Move Gurus - Calera - Calera, Alabama

Jane Cauble

This company does not operate like a professional mover. Movers arrived one hour earlier than scheduled. No one had taken the time to see what items needed to be moved. In the middle of the move I was told they needed more help and more trucks. This is when the owner showed up. Several pieces of my furniture had nicks. The movers placed boxes and a space heater on the top of my bedroom dresser and chest. We were told to call to arrange for a repair person and/or a price adjustment. I left a message with Lief who has not bothered to call. I would like to say I will use them again., but I just cannot in all honesty recommend this company.

Claire H

Super surprised at the mostly 5 star reviews: I'm pretty certain that I ended up with their bottom-of-the-barrel movers. I initially had a fantastic experience on the phone - super easy to book, personable and efficient service on the phone. I was a single woman moving from an apartment into a house and had several issues right off the bat: when the two movers showed up, they were much younger than I expected - one appeared to be about 19 and the other early to mid 20s - and wouldn't look me in the eye and communicated in monosyllables and literally didn't respond to my questions or statements addressed to them for the first 7 minutes. Didn't shake my hand or offer their names. They ended up being nice guys, don't get me wrong - zero bad vibes as far as treating a woman - but it was a bizarre and silent way to start. Once they actually started moving boxes they loosened way up and communicated normally after that and were pleasant and polite. They packed the truck well and worked steadily at carrying and loading, and were able to lift very heavy things. But they haphazardly unpacked at the destination, leaving a chaotic mess instead of taking the additional 15 seconds to stack the bins and keep everything in a contained space. The younger one (both seemed inexperienced but he was particularly obviously raw) tried to unload using a dolly down a very steep ramp incline, lost control, and knocked a bin containing my expensive barware/glassware completely off the ramp. Thank GOD I had wrapped it all well and wrapped each glass individually, otherwise half the bin would have broken. Overall, my very strong sense is that when the intake person on the phone heard that I was moving out of an apartment and didn't have large furniture, she sent their lowest-tier movers. I had a lot of very heavy bins and wanted a quick, efficient move, which wasn't what I got - took longer than it really needed to and was overall, a mediocre experience. I might book with the again as there's not a ton of reliable options, but would insist on knowing the age and experience of my movers beforehand, and would make sure that I moved more items myself beforehand so I didn't have to go into hour 3 and pay more.

jim kuzmiak

The Move Gurus did an outstanding job, very professional, efficient, the moved a monster armoire into our bedroom, without much space to do so! Thank Ya’ll! I would highly recommend them for any moving need!

Brock Dawkins

Best moving company hands down. They service all of alabama, the price rates are unbeatable for the good quality service. The movers are quick and very efficient. The receptionist was super helpful and made booking my move really easy. I would recommend move gurus to anyone that needs a move done.

Jim Franklin

Excellent service from your folks in our move yesterday to Florence.

Arrived early. Very quick and efficient. Happy to recommend you to others!

Callie Ann Ray

I wish I could rate this company more than 5 stars!! I've used Move Gurus for 2 moves last year and just yesterday. Thank you to the 2 crew members that helped me last year, Lee and the other 3-4 crew that helped me yesterday. Jina and John helped me tremendously getting the move set up for this year. The best customer service all around. All items were taken care of and nothing was busted or broken. Lee deserves so much because he unloaded everything for me yesterday and played an amazing game of Tetris with stacking my items into a storage unit. I recommended this company to my parents for 2 long distance moves and so glad they chose to schedule their moves with this company. I would absolutely recommend Move Gurus to anyone in need of movers! Wonderful job everyone and thank you for taking fantastic care of me!!

Liz Weldon

This was the most pleasant moving experience I’ve ever had! The woman on the phone, Gina I believe, was so kind and answered all my questions and concerns. The movers, Austin and Scott, were quick, efficient, and full of positive energy the whole time. I was very impressed with how smooth the whole process went! I definitely recommend and will be using them again when I move out 🙂

Kreg Newman

Hands down the best moving company in the greater Birmingham metro area. I had a difficult move with a ton of steps to maneuver. The guys were professional, kind, funny and hard working. They made a really difficult process as pleasant as possible and I couldn’t recommend them more. Scheduling was easy and the move went off without a hitch. Great people and a great company!!