617 Boston Movers

617 Boston Movers has, in just a bit over a year of Google reviews, built a pattern that keeps repeating: the fragile, complicated, or last-minute job that somehow goes smoothly. Reviewers describe crews handling a fiddle leaf fig on a move to Washington DC, boxing up fragile glass display boards without a scratch, and packing a vinyl record collection separately because a customer asked. Based in East Boston, the company works local moves around the city as well as long-distance runs — Allston to Portland, Maine; Cambridge to Pennsylvania; Boston to Florida and Washington DC all show up in its recent reviews. The company holds a 5.0-star rating on Google from 176 ratings, and a Better Business Bureau grade of A. Across its reviews since 2024, the story is consistent: on-time crews, careful wrapping, and — repeatedly — pricing that lands at or under the original quote. One customer specifically noted that the crew asked before adding extra padding instead of charging for it afterward; several others mention a final bill that came in exactly as quoted or lower. That consistency has one exception worth flagging: one recent reviewer's final price came in significantly higher than the estimate, on a move the crew described as more complex than what had been described going in — a reminder to walk through every room and awkward item during the quote, not just the easy ones. Recent jobs also show the crew improvising under pressure — showing up prepared for a snowstorm with floor covers and a shoveled path, stepping in on 24 hours' notice after a landlord forced a sudden move, and re-packing a torn box mid-move with a note explaining what happened rather than staying quiet about it. For a local move in Boston or a longer haul up and down the East Coast, this is a young but consistently reviewed operation — worth a call, with a clear, itemized walkthrough of your whole home before you accept the quote.