Movers in Reno

Reno is the largest city we serve, and it is not one kind of place. It is a downtown of towers and older apartment blocks, a university district, hillside neighborhoods that climb toward the Sierra, and newer subdivisions in the south and northwest valleys. The fact block above gives the city as a whole. This page explains how those figures change the way a move is planned, and the neighborhood pages linked below narrow it down to a single ZIP code.

A city split almost evenly between owners and renters

Reno is one of the few large Nevada cities where renting and owning come out nearly even, about 50 percent each. Renter households move more often, so Reno has a steady flow of apartment, condo and townhouse moves that begin and end on the same weekend. For those, the estimator asks about stairs, elevator reservations, loading zones and how far the truck must park from the door, because those details change the crew size more than the number of rooms does.

Owners look different. The median Reno home was built in 1990, and about 37 percent of homes date from before 1980. A newer house usually means a wide garage and a straight staircase. A mid-century home may have a narrow hallway, a basement or a steep front step, and the walk-through is where we spot it. See apartment and condo moves if your building has its own rules.

People are coming and going all the time

About 18 percent of Reno residents moved in the past year, according to the Census Bureau, and roughly one in three households moved into their current home in 2020 or later. Some of that is across town, and some is from other states. When the new home is somewhere else entirely, the long-distance side of the business takes over: Reno is our home base, and long-distance moves through the Bekins network start with the same free in-home estimate.

Getting around the city on moving day

From the warehouse on Glendale Avenue, most of Reno is a short drive west along the freeway corridor, with the city's southern and northwestern edges taking longer. Traffic matters more than distance. The crew leader plans the start time around school drop-off, event days at the downtown venues and the afternoon rush on the interstate, so the truck is not sitting in a queue when it could be loading.

Pick your neighborhood

Reno's neighborhoods have very different housing and very different drives. Start with the one closest to you: Downtown and Midtown, Old Southwest, Caughlin Ranch, Northwest Reno and Somersett, South Reno and Damonte Ranch or North Valleys and Stead.

What a Reno move with O'Brien's includes

• A free, no-obligation in-home estimate with an itemized price
• 10 free heavy-duty boxes, yours to keep
• Full, partial or box-packing-only service
• Vault storage in our Sparks warehouse from $40 per month
• Commercial and office moves, evenings and weekends by arrangement