hard time about it... I walked away with thousands of dollars in damage, and nearly everything they touched now had damage. My mattress was RUINED because it was not stored properly (it was a 1 yr old $2000 mattress that I had to replace, at my expense). Do not use S&D, as they would ruin all of your belongings!!! The price they quoted (and charged me) was fair, if they had done a good job. Because they ruined everything, I have given the "Price" and "F" grade in this review. I have used Big Apple Movers (not available this time) 6 times before this (in Manhattan) and has less damage those 6 times than S&D did in the one move. STAY AWAY FROM S&D

These guys were better than the Post Office, our move happened on Monday Feb. 2nd, during the worst snow/ice storm of the year. It didn't stop them, and they had all had great attitudes the entire time. They communicated with me constantly letting me know they were on their way, but of course due to the road conditions were taking it slow, as was I. My move was from NY to CT and about 60 miles in extremely difficult conditions. I can't say enough about these guys. Nothing was broken, everything was wrapped and padded very well. Their truck even got stuck in the snow at our new location on a hill, and they stayed positive and just worked through the freezing temps and carted things off until enough of the weight was unloaded to move the truck closer to the door. These guys were great!!

Yonattan and Kumar are the Furniture Tetris champions of moving! Moving only a matter of blocks in Astoria, my couch is my pride and joy and was the top priority of items to come with me to my new home. S&D moved it into my first apartment 2 years ago, so obviously, I knew who to call. Yonattan and Kumar were my team for the day, braving the gross misty rain, and they began their fireman's line descent of moving boxes, garbage bags full of clothes, and shelves. I was biting my teeth over whether or not my heavy, pull out sofa bed couch would fit through the door of my new apartment. I gave Yonattan the measurements of the door and the couch, and he was mournfully shaking his head. I had two options: attempt to move (involving taking it down 2 flights, up 4 flights, and if it didn't fit, back down 4 flights, and up anther 2 to my old apartment to attempt to sell it to leave on the street as I had no where else to store it) or just leave it at my old apartment so I wouldn't waste hours, money, and effort Yonattan recognized my personal attachment to the couch and insisted that I at least try. I knew I'd never forgive myself if I didn't try, so down it went! Kumar even told me, "now I'm not just saying this, but you really have the two best guys for finagling furniture. The two of us are the most experienced in the company so if we can't make it fit, no one can." That made me feel better - but seeing is believing. (By the way, my other items were moved into the new space and they had wrapped EVERYTHING! The TV got special celebrity treatment with blankets and cardboard and all my shelving units wrapped as well even though I was only traveling 3 blocks.) Once Yonattan saw the new apartment in question, he immediately said with confidence that it would 100% absolutely fit through the hallway/door. I didn't want to get my hopes up so while they were maneuvering the couch in, I kept myself busy in the kitchen. Literally seconds later, I see that it was in and they didn't even break a sweat. Tears averted! I'm a believer! It wasn't even until the next day when I was actually unpacking that I noticed a piece of my dress form was missing. I texted Kumar, he said he would ask about the piece in their weekly meeting as he didn't see it in the truck. I then got a message a few days later that they had found it! While it took a few weeks with scheduling to return it, Kumar delivered it personally to my door. What service! I couldn't have asked for a nicer team of guys, they were like my therapists when I was preparing to have to leave my precious couch behind, and their follow up after the move is unheard of. If you want movers and not machines, don't bother looking at anyone other than S&D