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Highlights
- BBB A+ rating — the Better Business Bureau grades the company A+
- Courteous movers — a 2021 Google reviewer called it courteous and professional
Barnes Moving and Storage describes itself on its website as a Martha's Vineyard moving and storage company serving local and seasonal islanders, with local, long-distance, residential and corporate moves, storage, combined shipments and specialty handling for fine furniture, art and antiques. The website says the company has operated since 1960 and presents Trip Barnes as the man behind it, and it names Vineyard Haven, Chappaquiddick and Pocasset as its service area. The BBB lists the business as Clarence A. Barnes, III Moving and Storage, doing business as Barnes Moving & Storage in Vineyard Haven, with Clarence "Trip" Barnes as owner. It holds an A+ BBB rating and is not BBB accredited. On Google it has 5 stars from 5 ratings, and a 2021 Google reviewer called it courteous and professional.
Heard around town
News & the web
- Always a Moving Experience, Trip Knows How to Deliver the Goods
“About the same time Clarence A. (Trip) Barnes 3rd started his business, Clarence A. Barnes Moving and Storage, he found three people dead in three weeks, all out on Chappaquiddick.”
— vineyardgazette.comRead the article ↗
What does a move cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Barnes Moving and Storage. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Flights without an elevator, counting both ends.
Estimated range
$900 – $1,700
Typical move around $1,300
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