Easy Around Moving & Delivery

Easy Around did a great job. Manel was responsive and fast at communicating the logistics and timing. Paid a deposit first and then the rest to the movers. Super easy. The movers themselves were equally fantastic. They were so friendly, cheerful and efficient. I will definitely use them again!

Manel and his crew are by far the best movers in the city. Friendly, dependable, careful, and honest. I’ve used them 6 times and recommended them to all my friends and family.

A friend recommended these guys for a new couch I needed picked up and delivered to my condo. It was very easy to schedule and they were able to do it within just a few hours. Very reasonable rate and they got a big, heavy piece of furniture up some awkward stairs in my loft. Would highly recommend.

Thank You Manel, I really appreciate the great care you took with our belongings, and the reasonable cost for delivering to Salt Spring Island, It was a positive experience!
unlike the last truly awful moving fiasco we had with another company.

Extremely friendly service. We had a mattress delivered today and within 30 minutes of ordering, it arrived at our door, super quick and reliable service, highly recommend.

I found them on Unilocal and decided to give it a try, as the movers recommended by my friends were fully booked for the weekend I needed. The two movers were really slow. It took about 3 hours to empty a 450sf studio.
Then they took a good 5 – 10 minutes sitting in the truck on the alley, while they thought I have drove to my new home — but I was in my car just behind them thinking WTF they are waiting to start driving.
Once they finally leave, I drive behind them and see them stopping at the gas station to get Tom bits! Shouldn’t they have breakfast before they start working?
I spoke to them at the gas station to kinda rush things. They acted as if this is all very normal. I drive to my place and wait another 10 minutes until they get there. I wonder what the hell they were doing that took so long to get there. Maybe they were finishing the Tim bits.
When we arrived I only had the elevator booked for another 30 minutes (I didn’t expect to take 3 hours to empty an studio apartment), so they finally started being efficient and moving things faster.
At the end, they wanted us to pay for all the time wasted, something ridiculous. My bf had to deal with Manel on the phone because we didn’t agree with the rate being charged. The movers said they were told to waste time, so they didn’t care.
This was the worst moving experience I ever had. I wonder if their positive reviews here are legit, cause they were really awful.

These guys were so great! Due to the large snow storm in BC, my fiancé and I had to reschedule moving by a day, and the owner of this company was SO understanding. HIs first concern was our safety and that we take care of ourselves. Then, we further complicated things by not being able to find anywhere to place our pod down for moving. Again, he was SO understanding. He got his moving employees to drive out to the loading area and they transferred all of our stuff in their truck.
As for the actual move, the two guys were extremely careful with our stuff and very fast and efficient. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone.

[Quick and Easy]
Moving isn’t something I do often — at least not for myself. When I was younger, I’d conscript a few friends and stuff a car beyond it’s reasonable limits to save a few bucks. Ever cram a queen sized mattress into an Accord? I have.
Anyways, time was of the essence for me to move out of my 2-​bedroom apartment so I contacted these guys based on the Unilocal reviews. Manel replied promptly and after I made my $ 100 deposit, we were off to the races.
Moving day came and the two movers showed up with a massive truck. I’m guessing it was a 5 ton but I’m no expert but could’ve easily fit 3 times the contents of my condo. I guess they’ve probably helped a few hoarders with a move. The two guys (Jesse and I don’t remember the other’s name) ran 15 minutes late but called ahead to let me know. Once they got to work however, they were unstoppable. In just over an hour, they had my entire apartment in the back of the truck. (I also had packed and moved some of the smaller items already) Unloading at my new destination took a little longer due to a narrow entryway but they still navigated it like rockstars — and without any scratches.
In total, the move took 4 hours. Their rate including the truck was $ 100/​hr plus $ 100 delivery fee plus tax. I figure that’s decent value. If I had to rent a truck and coerce some friends, it’d have taken me 3 times longer and I’d probably have to buy them dinner.

RE: Moving Around with Manel, Jesse and Mike
I had a great experience with them. They worked fast, did not break anything, did not scratch walls, doors, floors nor elevator. They brought their own gear, wrapping, runners and dollys. There were no complaints from other strata owners.
In addition, the team was kind and respectful.
The rates were very reasonable and I would rehire again.
Positive experience.
Feb 21, 2014

Excellent service! Manel was really quickly to moved all our stuff! I chose this company because I saw his page on Facebook. He was on time and hard worked to do the job properly. So I didn’t waste my time. I totally recommend it if you are looking for professional movers with experience and good prices.
I know how stressful is moving but with this guy it wasn’t. He was careful with each item, also kind and polite.

Amazing movers, the best experience I’ve ever had. The guys were 20 minutes late, but they called to let me know. I had two movers come into the apartment and get to work straight away. They were immediately moving things to the elevator and had a good system in place. I stayed out of their way the entire time. After loading 1 bedroom we made a quick pitstop to grab a bed, bookcase, and dresser from a second location a few blocks away. There was no problem doing so, I just let them know ahead of time. Off to the new apartment and they were quickly back at unloading all of the furniture and boxes. No time to rest, working hard the whole time. I have a big screen tv and they neatly used foam and carpets to transport this as well as bungees and ties in the truck.
I was quoted around 6 hours for the entire move at $ 85/​hr. The move took us 4 hours instead, wooooooo! WINNING! Here’s a big SECRET: I am a packing ninja. Huge TIP: I used Bungobox and ordered a 2 bedroom set of boxes and put everything in them (lamps, clothing, books, kitchen) so it was so much easier for the movers. They deliver and pickup the boxes plus its not tossing away cardboard.
I highly recommend. Oh, did I mention I was their last move of the day and they were still full of energy?! It helps to slip the young movers a few beers to take with them after a long day. :)

Working with Manel and his team was incredibly easy (pardon the pun) and thank goodness too! It helped relieve a lot of stress I had with this move. I was up all night packing, in fact I was STILL packing up until the point they had arrived. They gladly picked up where I left off. For the price, I don’t think you can get much more bang for your buck. Manel was very much in control of his staff and they moved fairly quickly and even wore foot guards in the new place where we had some very white and clean carpets.
I will be moving again in 10 months and I won’t hesitate to call up Manel and set up another appointment.
I’m not sure what happened with M.G.‘s move (1 Star review) where they describe a completely opposite experience that I had. Manel’s team was able to manœuvre a massive piece of sporting equipment that I normally would have taken apart, but they literally were able to manipulate it on the dime and get it through 2 doors, a narrow passageway and out the front door. Also, these local moving awards that companies are awarded aren’t easily acquired. So if Georgia Straight or WE give them an award, regardless of the year, I’ll listen.
I can’t recommend Easy Around Moving enough! Cya in October Manel!

I think the movers had good intentions and tried hard, but it was disappointing.
Manel brought 2 movers. They were well-​intentioned, great people. I really like them because they were friendly and very nice. Very courteous, friendly,
But they clearly lacked experience! Which is the reason why the move was very slow!
I think Manel evidently has a lot more experience, but he was in the truck the whole time and had the 2 people he hired do the actual moving.
These 2 movers are younger and it’s clear they dont’ have as much experience as movers who have been moving for over a decade and I can see the difference. One of the movers, I later found it, is actually a young guy who just moved to Canada 3 months ago here on a working holiday visa, so he couldn’t have been moving professionally for long.
I usually use Tranquility Movers who are very experienced. This is what they do for a living. They’ve been doing this for years. They are super fast. They know how to strategize and don’t need to waste time discussing. They’ve built a good working dynamic with their partner over the years and know how to manœuvre around corners with big furniture or fragile pieces. They are super careful and know how to handle everything properly. They actually move everything so fast while being meticulous that I was shocked the first time I hired them.
The two young movers that Manel hired are, like I said, well-​intentioned and tried their best. They worked very hard and were really great people.
But nothing can replace experience.
They were slow for a few reasons:
–They would come back into the room and look around, not sure where to continue next.
–When they do figure it out, they were tentative with positioning things, moving things, etc.
–Sometimes when I see the way they position items on the dolly or trolley it makes me cringe, because it just looks like it’s bad positioning, things would be prone to falling off, falling out etc. Things didn’t fall, but they had to move a lot more slowly because of they need to keep maintaining the balance, fidget to make things work better.
–I had to remind them a few times to use a door stopper because without it, it slows down the process, which I figured is a basic knowledge for moving. After we got to the new place, our door into the new unit never got a door stopper.
With a few fragile items (my husband has an electronic table), even though we reminded them a few times to wrap it with a blanket, they never did it. They HAD blankets. The blankets were sitting around at the jacket closet at the entrance, but just never got used. I don’t think they meant for that to happen, it’s just the lack of experience.
The move out process was MUCH MUCH slower than I anticipated. Our things were extremely organized. I hired 4 packing helpers to help me pack and everything was properly packed up 2 days before our move. On the day of the move, we asked the 4 packing helpers to come help us unpack. The move was SO SLOW that by the time the packing helpers arrived, Easy Around Moving was still trying to move everything out. So I ended up having these 4 people help with both the move out and the move in.
The move (from a 2 br + basement storage to a 3 br) turned out to be around 6 hours. My husband said, «I’ve never worked so hard for a move» because he was literally running around with boxes in his hands to help speed up the moving process.
My husband also said that it was because he was running around that made the 2 movers feel like they need to move faster, because a lot of time they were just walking slowly while my husband was running by them with boxes in his arms. And after a while they finally caught on and started moving faster. But we shouldn’t need to bust our ass to «inspire» the movers to work efficiently!
In the end, our 2 bedroom move took 6 hours with the following people involved:
–2 movers Manel brought.
–We used 5 of our own people that we paid separately (we hired 4 packing/​unpacking helpers and a handyman – all of them ended up helping us with the actual move because it was SO SLOW)
–My husband.
The 2 bedroom move took a total of 8 people… EIGHT PEOPLE 6 hours to get done!!!
Like I said, I don’t think they are bad. They are good people who were trying their best, but the movers we got that day are just inexperienced.

Responsive, courteous, straight-​forward, careful, productive.
I was given the responsibility of helping my family arrange moves for awkward and heavy furniture on a tight schedule. Haven’t had any experience doing this before so I wasn’t too excited about the task. One piece was a fancy wooden dining set with four chairs and a large circular piece of glass that goes atop the table surface, and the other was an extremely delicate (yet hefty) mirror glass cabinet.
I contacted Easy Around Moving and Manel responded within 12 hours. He was polite and quick to reply (which is so important for doing what he does, in my opinion). Things were a bit delayed but he notified me right away so it didn’t turn out to be a problem at all.
They were in and out quickly and politely. What I appreciated was how extremely careful they were of the fragile pieces. When my next-​door neighbour moved in with his stuff, the moving company that he hired shattered his glass coffee table and damaged other things. It was a disaster. Manel and his partner take their time when they handle fragile stuff and everything was delivered in great condition. They also try their best to put things back together if they had to take it apart first for proper transportation.
All in all, great people doing honest work at reasonable prices. I’ve used their services twice now. Definitely a thumbs-​up from me for getting this off my back so effortlessly!

Manel and his helper Adam were a tremendous help with our recent move. They managed to fit all our stuff into our rental truck which was arguably too small. While our friends carried the lighter stuff and Bungo boxes (
), Easy Around handled the larger, heavier and more awkward items. This included our couch which may be the heaviest couch on the planet: it’s like 50 years old and made of cast iron I think. It was a tough move and Manel handled the roughest parts and made it a good day.
I definitely recommend Easy Around.

It went well!
The most positive thing I can say is about Manel himself: exceedingly courteous, polite, and gentle spoken — he certainly can take the edge off moving day nerves with his calm and professional demeanour.
We began a bit late, unavoidably, because the previous move involved someone who had not been accurate (honest?) about how many items he needed to have moved. #protip: always give a forthright account to your mover, when booking, as how much material you need to have moved. In our case, someone who had not been as such caused an annoying delay.
My move involved a great number of boxes: recently engaged, my fiancée and I moved into a new place but, given Vancouver vampiric rents, we opted for a 1 bedroom and had to pare down our extremely large libraries. So, a storage unit was what we went with.
Manel and his partner had the necessary gear to move our boxes very quickly. What most impressed me was Manel’s tetris like talent for positioning my boxes in the storage space to maximise spatial usage. I was initially afraid that we would not be able to fit all of the items in there — but some expert planning from Manel saved the day. On this talent alone, I award this company five stars.
I hate moving. Hate it. I’ve lived on three different continents and moved house in 5 different countries. But Easy Around ranks as one of the friendliest and most cooperative companies I have ever worked with. Their nice guys. And I’ve had far too many not-​nice-​movers to know how rare that is in the profession.

Great service!
I used Easy Around for a Kitsilano to downtown move. I would recommend them to anyone moving within the metro-​Vancouver area.
The move was a full apartment 3^rd floor walk up with several heavy pieces. Manuel and his helper were extremely careful and respectful with the items.
They charged exactly what was quoted over the telephone and was polite and friendly the entire time.

Decent. Available on short notice; Manel was a good communicator. Movers were late starting by about 45 minutes, but were extremely kind and friendly, a pleasant surprise.
However, I was doing a move that had been done several times in the past couple of years, and never took more than two hours. These movers operated at a glacial pace and appeared to move things with no strategy, seeming to want to stretch out their hours. Manel and I talked about a two-​hour move, with the possibility of a little overage. The move ended up taking almost four hours and costing double what was quoted.
Will not use again, but would consider them at least reliable and friendly movers.

Competitively priced but I would have rather paid the movers I had previously at $ 120 since they moved everything in just over 1 hour while this recent move took 3 hrs!
Not the fault of the movers themselves as they were young and obviously not very experienced. They were punctual.
No assembly or disassembly, no concept of security with my things (I had to have a friend stay with the truck to watch my things), and in the end I was managing them and was helping them move at the same time.
The owner actually told me that he doesn’t move anything when I asked for his help to move a heavy piece of furniture. Ummm… What?!
Not to only give a negative review– the staff and owner where nice, punctual and they were able to come early to better accommodate my schduled move in times.

Manel had helped me unpack my U-​Haul when I first moved to Vancouver 4 years ago, and I re-​contacted them when I needed help getting my furniture out of my unit so my flooring could be redone.
I cannot over-​state how helpful and flexible Dwayne was with his time, and very reasonably priced.
I’ve also used Manel to help with assembling Ikea furniture. They’re great. Can’t say enough nice things about them.