Space Moving and Storage

Space Moving is a Waltham outfit built around the everyday local move — a one-bedroom in Watertown, a family relocating from out of state, a college student clearing out a dorm. The company says it's been running since 2020, handling local, long-distance, office, and storage jobs across towns from Cambridge and Brookline down to Braintree and Quincy. The volume of praise is real: Thumbtack has it at 4.9 stars across 347 reviews with Top Pro status every year from 2020 through 2024, Google sits at 4.8 from 131 ratings, and this summer's reviews keep hitting the same notes. One customer this July described a crew that handled a stressful move with great care and professionalism, with every item arriving safely; another the same week called the process punctual and completely stress-free, everything arriving safely and organized. Here's what's worth asking about before booking: the Better Business Bureau currently rates the company an F, specifically for failing to hold a required competency license, and the business is not BBB-accredited — that's a live regulatory flag, not an old complaint. The same listing shows the company registered with the FMCSA as a motor carrier under license #3431971, though that's the company's registration on file rather than something independently verified here. Scattered across the last few years, other customers have described pricing disputes, a mishandled storage booking, and on at least one occasion damaged belongings — real complaints, even though none turned up in the last six months. For a straightforward local or long-distance move, the current run of reviews is encouraging, and the owner, Andrei, comes up by name repeatedly as hands-on with his crew. Worth doing before booking: get the quote in writing, ask what happens to a deposit if plans change, and ask directly about that BBB licensing flag.