Residence and apartment moves for University of Guelph students — small loads welcome, April and August specialists, easy for parents to book from anywhere.
Get a Free Quote Call 226-780-4558Every April, thousands of University of Guelph students empty out of residence and student houses in a two-week window. Every late August, they pour back in — and September 1st lease turnovers stack moves on top of each other across the neighbourhoods around campus. We plan our season around it. If you're a student (or the parent of one) staring down a move-out date, this is a routine job for us, not a puzzle.
Residence move-out (April): we load a room's worth of belongings and either deliver it across town to next year's house or drive it home to your family's place. Lease turnover (late August): we handle the tight squeeze where one lease ends and the next begins, including same-day double moves. Roommate splits: two or three students moving from the same house on the same day can share one truck and divide the bill.
Tell us the date, both addresses, and roughly what's moving. April and September 1st dates fill first — booking a couple of weeks ahead locks yours in.
Student housing means narrow staircases, third-floor walk-ups, and tight residence corridors. The crew brings dollies and patience; you just point.
Most student moves are finished the same morning or afternoon. You get back to exams, work, or summer — and parents get a confirmation it's done.
We move students all over Guelph — the neighbourhoods around the University of Guelph, downtown, and the south end — plus Fergus, Elora, Rockwood, Puslinch, and the rest of Wellington County. Heading home for the summer? Our long distance service covers runs from Guelph to the GTA, Ottawa, and anywhere in Ontario, sized and priced for a single room if that's all you've got.
Need boxes or someone to pack the breakables before the truck arrives? Add our packing services to the booking.
What U of G students and parents ask us most.
Student moves are usually small, so they're usually cheap — billed hourly at typical local rates in the $120–$180 per hour range for a crew and truck, and most residence or one-bedroom moves wrap up in just a few hours. Splitting a truck with a roommate moving the same day cuts the cost further.
Absolutely. A residence room or a single bedroom in a shared student house is a normal job for us, not a too-small one. Small loads are exactly what hourly pricing is built for.
Yes — those are the two busiest weeks of the student calendar in Guelph, with residence move-out in April and the big lease turnover around September 1st. We add crews for those windows, but dates still go fast, so book two to three weeks ahead if you can.
Yes, and they often do. A parent in Toronto, Ottawa, or overseas can arrange the quote, booking, and payment by phone and email while the student just needs to be present (or have a roommate present) on moving day.
April and September dates go quickly. Call or send a quote request — students and parents both welcome — and we'll reply within one business day.