Stark Moving and Storage Inc

Stark Moving and Storage runs crews out of Canal Street in downtown Boston, and the numbers around it are striking: across its Google listings the company holds more than 700 ratings averaging 4.9 to 5 stars, alongside an A+ grade and BBB accreditation since February 2023. People hire it for the full span of moving work — apartment and condo moves around Greater Boston, moves into storage units, and long-distance runs out of state. The praise is unusually consistent, and it is current. Reviewers this summer describe crews that show up on time, wrap furniture thoroughly, and work fast — one July customer noted the crew pushed through 99-degree heat without slowing down. Several reviewers are on their second or third move with the company. A June move from Quincy to Warwick, Rhode Island and another from Woburn to North Carolina drew the same notes: punctual, careful wrapping, nothing damaged. One June customer got squeezed in last minute at the end of the month, and the crew fixed some previously broken furniture while they were at it. The complaints are rare, but they are serious and they repeat. In June 2026 a customer moving furniture into storage said a $600–800 estimate turned into roughly $1,500 on moving day. Accounts with the same shape — a balance that grows during the move, goods withheld until the new total is paid — go back years across Google and Thumbtack, even from reviewers who thought the movers themselves did fine work. That pattern is exactly what a written, binding estimate exists to prevent. For a straightforward local or long-distance move, the review history is deep and strongly positive, and the crews earn most of it. The thing to nail down is the paperwork: get an itemized written estimate, ask exactly what circumstances change the price, and settle the terms — including any storage charges — before the truck is loaded.