Movers in Grey County, Ontario

Our crews move households across Grey County, from Owen Sound, the county seat and its largest city, out to West Grey, Meaford and the farm and village country in between. Plenty of residents are recent arrivals from elsewhere in Ontario, and many homes are decades old, so we plan for tight stairs in character homes as well as for newer builds.

Owen Sound and Grey County movers for older homes and farms

Grey County's housing leans old, with about a third of homes built before 1961. Older houses bring narrow staircases, low doorways, tight turns into upstairs bedrooms and steep basement steps, so we measure the big pieces ahead of time and come ready to take furniture apart and protect banisters and trim. Detached houses are the norm, at about four in five homes, which keeps most moves at full-house size. The county also has a fair number of low-rise apartment buildings, and for those walk-up moves we often send a smaller crew with a van. Renters are a steady slice of the market, so lease-end moves come up regularly, and with many residents over 65 or living alone, downsizing from a family home into something smaller is common too.

Owen Sound is where the main routes meet. Highway 6 comes up from the Fergus direction, Highway 10 arrives from Shelburne, and the shoreline highway runs in from Collingwood, so moves from the south generally follow one of those corridors. Off the highways, much of the county is farms and villages linked by county roads, like the road through the village of Durham, and rural properties can come with long laneways or tight turns that we would rather know about before the truck shows up. Many households arrive from elsewhere in Ontario, so inbound moves are a big part of the picture: we load at your old address, make the trip up and time the unload to your key handover.

Our crews work throughout Owen Sound, West Grey, Meaford and Georgian Bluffs, and in smaller places like Hanover and the village of Durham. Bruce County is roughly 46 km away and Dufferin County roughly 61 km, and we move households across both county lines. Barrie is the nearest large centre and the Toronto area is a longer haul, and we handle both, along with long-distance moves for anyone leaving Ontario for another province. Tell us about your home and your dates, and we will send a quote built around them.