Serving Hartford, CT since 1942
Shopping for movers in Hartford with one foot in Rhode Island? Straight answer first: Murray's Moving and Storage is a family-owned company based at 50 Maria Ave in Johnston, RI, not a Hartford office. We have been moving people since 1942, and Hartford is a run we drive, not a city we live in.
That matters for how we plan. Every Hartford job is an interstate trip for our crew, so we treat it as one of our longer-distance moves out of Johnston: a set start time, a set route, and a crew that packs, drives, and unloads the same load.
Route 6 West to I-384 and I-84
Most of our Hartford work starts in Rhode Island. A Johnston, Cranston, or Providence household takes a job in Connecticut, and we bring the house with them. The truck goes out Route 6 West, picks up I-384 at Bolton, and joins I-84 into the city.
A lot of Route 6 through eastern Connecticut is two-lane road through small towns. We plan the departure around that so the crew is unloading in Hartford with daylight left, not starting the carry at dusk.
The other half of the work runs the opposite way. Hartford renters and homeowners moving back to Rhode Island call us because the company holding their things is close to where they are landing.
If you are looking for movers near me from a Hartford address and you are headed to the Ocean State, we are the Rhode Island end of the trip. Settling in Kent County? See our Coventry moving page for that side of the move.
Anyone who drives into Hartford knows the pinch. I-84 crosses downtown on an elevated stretch and meets I-91 right by the river, and that interchange backs up at both rush hours. A box truck sitting in that is money and time off your move.
Experienced movers in Hartford time the arrival around it. We aim to come through mid-morning, after the inbound crush, and to have the truck closed up before the afternoon traffic builds on the way out.
The West End has big old houses near the West Hartford line, with deep porches, tight stairways, and long driveways. Asylum Hill mixes older homes with brick apartment blocks along Farmington Avenue. Both mean stairs, turns, and carrying distance, and we ask about all three before we quote.
Tell us the floor, the stairs, and where a truck can sit. Our residential moving and packing crews pad and wrap every piece before it leaves the room, which counts on a staircase built a hundred years ago.
Hartford is an office town. Downtown towers and the corporate campuses around Asylum Hill mean loading docks, freight elevators, security desks, and building managers who want a schedule in writing. Our office relocation crew works to those rules.
We can move a department after hours or on a Saturday so nobody loses a work week. We also handle government and GSA moves, so paperwork and sign-in sheets do not slow us down.
Quote for your Hartford move
Send the form or call the Johnston office. We call back within an hour and quote within 24 hours.
(401) 274-7071Trinity College brings a steady stream of students, faculty, and staff moving in and out at the start and end of the school year. Those dates crowd up fast, so book a Hartford slot early if your lease turns over in late August or May.
Schools and offices that need classrooms, labs, or file rooms moved can look at our school and campus relocations. We plan those around the academic calendar, not the other way around.
Some Hartford jobs are not household moves at all. Freight, inventory, or a full trailer that needs to get between Connecticut and Rhode Island goes on our long-haul trucking side of the business.
Same office, same phone number, same people. You call one place and the load gets scheduled, picked up, and dropped where you want it. The office is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and Saturday from 8:00 to 10:00 AM.
Closings slip. Leases end before the next one starts. When there is a gap, we load in Hartford, bring the shipment back to our warehouse storage in Johnston, and keep it in wooden vaults until the new place is ready.
No second company, no self-storage unit you have to load by hand. The crew that packed it is the crew that delivers it. When you compare movers in Hartford, ask each one where your things sit during the gap and who brings them back.
Driving yourself? We can still do the heavy part. Our crew handles portable container loading on the Rhode Island end, packed tight so nothing shifts on the ride to Hartford.
It is a good fit for people who want to save on the truck but not spend moving day hauling a dresser down three flights. Ask for a labor-only crew when you call.
As movers in Hartford coming from Rhode Island, we cover the city and the towns around it on the same run, from West Hartford and Wethersfield to East Hartford, Windsor, and Bloomfield. Headed for the Rhode Island shore instead? Our Westerly moving page covers that end of the state.
Comparing moving companies near me for a Connecticut and Rhode Island job? Give us both addresses and we will tell you plainly how we would run it.
No. Our office is at 50 Maria Ave in Johnston, RI. We run Hartford moves as interstate trips from there, in both directions.
Usually Route 6 West out of Rhode Island, then I-384 and I-84 into the city. We adjust for traffic and the building you are moving into.
We time arrival for mid-morning, after the inbound rush, and try to finish loading before the afternoon backup starts.
Yes. We work to building rules, loading dock hours, and freight elevator schedules, and we can move after hours or on a Saturday.
Yes. We bring your shipment back to our Johnston warehouse, hold it in wooden storage vaults, and deliver when you are ready.
Yes. We can pack the full home or just the fragile items and furniture. Everything is padded, wrapped, and labeled by room.
Yes. Late August and May fill up quickly, so book your Hartford date as early as you can.
We return missed calls within one hour during business hours and send quotes within 24 hours. Ask the office for our license and insurance details when you book.
Give us both addresses and your dates. We will call back within the hour during business hours and have a written quote to you inside a day.
Office: 50 Maria Ave, Johnston, RI 02919
