Bedford, Nova Scotia
Movers in Bedford, NS
About twenty minutes up the Bicentennial from downtown Halifax. Family subdivisions, double garages and basements — Bedford is house-move country, and we quote on the house you've actually got.
Bedford Basin waterfront
Bedford is roughly a twenty-minute run up the Bicentennial Highway from downtown Halifax, and it's the part of our service area where the work looks most different. Where the peninsula is walk-ups and elevator bookings, Bedford is detached family homes with a driveway we can back the truck into, a garage that has quietly become storage, and a basement holding a decade of the kids' things.
That makes most Bedford bookings full house moves rather than small ones, and it makes the walkthrough conversation matter more. The difference between a four-bedroom in West Bedford that's genuinely packed and one where the garage hasn't been touched yet is hours, and we'd rather know before the day than discover it at two in the afternoon.
It's also a neighbourhood that moves on the school calendar. Families here overwhelmingly want to be in and unpacked before September, which makes July and August the busiest stretch of our year in Bedford.
What we move in Bedford
All three services, right across Bedford
Same flat starting prices you'd get anywhere else in our service area.
Marketplace & small moves — $60
Marketplace pickups out to Hammonds Plains and Kearney Lake, and the disposal run that usually comes with a family move — the old sectional or bunk beds that aren't going to the new house.
Apartment & room moves — $100
Bedford has fewer apartments than the city, but the townhouses and condos around Sunnyside and Papermill Lake still need moving, and downsizers heading into them are regular customers.
Full house moves — from $100
Our core Bedford service. Detached homes across Bedford South, Basinview and West Bedford — appliances, garage contents, basement storage and all. Scheduled around your closing date.
On the ground
Neighbourhoods, housing and the moves we see most
Bedford grew outward in waves, and you can read it in the housing. The older core around Basinview and the Bedford Highway is established family homes on mature lots — solid, often two-storey, and frequently owned by the same people for twenty years, which means a move out of one is a genuinely full house. Papermill Lake and Sunnyside add townhouses and smaller detached homes into the mix.
West Bedford is the newer end: subdivisions still filling in, wide streets, double garages and driveways that make a moving day considerably easier than anything on the peninsula. Up past it, Hammonds Plains Road runs out toward larger rural-edge properties with more space again — and longer carries from the door to the truck.
The pattern we see over and over in Bedford is the family upsize. A couple who bought a starter home or a condo somewhere in the HRM has a second child, and they move out here for the schools and the yard. That move almost always includes a basement and a garage neither of them has fully inventoried, so we build extra time in for both.
The other Bedford regular is the downsizer heading the opposite way — out of a large family home into a townhouse or a condo, usually with a disposal run attached for the furniture that won't fit the new place.
- Bedford South
- West Bedford
- Sunnyside
- Papermill Lake
- Basinview
- Bedford Highway
- Hammonds Plains
- Kearney Lake
Questions
Bedford moving questions
How long does a Bedford house move take?
It depends far more on the basement and the garage than on the number of bedrooms. A three-bedroom that's fully packed with an empty garage can be a half-day; the same house with thirty years in the basement is a full one. We'll give you an honest estimate when we quote rather than a hopeful one.
Can you move us in August before school starts?
Yes, and you're not alone — July and August are the busiest months in Bedford by a distance. Book about a month out, and earlier if your date is tied to a school start or a closing.
Do you take away furniture that isn't going to the new house?
Yes. Disposal can be added to a house move so the old sectional or the bunk beds leave on the same day rather than sitting in an empty house waiting for someone to deal with them.
Where we move
Nearby areas we also serve
Bedford is one of five communities we cover in detail — and the truck goes well beyond them.
Get started
Ready when you are
Tell us what's moving and where it's going. We'll send back a clear price and the dates we have open — usually the same day. Serving Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, Lower Sackville, Truro and everywhere within 90 minutes of Halifax.