Movers in District of Muskoka, Ontario

Our crews move year-round residents and seasonal cottage owners across Muskoka, from Huntsville and Bracebridge to Gravenhurst and the lakes of Muskoka Lakes. Here the calendar and the shoreline shape the job: summer brings the visitors and the cottage traffic, and many properties sit on rock or water, with access that needs planning before the truck arrives.

Cottage and home moves across Muskoka, Huntsville to Gravenhurst

Muskoka runs two housing markets side by side. Detached houses account for about four in five homes, and year-round moves look much like they do anywhere else: a family house, its basement and garage, and a full truckload. Then there are the seasonal properties, owned by about 100,000 people who spend their summers here, more than the permanent population. Many sit along the big lakes, and some of the larger estates have been in one family for generations, so they tend to hold heavy, older furniture that needs careful wrapping and extra movers on the slopes down to the water. Condos are a small share of homes and most apartments are in low-rise buildings, and because a large share of residents are seniors or single-person households, downsizing out of a house or a cottage comes up often.

Season matters more here than almost anywhere we work. Summer is peak time, with more than two million visitors a year on top of the seasonal owners, so roads and town centres are at their busiest, and a spring or fall move is usually easier to schedule. Access is the other big factor. The land is rock and water, with some 1,600 lakes across the district, so cottage drives can be steep, narrow or rough, and some properties can only be reached by water, including islands out in Georgian Bay. Before we quote, we ask about the driveway, the walk from parking to the door, any stairs down to the shore and how you normally get to the property, then plan the crew and truck around the answers.

Our crews work in Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes, and in lake communities such as Port Carling, Port Sanfield and Beaumaris. Haliburton County is roughly 66 km away and Barrie, the nearest large centre, roughly 86 km, and we handle moves to both, along with the trip between Muskoka and the Toronto area that so many seasonal owners make. For families leaving Ontario, we organize the cross-country trip with packing, an inventory and careful loading. Tell us about the property and its access, and we will build a quote around it.