Local moving across Asheville
Cole Brantley started Open Box Moving Solutions in 2012 with a secondhand box truck, and two rules from that first season still run the company.
Two promises, since day one
The movers at your door are on our W-2 payroll and ride Open Box trucks we bought outright, never strangers off a rental listing. And any job inside our service area is one flat number, recorded the day you reserve and never recalculated at the curb.
Neighborhoods we run
The trucks fan out every week, and a sofa around a Montford newel post is second nature to Dale Pruett by now.
- Steep-staired streetsMontford and Grove Park
- LoftsRiver Arts District
- CottagesAbove Kenilworth and Haw Creek
- Ridge cabinsPast Leicester and Fairview
Unsure a 26-footer can climb your pitched Beaverdam driveway without grinding a retaining wall? Put it to Dale and you get a straight answer.
What the flat number folds in
Everything rides on that one figure, and stairs never appear as a separate line at the bottom of your bill.
| Home size | Typical flat band |
|---|---|
| Studio / 1BR | $450 to $550 |
| One-bedroom | $500 to $750 |
| Two-bedroom | $1,050 to $1,400 |
| Three-bedroom | $1,900 to $2,500 |
Inside it sit the truck, fuel, blankets, dollies, straps, and a crew that wraps each piece. Anything that comes apart, from bed frames to hutches, is broken down where you leave and rebuilt where you land, and shrink-wrap is folded in rather than charged.
For loads cheaper by the hour, two movers run $130/hr on a three-hour minimum, and Hannah Whitford lays the flat and hourly options side by side so you keep whichever lands lower.
How move day runs
- Walk-through A phone or video tour so the written number tracks exactly what is leaving the house.
- Access mapped Becca Hollis files the COI, books the elevator, and confirms a loading-zone spot in writing about a week ahead.
- Pad and load Every piece is wrapped and padded long before it heads toward the doorway.
- Shuttle the steep ones A smaller truck ferries the load down any pitched mountain driveway no full-size rig should attempt.
- Set and reassemble Rooms are put back together, and the closing total reads the same as the figure you signed.
Asheville since 2012
Cole still rides the bigger jobs himself, so the voice on the line drives these mountain roads through every season, not a dispatcher a few states away. That is why Buncombe County keeps phoning back.
