These are the questions our State College office fields most from Centre County households and Penn State families planning a relocation with Behrens Moving and Storage. Browse our full range of moving services for details on what each job covers. If your question is not here, send it through the free quote form or contact our team — a real person from our roster, not a call center, will answer it. No outside carrier ever touches your job.
What does a local State College move cost?
Local jobs run on an hourly rate or a flat written price, whichever fits your job. A 2-mover crew runs $115/hr and a 3-mover crew $155/hr with a 2-hour minimum, and flat-rate studios run $475-$725, 2BR $950-$1,550, 3BR $1,750-$2,800, and 4BR $3,000-$4,400.
How early should I book a State College mover?
Two to three weeks out works for most jobs. Penn State's May and August turnover weeks fill up fastest, so send your date through the quote form early and Donna will hold a crew.
How do you handle winter moves in Centre County?
Craig watches every storm track through the ridge cuts and reroutes trucks or moves a start time up ahead of a January ice storm. Every crew carries traction mats and tie-down straps, and we reschedule free of charge if the roads turn unsafe.
Are you licensed and insured in Pennsylvania?
Yes. Behrens Moving and Storage is a Pennsylvania-licensed household-goods carrier with interstate authority on file, carrying $1M in cargo coverage on every job. Ask Donna and we will show the paperwork before move day.
What is included in the State College price?
Every local job includes the truck, fuel, furniture pads, dollies, shrink wrap, and basic disassembly and reassembly of beds and standard furniture. There is no travel-time padding or fuel surcharge added at the end, so the flat number we write down is the number you pay at unload.
Do you move Penn State students and faculty?
Yes. May and August are our busiest weeks for off-campus apartment turnover near campus and faculty relocations into Boalsburg and the surrounding townships. Tell us your lease dates on the quote form and we will build the schedule around them.
Can you handle a White-Out game-day Saturday?
Yes, but we plan around the schedule. Beaver Stadium traffic can gridlock Atherton Street and downtown on a home-game Saturday, so Craig stages the truck and crew early or reroutes the job entirely.
Can you get up steep driveways on Mount Nittany or Tussey Ridge?
Yes. Todd's crews run these hillside jobs weekly and handle the steep-driveway staging and switchback-road access standard on most ridge-country homes.
Do you handle Boalsburg farmhouses and Centre Hall farm-country properties?
Yes. Todd's crew runs the whole-house jobs out in Boalsburg and Centre Hall regularly, including gravel driveways and distance access on working farm properties.
Do you move Bellefonte Victorian walk-ups and downtown apartments?
Yes. Ray's crew handles the narrow stairwells and street parking that come standard with Bellefonte Victorian conversions and downtown State College walk-ups along College Avenue.
Can you handle a long-distance move out of State College?
Yes. Long-distance relocation runs on a binding written quote tied to your inventory and the two ZIP codes, not a number that creeps up later. Whether you are headed to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Altoona, Williamsport, or Erie, the same Behrens crew loads and delivers, and the $1M cargo coverage travels with your shipment.
Do you move pianos and other specialty items?
Yes, pianos have their own line: roughly $250-$450 for an upright and $450-$800 for a baby grand, handled with skid boards, four-way straps, and four sets of hands. Flag any specialty piece on the quote form so the right crew and gear show up.
Are you a moving company?
Yes. Behrens Moving and Storage is a licensed, insured State College moving company running our own trucks and W-2 crews. We are not a broker, matching service, or lead aggregator, and your job is never handed to an outside carrier.
Do you offer climate-controlled storage?
Yes. Climate-controlled storage runs $125-$310 per month by unit size, keeping wood furniture, books, and electronics from freezing in an unheated barn or sweating through a humid Centre County August while a closing or lease bridges the gap.
Can you handle downtown State College apartment moves?
Yes. Donna books the loading-dock window the moment your lease-signing date drops, and we pull any building permit the College Avenue apartments require ahead of move day.
Do you help with senior downsizing moves?
Yes. We run calm, unhurried downsizing for the 55-plus communities around Boalsburg, Bellefonte, and Pine Grove Mills, sorting what is coming along and storing, donating, or hauling the rest at one flat rate.
What happens if an ice storm threatens my move date?
We reach out as soon as a warning is issued and work with you to move your date up or push it back. There is no penalty for a weather-driven reschedule.
Do you carry cargo insurance?
Yes. Every Behrens Moving and Storage job carries $1M in cargo coverage, with released-value and full-value-protection options spelled out in your written estimate.
What forms of payment do you accept?
Payment terms and accepted methods are set out in your written estimate before move day, with any deposit due as agreed and the balance due for the service performed.