Leicester, NC Moving Services
Leicester runs northwest of Asheville along the Leicester Highway and the Newfound and Sandy Mush valleys — deep rural Buncombe where a working barn is as likely to need moving as the house. We’ve worked these roads since Cole Brantley founded the company in 2012.
A Leicester job means open country, long drives, and big lots.
The homes we load out here
Hannah Whitford sizes the full inventory with you ahead so the crew matches the actual property.
| Where it sits | What the move involves |
|---|---|
| Valley farmhouse | A plain single-level carry, with the real work in a shop and barn of accumulation Travis Greer’s crew crates, wraps, and boxes first |
| Hollow cabin / newer build | A steep gravel approach, a loft reached by tight stairs, and a finished lower level — all planned for, not discovered |
Getting the truck to the door
Out on the valley parcels access tends to be the easy part — long drives with room to plant a full rig at the house and the barn.
- Check the setback — Dale Pruett notes how far homes sit back and any soft farm shoulders early.
- Shuttle the hollows — switchback gravel too tight for the 26-footer means a smaller truck.
- Mind the ice — we’ll move a date before risking an iced climb.
- Beat the heat — open summer country runs hot and humid, so we book dawn starts.
What you can count on
Open Box is a licensed North Carolina mover with our own trucks and employed crews, never a load-board handoff. The written quote is precisely what you pay.
- NCUC C-2841, USDOT/MC authority
- Two-mover crew about $130 an hour
- Flat near $500 studio/one-bedroom, ~$1,250 two-bedroom, ~$2,200 three-bedroom; bigger homes and full outbuildings up from there
- Default released value at sixty cents to the pound; declared full value about one to three percent of the sum you name
- One million dollars cargo coverage, nine-month claim window
