Century Moving Services has been the leading choice for movers in Clifton NJ since 1998, bringing 25 years of experience to every relocation project. We are fully licensed and insured, with credentials verified through the FMCSA safety database for your peace of mind. Our team of professional movers in Clifton NJ specializes in residential moves, commercial relocations, and long-distance transportation. We combine years of expertise with modern equipment and trained staff to ensure your move is smooth and efficient.
Clifton, NJ is located in Passaic County and serves as a central hub in Northern New Jersey, near towns like Passaic, Nutley, Bloomfield, and Montclair. The area is well-connected by major highways including Interstate 80, Route 3, and the Garden State Parkway, making it an ideal location for efficient moving operations. Century has proudly served movers in Clifton NJ and surrounding communities since 1998, with expertise in both local and long-distance relocations across the Northeast and nationwide. Learn more about our long distance moving services from Clifton NJ.
Same-day and next-day moves in Clifton cover lease endings, job relocations, and tight timelines. Clifton is one of the easier towns for us to fit in on short notice, partly because it is minutes from our Passaic yard and partly because most addresses here have a driveway, so there is no street permit to arrange first. Call (973) 685-5272 and we will tell you within the hour whether your address can be done.
Clifton is the eighth largest community in New Jersey, roughly 90,000 people spread across 18 recognized neighborhoods. City planning documents name Allwood, Athenia, Botany and East Clifton, Clifton Center and Middle Village, Delawanna, Dutch Hill, Lakeview, Maple Valley, Montclair Heights, Richfield and Rosemawr. They do not move the same way.
Athenia runs to Colonial Revival and Cape Cod homes on walkable streets around Van Houten Avenue. Rosemawr and Richfield are Capes, split levels and Colonial Revivals. Montclair Heights leans to spacious Tudors and split levels. Maple Valley is largely ranch homes. All of these are driveway addresses, which makes the loadout straightforward and puts the work in the volume rather than the access.
Delawanna mixes 20th century Colonials and Cape Cods with businesses and warehouses, on moderate lots with driveways and sometimes a garage. It sits next to the NJ Transit station, so a lot of these moves are commuters heading in or out of the city.
Botany Village and Lakeview are the exceptions. Both carry real multi-family stock, and Botany is a historic district with tighter blocks and more on-street parking. Those jobs look more like a Passaic or Paterson move than a Clifton one, and we crew them accordingly.
A typical single-family Clifton local move is a two or three man crew with a 26 foot box truck, sometimes a second truck if the basement and garage are full.
The most common estimate mistake in Clifton is counting bedrooms. A three bedroom Cape with a finished basement, a full attic and a two car garage loads heavier than a four bedroom with neither.
Basements are where it hides. Storage shelving, holiday bins, tools, exercise equipment, and the furniture from the last house that never got sold. Attics add another layer, and garages are the one place people genuinely forget until move morning.
Walk your own basement and garage before you call, and tell us what is down there. If it is more than you want to box yourself, packing services usually run the day before load day so nothing is rushed. If some of it is not going to the new place, ask about storage at quote time, because it changes how the crew loads the truck.
Most Clifton addresses let the truck park on the property, which is the single biggest reason a Clifton move usually costs less than the same house would in a denser town. No permit, no meter bags, no 200 foot carry.
The exceptions are worth flagging when you call. Botany Village and parts of Lakeview run tighter, and a few streets near the Route 3 and Route 46 corridors have restrictions worth checking with the City of Clifton before move day.
Clifton is minutes from our Passaic yard, so if something changes on move day we are close enough to send another man or a second truck without losing the afternoon.
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Local moves in Clifton start at $699. Clifton prices differently than the cities south of it, because most of the housing here is single-family with a driveway. The truck usually parks on the property, so the long carries and permit problems that drive up a Jersey City or Newark job mostly do not apply.
What drives a Clifton price is volume. Capes, split levels and Colonial Revivals come with basements, attics and garages, and that is where the hours go. A three to four bedroom in Allwood, Richfield or Rosemawr typically runs $2,600 to $3,200. Multi-family in Botany Village or Lakeview is a different job, with stairs at both ends and street parking rather than a driveway.
Long distance out of Clifton is quoted as a binding estimate starting at $1,350. One price before the truck loads, unchanged at delivery. Call (973) 685-5272 for a free estimate, no hidden fees and no obligation.
Two to three weeks for a standard Clifton move, four to six weeks between May and September. Clifton is close enough to our Passaic yard that we can often be flexible on short notice, and it is one of the few towns where we can send a foreman to walk the house in person rather than doing the estimate by video.
Book the walkthrough before you book the date. Clifton homes hide volume in basements, attics and garages, and a house that looks like a three bedroom on paper often loads like a four. Seeing it is the difference between one truck and two.
Century runs same-day and next-day work in Clifton when the schedule allows. Call (973) 685-5272 to check availability.
