Harrington Moving and Storage

Harrington Moving and Storage is an Andover shop that says it's been running since 1993, and the reviews back up a business built for the complicated end of moving — a law office of 36 years relocated without a hitch, a family's crew mobilized on two hours' notice to clear out a deceased relative's house and deliver to five locations across four towns, and full-house moves stretched into 12-hour days to finish in one go. The specifics that keep showing up across 36 reviews running from 2021 into mid-2026: furniture wrapped and padded before it moves, tight doorways and stairwells navigated without damage, and repeat customers — several describe using Harrington for a second, third, even fourth move. Recent activity has stayed clean, with the last six months' reviews all positive. There's a real thread of pricing and communication complaints worth knowing before booking, though. A 2025 review called a quoted range of $450–$625 for a small in-town job outrageous; a 2023 review described being quoted $500 for a short move to storage and then charged $962, with no communication about the added cost. Separately, a 2023 review reported the crew broke a front door and the company declined to reimburse the damage, and a 2025 review described the movers as aggressive and unprofessional and criticized the owners' attitude on a follow-up call. Those are a real minority against 36 reviews' worth of otherwise consistent praise, but the pattern around pricing surprises is specific enough to ask about directly — get a written, itemized estimate before the truck shows up, and confirm what triggers extra charges. The company describes itself as full-service — local, interstate, residential and commercial moves, plus long-term and mobile storage — and says it belongs to the Massachusetts Movers Association and the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce. On Google it holds a 4.6-star average from 72 ratings. For a move that's more complicated than a quick in-town job — an assisted-living transition, a long-distance haul, a house that needs emptying on a deadline — the written record shows Harrington has handled that kind of work repeatedly and well; just nail down the estimate in writing first.