Stark Moving and Storage Inc

Stark Moving and Storage is the crew that reviewers name by first name: Alex, Vlad, Andrew, George, Vaso and Tristan turn up again and again in this summer's Google reviews, usually next to the words fast and careful. The company is based on Canal Street in Boston and says it runs branch offices across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Illinois, doing local, long-distance and commercial moves plus packing and storage. It holds a 4.9 average on Google from 383 ratings, 4.9 on Thumbtack from 413, and an A+ grade with accreditation at the Better Business Bureau, which also lists four complaints on file. The recent record is uniformly good. A Quincy-to-Weymouth homeowner in July 2026 described George and his teammate as careful with furniture and boxes from start to finish; a third-time customer the same month called them reliable every time; two June reviewers said the quote came in below competitors, and one of them was squeezed in at the end of the month and had some previously broken furniture fixed on the spot. Crews worked through 99-degree days in July, and a reviewer moving from a condo to a retirement community said three young men put everything where she wanted it. A Quincy Reddit commenter this year called their move a 10 out of 10. The older complaints are the ones to read closely, because they are about money, not manners. In December 2024 a Google reviewer said the price was doubled at the destination before the truck was unloaded and that the crew would not release the belongings until the new amount was paid. A month earlier, a Thumbtack reviewer told a similar story: the balance grew during the move, and the owner threatened to keep the property and charge $149 an hour until it was paid, while still praising the movers themselves. In 2022, a Natick-to-Wellesley customer said clearly labeled boxes ended up in the wrong rooms and the garage was treated as a free-for-all, and another 2022 reviewer noted that travel time to the origin and back from the destination is billed. A 2023 one-star review reported items that never made it to the storage unit. On price, the good accounts are specific too: in February 2024 a family arriving from Tampa with a trailer was quoted $400 to $500 elsewhere and Stark unloaded fifteen totes up three flights for $199, and a May 2024 Massachusetts-to-North Carolina move was called good value with pickup and delivery on schedule. For a local apartment or house move in Greater Boston, Stark has a long run of happy customers behind it. Given the two 2024 accounts of a bill that grew mid-move, get the estimate in writing as a binding or not-to-exceed figure, ask exactly what triggers extra charges (travel time, stairs, packing), and settle the final number before the truck is loaded.