Call around Somervell County for a moving price and you’ll hear figures that don’t line up, because two outfits can quote the same house in completely different ways. How a mover writes up its rate tells you most of what you need to know about the bill you’ll sign at the curb. Joe Powell put his own name on the truck back in 2014, and after a decade of jobs around Glen Rose, Granbury, Tolar, and the ranch roads out toward Stephenville, we’ve watched exactly where the dollars land on a local move. Here is a plain accounting of 2026 pricing, with nothing buried.
The Two Ways We Bill a Local Move
Set aside the sales talk and almost every in-town job runs on one of two structures. Choose the one that suits your house and you’ve already handled the biggest piece of cost control.
By the hour
Hourly suits the smaller, simpler homes. The clock starts when the crew reaches your front door and stops when the last box sits where you point. We staff three ways: two movers at $110/hr, three movers at $150/hr, and four movers at $195/hr. The truck, the pads, and the dollies are folded into that rate, so no equipment fee turns up at the bottom of the page. A studio, a one-bedroom, or a tidy apartment off the courthouse square usually prices out best this way because the scope is easy to read.
By a written flat rate
Bigger or trickier jobs get a flat figure instead. We walk your inventory, the access on both ends, and the mileage up US-67 or over TX-144, then commit one number to paper. Whether the load runs quick or the gravel drive out to a hay barn slows us down, that number holds. Families clearing a three- or four-bedroom place tend to want this, since it pulls the stopwatch out of the day entirely.
What a Move Runs by Home Size in 2026
The bands below assume an everyday weekday job within about 30 miles and ordinary access at both ends, run by a seasoned crew with the truck and the usual padding included.
| Home Size | Crew | Hours You’ll See | Flat-Rate Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 2 movers | 3–4 hrs | $350 – $560 |
| 1-bedroom | 2 movers | 4–5 hrs | $560 – $950 |
| 2-bedroom | 2–3 movers | 5–7 hrs | $950 – $1,650 |
| 3-bedroom | 3 movers | 7–9 hrs | $1,650 – $2,800 |
| 4-bedroom | 4 movers | 9–12 hrs | $2,700 – $4,400 |
None of these are bait figures that swell on the day. For nearly every home around Somervell County, the written quote our office sends sits inside the matching band, and it reaches you well before a truck noses into the drive.
The Things That Quietly Push Your Bill Up
Two three-bedroom houses a mile apart in Glen Rose can land a few hundred dollars apart. The reasons are usually down this list:
- Levels and stairs. A walk-out down toward the Brazos, or a bonus room over the garage, burns a lot more time than a flat single-story ranch. Carrying up and down is the cost folks forget to count.
- Where the truck has to sit. A quarter-mile gravel drive off FM-200, or a guard stop at Pecan Plantation that keeps the rig back from the door, turns every trip to the truck into paid minutes.
- Heavy and oddball pieces. Reckon $300–$460 for an upright, $540–$820 for a baby grand; gun safes, treadmills, and slate-bed pool tables call for their own straps and extra hands. Mention them when you book so we show up ready.
- How much packing you hand off. Ask us to crate the kitchen and the breakables and you add some labor and boxes, but you protect the fragile things and get your weekend back.
- Your date. Saturdays and the rush at the top and bottom of each month book solid fast in this county. Land on a weekday mid-month and you’ll usually find both a softer rate and an open truck.
Five Ways to Shave the Bill Without Skimping
There’s room to bring a Glen Rose move down in price while still getting a crew that treats your things right. A few that work:
- Thin things out first. Whatever doesn’t ride the truck is weight and time you never pay for. Run a yard sale, give to a church drive, or make a county drop-off run before the date.
- Pack your own light stuff. Clothes, bedding, books — box those yourself and leave us the furniture and the fragile pieces.
- Have it ready at the door. Taped, labeled boxes waiting near the exit let an hourly crew load quick, and quicker means cheaper.
- Pick a slow day. A weekday in the middle of the month, clear of the first and the last, tends to come with a softer rate and a free truck.
- Clear access in advance. For a gated stretch or a lake lot, have the gate code, the COI, and an open path set so nobody’s idling on the clock.
Why a Written Number Beats the Cheapest Phone Quote
The lowest per-hour figure somebody rattles off on the phone almost never turns into the lowest number at the bottom of the bill. What truly protects your pocket is a price you’ve got on paper before a wheel turns. With a written flat rate:
- Nobody tells you afterward that the day “got away from us” when the total prints
- There’s no surprise line for fuel, mileage, or gear tacked on at the end
- You and our crew were both working from one agreed-on plan start to finish
I grew up hauling cattle and hay on these county roads, so I know what an honest day’s work costs. I’d rather lose the job to an honest figure than land it and see the color drain out of somebody’s face when the bill lands. One flat number, down on paper — we’ve done it that way since 2014. — Joe Powell, owner
Price aside, $1M of cargo coverage rides on every job. We work as a licensed and insured Texas mover, registered with the TxDMV as a household-goods carrier and holding USDOT and MC authority for the longer hauls. Texas really does license its movers through the TxDMV, which means that number is something you can look up, not marketing. And the work stays with our own crew — we don’t pass it off to anyone. Curious what a local job covers? It’s spelled out on our local moving page, and clearing a whole house is on the residential moving page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s your starting hourly rate?
A two-man crew with a stocked truck is $110 an hour; bump it to three for $150 or four for $195. On most homes we roll that into one flat figure on paper, so you’re looking at the full cost going in rather than sweating a meter.
Does driving between towns run up the hours?
The leg between your old and new address rides the clock, like it would with anybody. We add a single trip fee for fetching the truck from the yard and returning it, and that sits right on your estimate in plain sight.
You’re called House Movers — do you relocate the actual house?
No. “House Movers” is just our name. We’re a household-goods moving company — furniture, boxes, appliances, and belongings. We don’t jack up structures and truck them down the road.
What does a piano or a gun safe add?
Heavy specialty items get a line of their own since they need more hands and dedicated equipment: figure around $300–$460 for an upright and $540–$820 for a baby grand. Let us know about them when you book so the right boards, dollies, and strapping ride along.
Can you give a real price without coming out first?
On apartments and smaller houses, often yes. For a bigger place we’ll hop on a short video call so the flat figure lands tight. However we size it, the number we write down is the number you settle — no padded hours, no scale games at the end.
See Your Glen Rose Price on Paper
Tell us the size of the place, where it’s coming from and going to, and roughly when. We’ll send back one flat figure with every charge spelled out and zero pressure to sign.