Movers in Welland, Ontario

Zero Hour Moving helps Welland families, renters and small businesses move within the city, around Niagara and farther afield. Welland's layout is unusual: the old canal splits the east side from the west side, and reaching Cooks Mills means using one of the tunnels under the bypass channel. We map the truck route ahead of time so the crew arrives on the right side of the water.

Welland is part of Niagara Region. Our crews move people across the whole region.

Welland movers for homes on both sides of the canal

Most Welland homes are single-detached houses, many with basements and garages, so the typical job here is a full family move that calls for a larger truck and a full crew. The housing also skews older, with more than a third of homes built before 1961. Older houses tend to have narrow staircases, low basement ceilings and tight landings, so our movers bring extra padding and take apart bed frames and tables when a turn is too tight. Renters are a real part of the picture as well, and the low-rise apartment buildings and duplexes many of them live in often mean stairs instead of an elevator. Condominiums are uncommon here, so most Welland jobs are houses and smaller apartments rather than towers.

Welland's geography shapes moving day more than in most towns. The old canal channel, now the Welland Recreational Waterway, still divides the east side from the west side, and both the east side and Dain City sit between the old and new channels. Reaching Cooks Mills means taking the Main Street Tunnel or the Townline Tunnel under the bypass, so we plan a route that suits a loaded truck. Highway 406 is the main road in and out, heading north to Thorold, St. Catharines and the Queen Elizabeth Way. Winters bring lake-effect snow, so for a January or February move we watch the forecast and ask that paths and driveways be cleared. The Niagara College campus adds a steady stream of student and rental moves around the start and end of terms.

Our crews regularly work across Welland, from Crowland and Dain City to Cooks Mills and the new homes at Hunters Pointe near the bypass. Plenty of moves stay in Niagara: Pelham is roughly 10 km away, and we also move households to and from Port Colborne, Thorold, Niagara Falls and Fort Erie. St. Catharines, the nearest large centre, is roughly 19 km north. For a move to the Toronto area or out of province, our long-distance service handles the whole trip. Send us your addresses, your preferred date and a rough list of what is going, and we will put together a clear quote for your Welland move.