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Parks Moving & Storage Inc

Moving Companies, Storage

About us

Additional phone numbers - (724) 776-0049, (800) 547-3860, (800) 877-6683, (814) 359-3406. Additional fax numbers - (724) 439-2103, (724) 553-3967. Additional DBA - Parks Centre Carriers Inc. Additional contact name - John Babusci.

Business highlights

105 years of trusted experience

Services we offer

Residential, office and international moving & storage.

Amenities

Free Estimates
Yes

Reviews

4.522 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
77%
4
5%
3
5%
2
5%
1
9%


Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.7
value
4.5
professionalism
4.4
responsiveness
4.8
punctuality
4.8
Showing 1-22 of 22 reviews

Donna H.
08/2017
5.0
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Excellent service. They were professional in every way. On time, careful, clean, and courteous. Very efficient in the way they worked. Could not have gone any better.
Description of Work: Used as part of a cross country move.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Casey K.
07/2017
5.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
See prior attempt to submit information.
Description of Work: I went through and filled out a detailed response, then had trouble logging into Angie's list... That information should be somewhere.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Donna R.
04/2017
5.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
Very smoothly and professionally from the estimate to the actual moving. Movers were very careful with all of my belongings and were very helpful. The move took less time than estimated and my account was credited as such.
Description of Work: They moved me into my new home.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

janet B.
04/2017
5.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
Good, 4 hours and a lot of boxes and furniture. No damage!
Description of Work: Moved from an apartment to another!

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,200

Jennifer G.
03/2016
5.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
unknown

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$13,000

Michael H.
08/2015
5.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Parks handled our entire move from Pittsburgh to State College, including packing, loading, and unloading the truck. Jim and Jim of Parks Moving were the primary crew. Everyone in the team was professional, calm, and efficient. Not a single item was broken in the move and our things were packed very carefully. I highly recommend Parks for moving.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,600

Barbara D.
03/2015
1.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Our moving load was too small for the company to guarantee a specific delivery date. The company said they ended to make a full load. We used PODS instead.
Rating CategoryRating out of 5

leslie C.
09/2013
5.0
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They were good! Overall it went very well, we didn't have one broken item.
Description of Work: We moved from Pittsburgh to Georgia.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$11,250

Chao L.
05/2012
5.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
Good experience from planning the moving to finish. I was in a hurry moving out of a rental house and into another one, so timing was really crucial. They keep me updated about the schedule. The job was charged hourly rate. The two movers were quick and effective. They ended up using shorter time than planned. Saved me some money.
Description of Work: Local moving 2-man and a truck style, about 2 bedroom's stuff, self-packaging.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$550

Elizabeth H.
12/2011
5.0
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  + -1 more
Parks was hired as a 3rd party contractor to United Van Lanes, whom we hired directly. Parks' employees were very professional, thorough, and careful with our materials. They showed up on time and completed the work in a timely fashion. We asked them to be extra quiet when our daughter was napping, and they finished up the upstairs without waking her up!
Description of Work: Packing our 3 bedroom home onto a United Van Lines moving truck for cross-county move.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,000

Mike H.
11/2011
5.0
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They are very through and the items made it safely with no mishaps.
Description of Work: I used Parks Moving & Storage for full home moving services.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Charles S.
10/2011
5.0
moving companies
  + -1 more
See above.
Description of Work: I made arrangements with Parks to move my 87 year old Aunt in to a nursing home. The move went without a hitch. The two gentleman from Parks were excellent at their jobs. I would not hesitate to recommend Parks Moving and Storage to any of my friends. All furniture was moved with no damage to anything that was moved. Outstanding service!

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$420

BERRY G.
09/2011
2.0
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I initially had a good experience with Parks. They were extremely responsive and handled many last minute changes of mine very well. The driver was excellent and communicated very well though the whole process. However, I have to downgrade my rating of their service after a very bad experience attempting to make a claim against the property valuation and protection service I purchased from them. For $768, I purchased this service as an insurance against any damages that might be incurred in handling my belongings. When my belongings arrived in Austin, most of them were placed into storage for a few months. The storage facility was packed so tightly (and quickly) that there was no opportunity for anyone to make an inspection for damage. When I finally got a chance to open the storage facility and start unloading it, I found a few items that had damage. I took photos on the spot of everything. The damage wasn't major, just a few items nicked a scratch, some glass broken, some furniture gouged, etc. I prepared a claim for damages, and now Park is denying my ability to file a claim. I had explicitly asked the Parks salesman upfront how we should handle any damage claims of items placed in storage, since I knew it would be a few months later that we would actually be able to inspect for any damage, and he said all terms and conditions were right there in my bill of lading, not to worry, just file a claim when we had a chance. Well, the bill of lading apparently references a massive set of consumer-unfriendly conditions that are not given to the customer. Apparently, you are just supposed to and quot;knowand quot; these things. This small-print deceptive business practices in action - the thing that moving companies have a bad rap for. So Parks refuses to address the damages and refuses to even refund the $768 damage protection fee, which I now feel was a complete waste of money. We will now have to go through a legal arbitration process and waste everyone's time and resources.
Description of Work: Parks did the packing and loading of 19,000 lbs of my household goods, transported them 1500 miles from Pittsburgh to Austin and unloaded everything, partially into storage and partially into our new home.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
2.0
value
3.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

$12,500

Barbara T.
08/2011
1.0
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In six moves (two of them interstate) we have never had furniture damaged until now. What happened was personally devastating to us because it involved both a cherished Ethan Allen dining table that has been with us since the beginning of our marriage (i.e. it’s over 30 years old and part of many happy memories of family gatherings) as well as a chair so brand new that it still has its tags on it. Another piece of furniture was damaged as well. Details/pictures follow. The dining table was loaded standing on its pedestal, instead of top down or with the legs removed as it has been done previously. Apparently the movers were going to remove the legs on Day 1 (Thursday) but did not because they did not have the proper tool. Apparently they did not on Day 2 (Friday), either. And in their rush to get over to the new house, simply stood it in the van and continued to pack on top of it. The table is, in wording similar to the crew chief himself, ruined. We can never trust a pedestal table resting on four glued-together legs. A 4-legged silver chest was also damaged--a leg was broken off. The explanation was that it was a cheap material holding the leg to the table, and that ‘these things happen.’ In our experience they do not happen except when there is careless handling. As for the brand-new recliner, there are two cuts, almost perpendicular to each other. It appears as though a utility blade was being used to cut or open something else while positioned on or against the chair. Customer Service: Moving Coordinator: not there when needed. We contacted him early in the morning several days before the move to inform him that we had changed our minds about moving the plasma TV ourselves. He said he couldn’t help us, that we’d have to talk to the estimator about that. I re-contacted the coordinator at 4:45 to let him know I’d not heard from the estimator. . Apparently Scott(the so-called coordinator) thought that all he had to do was leave Jeff(the estimator) a message, and not follow up with either Jeff or us. On Wednesday we did receive a message from Scott that he had gotten a crate and that it would be there for the move. The packing crate never did turn up, and our plasma TV was transported between a mattress and box spring, carried into and out of the houses without being boxed at all—just covered by a pad. Also, when the difficulties arose on Friday afternoon, I was told that Scott had left for the day already. We can understand someone taking time off, but not the fact that he did not tell us he’d not be here for the finish of the move and without giving us the name and number of someone who would be filling in for him. Crew Chief: communication and coordination skills lacking. Poor judgment on loading the van. Not one to admit mistakes or apologize. We cannot entirely blame Bill for all that happened to us and our possessions. He was working at least one person short, and sometimes two short. However, he could have called in much, much earlier for help. Additionally, it appears that he made a strategic error in leaving Thursday with a truck that could have held more. He told us as much at the destination. He said there was not very much left, so he didn’t see ‘cramming’ the first load and then having a very light second load. As it turned out, they definitely needed to have filled the van much more completely the first day. (See particulars below.) Also, he could have communicated much, much better to us. He would decide to move an object such as a bed or table without letting us know or asking us to please removed the items on them first. As an example: one such incident had to do with stripping a bed that was being used as a holding/packing surface by us. Everything was simply dumped on the floor, including a pair of prescription sunglasses that were hidden underneath the pile of bedding. One misstep and the expensive glasses would have been broken. On Friday, he told us that he’d finish doing x-y-z, and then go to the new house. Apparently he did not make clear that that would happen in a matter of minutes, and with the result that multiple items were left behind, and the front storm door still propped open. We were still working ourselves, and expecting that they were, too. If we were still at the old place, how did Bill plan to start work in the new place? How long might he have sat there if we did not drop what we were doing to race over there, taken completely off-guard? As it was, he and his crew left behind many things, including but not limited to and middot; the huge box of trash (which as of Monday morning is still sitting in the yard between our old house and our neighbor's;and middot; the concrete, two-piece bird bath and middot;and a heavy a statue of Saint Francis and middot; many yard implements and middot; a bicycle Our brother-in-law was pressed into emergency service, since we had to have EVERYTHING gone by midnight. He brought his pick-up truck and packed two very full loads into it. We brought things over by car as well. How could Bill have determined the house was empty and it was time to move to destination when so much was still on site at the old house? And finally, Bill closed the job and left without ever apologizing for any damages, for his own personal behavior (screaming at my husband for one thing, and walking away from the job temporarily for another), for the move taking so long and for it being so incomplete.
Description of Work: This was a move that was mishandled almost every step of the way, from an estimate based on a four person crew (but then sending us a three person crew) to an incomplete delivery that included several serious damages. See below.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
2.0
value
3.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
3.0

$2,500

Cheryl C.
08/2011
5.0
moving companies
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I highly recommend them and the guys were very cordial and efficient. The price was good. They cover everything, even on the inside of the house. They put down padding on your walls and everything so there is never a mark on my stuff. They have moved me twice. They do a lot of odd jobs; as far as if you need muscle to help move things within your home. I think they have been very good about that.
Description of Work: I used Parks Moving & Storage for moving.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$8,000

James W.
04/2011
5.0
moving companies
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The two guys who came were professional and courteous. They treated me and my belongings with respect and were extremely careful. I am very satisfied and highly recommend them.
Description of Work: Met me at my place in Butler. Moved a dining room set and a bedroom set 60 miles to Pittsburgh area.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$500

MARY ANN C.
07/2010
5.0
moving companies
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This is the second time I have used Parks Moving. The first time was in 3/09 when my mother moved from her house. Same routine, with Gary coming to the house and doing a thorough review of the job being requested, amount of furniture, distance to move, time involved. That move went off without a hitch, and they even finished up earlier than estimate and knocked several hundred dollars off the original estimate, with the final cost being approximately $1250. This time (in 2/10) Gary's review of the apartment took about 20 minutes, we were provided with a written estimate for approximately $565, which I found to be very fair given the professional treatment I knew I would/should be receiving. The movers appeared on time on 2/5/10 and got right to work. They finished right at the estimated time and cleaned up after themselves. I followed them to the storage unit, where they unloaded the truck in less than 30 minutes. The movers were very polite and professional.
Description of Work: The company contact was Gary Piehler, who came to my mother's apartment in a senior citizen high apartment building to give us an estimate of cost and also an estimate of what size storage unit I should rent (from a separate vendor). He gave us an estimate and we set up a date and time for the move. Three movers arrived on time and put mattresses in storage bags, wrapped furniture with plastic wrap and tape, moved already packed boxes. Everything was moved to a nearby storage unit. I should note that this is the only company I contacted, and I contacted them at the recommendation of the administration of the senior community to which my mother was moving. They felt Parks Moving knew their requirements and worked well with their needs as well as their residents moving in or out. It was a good recommendation.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$565

JOAN G.
06/2010
5.0
moving companies
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The move went well. Gary estimated. Valerie, of Customer Service, was available throughout the move. All crews were efficient, pleasant, and very careful packing, moving us out, moving us in, and subsequently carting away the many cartons. The job came in substantially under the estimate.
Description of Work: We moved under great time pressure. Parks handled our Friday to Tuesday move from an 11 room house to a 3 bedroom condo very well. Gary Pieler cam and estimated, Parks and we each packed some. They neatly moved our things out on Friday and as our buyers cited a hefty price for leaving our things in the house for three days, stored out stuff over the weekend. They delivered everything in good shape, at the appointed time on Tuesday.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$5,000

Brian R.
04/2009
4.0
moving companies
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I obtained 3 estimates prior to moving. Parks Moving and Storage was in the middle in terms of weight and price. Originally, I had asked for 2 estimates - One having Parks take furniture and boxes and one having the movers take only the furniture. The person who provided the estimate discouraged me from this approach and provided only a single estimate. The day of the move (approximately 6-weeks later), the movers showed up on time. While they were covering the floors and preparing to begin the move, I received a call from the person who provided the estimate saying they were not expecting to move boxes that day - only furniture. After arguing back and forth over whether the boxes were included as part of the estimate, I decided, reluctantly, to move forward with the move - with the understanding it might take additional time (billing was by the hour). Parks did a nice job with the move. The movers were very gentle with our furniture and our home. They covered our flooring on both ends of the move and did not hit any walls with the furniture. The guys were professional and friendly and nothing was broken. The move ended up take 9.5 hours (30-minutes longer than the estimate). We would use them again, but would get more details of the estimate in writing to avoid last minute surprises.
Description of Work: Local move of a 4 bedroom house approximately 20-miles

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,900

SHERRY S.
08/2008
5.0
moving companies
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They were honest and let us know that it was a small enough job that it would be better for us to go with a smaller company. They forwarded us to another company, and we are very happy with that.
Description of Work: We talked to them about helping us move.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

SHARON T.
09/2007
5.0
moving companies
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They were so careful with all of our belongings. I liked that nothing was broke during the move. Nick was in charge of the crew and he made sure everything was done to perfection. We also had to reschedule the move and they were very good about getting us moved when we had changed the time.
Description of Work: They came and packed the truck with all our belongings and moved them fifteen miles to our new home and unloaded everything.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,600

KEVIN K.
09/2005
3.0
moving companies
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RELOCATION CONSULTANT CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND VIEWED CONTENTS AND HOME LAYOUT. HE PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE FOR 8 HOURS. BECAUSE MOVE WAS LOCAL, WE TRANSPORTED ABOUT 15% OF HOME CONTENTS (FRAGILE ITEMS) ON OUR OWN BEFORE MOVING DAY. THE ACTUAL MOVE TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN ESTIMATE (12 HOURS). FOLLOW UP RESPONSE FROM ESTIMATOR WAS ''OH WELL.'' THE MOVING CREW (JUSTIN, JEREMY, BENJAMIN AND NICK) WAS PROFESSIONAL AND CAREFUL. TO DATE, NO ITEMS UNPACKED WERE DAMAGED IN MOVE. THE CREW DID GET LOST WHEN TRAVELING TO THE NEW HOUSE, DESPITE HAVING DIRECTIONS. WOULD NOT HIRE COMPANY AGAIN BASED ON POORLY PREPARED ESTIMATE.
Description of Work: COMPANY MOVED ALL FURNITURE AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO NEW RESIDENCE. THIS MOVE WAS LOCAL, ABOUT 20 MILES AND DID NOT INCLUDE PACKING. COMPANY WAS SELECTED BECAUSE THEY WERE REPUTABLE AND LOW BID.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
1.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
3.0

$1,645

    Contact information

    740 Commonwealth Dr, WARRENDALE, PA 15086

    www.parksmoving.com

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    Service Categories

    Moving Companies,
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    FAQ

    Parks Moving & Storage Inc is currently rated 4.5 overall out of 5.
    Yes, Parks Moving & Storage Inc offers free project estimates.
    No, Parks Moving & Storage Inc does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
    No, Parks Moving & Storage Inc does not offer a senior discount.
    No, Parks Moving & Storage Inc does not offer emergency services.
    No, Parks Moving & Storage Inc does not offer warranties.
    Parks Moving & Storage Inc offers the following services: Residential, office and international moving & storage.

    Contact information

    740 Commonwealth Dr, WARRENDALE, PA 15086

    www.parksmoving.com