R&I Moving and Home Care
Local business · Lawrence, MA 01841
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- Not rated by the BBB
- 1 review in the last 6 monthsNo negatives
Highlights
- Very high volume — 674 hires and 398 reviews on Thumbtack
- Careful with furniture — reviewers cite protection and disassembly skill
- Top Pro six years — Thumbtack badge held 2020 through 2025
- Consistent ratings — 92% of Thumbtack reviews are five star
- Three-hour minimum — charged on any job, however small
- No free estimates — Angi's profile states none are offered
- One-star share — 3% of 398 Thumbtack ratings
Six hundred and seventy-four hires and a 4.8 average across 398 reviews — R&I Moving and Home Care has done more jobs through Thumbtack than most local movers will book in a decade. It is a family-run operation out of Lawrence with six employees, and it has held Thumbtack's Top Pro badge every year from 2020 through 2025. The work is moving, in almost every form: residential and apartment moves, furniture and heavy lifting, piano and pool-table moving, packing and unpacking, furniture delivery, junk removal, and move-in/move-out cleaning. They cover the Merrimack Valley and reach into southern New Hampshire — Andover, Methuen, Tewksbury, Haverhill, Lowell, Reading, Georgetown and neighbours, with Plaistow, Atkinson, Salem and Windham across the line. What customers keep describing is care with the furniture rather than speed alone. A homeowner who hired them in June 2026 said they protected the furniture and took their time making sure everything moved efficiently. That echoes across the ratings distribution: 92% of the 398 Thumbtack reviews are five stars. Two things are worth raising on the call. The company states a three-hour minimum charge on any job and asks customers not to book unless they are willing to pay it, so a single-item move still costs three hours. Angi also notes they do not offer free estimates, and about 3% of those Thumbtack ratings are one star. The age of the business is reported inconsistently — Thumbtack says nine years, Angi and Porch both say eleven — which is worth nothing more than a shrug, but ask if it matters to you. They are the right call for a local residential move where the furniture is awkward: motorized bed frames, sofas up stairs, a piano. Confirm the three-hour minimum and what it covers when you get the quote, and be clear about stairs and distance up front, since those drive the price.
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Most recent comments
- Jun 6, 2026
They made my move so seamless. they protected on my furniture and really took their time to make sure everything make sure everything was moved efficiently! I highly recommend this company
— Yuma H.View on Thumbtack ↗ - Dec 2, 2025
They did an excellent job moving our apartment into our new home. They were efficient, communicative and handled our things with care.
— Elektra M.View on Thumbtack ↗ - Jun 16, 2025
Thanks so much R&I for helping me with my furniture move. I appreciate how quickly and professionally you worked and would definitely reach out again! 10/10
— Lucy S.View on Thumbtack ↗ - Jun 15, 2025
All 3 men were very professional, knew exactly how to disassemble a few pieces of my motorized king bed frame, gilded it in half, used straps to lift it off the floor & move it from my 3 season porch to my downstairs bedroom. They also moved 2 other furniture cabinets from my 3 season porch down to my garage. They worked quickly & efficiently. Other companies (I hired another company to move the bed frame, etc in to the 3 season porch before starting renovations). They did not even try to remove a few parts of the frame so they could fold it, just picked it up, ended dropping it & scraping it across the kitchen floor, leaving a long gouge. Lucky for them, that's the one floor I was replacing. And the price difference was huge! I paid less than half to move it back into my house. These guys get an A+++
— Nancy C.View on Thumbtack ↗ - Jun 6, 2025
found R&I Moving and Home care via Thumbtack when I needed to find a local mover to help move a kitchen dining set I purchased from Facebook Marketplace. The sellers needed it out of the house by the weekend because they were in the process of moving out of state. R&I Moving was very responsive and had the best price compared to other quotes I got for the same task. They were able to accommodate the quick turnaround, and were on time. I appreciated how thoughtful they were in measuring the doorways to find the best way to get the furniture into the house. I would absolutely use them again. Overall, I highly recommend their services!
— Sara C.View on Thumbtack ↗
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Added 7 new comments, established rating 3.9
- behind the score: Three-hour minimum — charged on any job, however small
What does a move cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from R&I Moving and Home Care. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$900 – $1,700
Typical move around $1,300