Esquire Moving Inc.

Esquire Moving is a Brighton-based crew with a deep written record — 70 reviews since 2021 and a 4.7-star average from 205 Google ratings — and the volume of specific, named-crew praise in that record is real: movers like Jose, Milton, Rene, and Miguel show up by name again and again, praised for careful handling of fragile items and quick, efficient work. The written accounts back up that volume with detail. In a 2024 review, a customer describes Darkan and his team maneuvering an oversized, heavy bookcase into a tricky spot without issue; in a 2025 review, Miguel and his crew sorted and moved three storage units in two hours with energy to spare. Reviewers across 2023 through this year describe long-distance moves — Boston to New York, Nashville to Boston, MA to Maine and North Carolina — arriving with zero damage, and more than one customer says they've used Esquire repeatedly, with one naming the same mover, Damien Luna, across two separate moves. The same written record carries a real, recurring problem, though. Several reviews from 2022 through this spring describe the final bill landing well above the original quote — unexpected travel-time and per-stair charges, a job that jumped from $405 to $680, and in a 2025 review, an estimate that grew again after the company said it had entered the wrong city. Two reviews from 2022 describe a rockier experience still: one says movers took a box against explicit instructions and it took two weeks and an unhelpful runaround to get it back; another describes multiple pieces of furniture broken beyond repair, an estimate far over quote for a move of under two miles, and customer service that never picked up the phone. A 2023 review raises a separate concern — an 80% upfront payment requirement on a long-distance quote before the truck even leaves the state. Esquire clearly does good, careful work most of the time, and the crew-level praise is specific and consistent. But get every fee — travel time, stairs, and payment terms — in writing before booking, since that's where the written complaints concentrate.