The Sunshine Boys Moving & Storage Co

Horrible. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. I used this company many years ago when they were known as Sunshine Boys Moving and they did two local moves for me. Great job, reasonable price. THAT HAS ALL CHANGED. I had them out for a quote to move my two bedroom house from West Hollywood, CA to Nashville, TN and I asked if they would be the ones moving me from door to door. They assured me yes. I had seen all the horror stories on tv about movers and scams and how they try to get more money from you on delivery and how they often hand your stuff off to other companies you never even spoke to. They assured me they would be the ones moving me the whole way. They lied. First off, they wuoted me $3750 which was insanely cheap but I was really happy about that. By the time they got done picking up (it was two different pick ups because I used half of my stuff to stage my house for sale), that move suddenly was $7500. I said ok. It was around what I expected and the idea that they were going to be seeing my move from door to door also made me want to go ahead. They handed my stuff off to an outside company without telling me and when it arrived everthing that i ever owned in my kitchen was missing. Over $1200 in kitchen stuff. Brand new bedding, missing. One of my canvas paintings had a frame cracked all the way through. To make it even worse the outside company had several additional charges they wanted paid: 1- had to use the elevator, they wanted to be paid. 2- parking wasn't waiting on them, they wanted to be paid. After all of this ****, I went to Relocation Network and listed what was missing and damaged and they reminded me that their contract only obligates them to .60 cents per pound and they sent me a check for $250 to make me go away. I had no recourse even though I lost nearly $1500 in stuff because I didn't read that detail in the contract. The one recourse I do have is this review. Be warned. Also I noticed they have TWO profiles on here probably because of bad reviews like mine. I will alert Angies List to this as well as I think it is a blatant attempt to try and escape their bad reviews. Avoid at all costs.

Horrible. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. I used this company many years ago when they were known as Sunshine Boys Moving and they did two local moves for me. Great job, reasonable price. THAT HAS ALL CHANGED. I had them out for a quote to move my two bedroom house from West Hollywood, CA to Nashville, TN and I asked if they would be the ones moving me from door to door. They assured me yes. I had seen all the horror stories on tv about movers and scams and how they try to get more money from you on delivery and how they often hand your stuff off to other companies you never even spoke to. They assured me they would be the ones moving me the whole way. They lied. First off, they wuoted me $3750 which was insanely cheap but I was really happy about that. By the time they got done picking up (it was two different pick ups because I used half of my stuff to stage my house for sale), that move suddenly was $7500. I said ok. It was around what I expected and the idea that they were going to be seeing my move from door to door also made me want to go ahead. They handed my stuff off to an outside company without telling me and when it arrived everthing that i ever owned in my kitchen was missing. Over $1200 in kitchen stuff. Brand new bedding, missing. One of my canvas paintings had a frame cracked all the way through. To make it even worse the outside company had several additional charges they wanted paid: 1- had to use the elevator, they wanted to be paid. 2- parking wasn't waiting on them, they wanted to be paid. After all of this ****, I went to Relocation Network and listed what was missing and damaged and they reminded me that their contract only obligates them to .60 cents per pound and they sent me a check for $250 to make me go away. I had no recourse even though I lost nearly $1500 in stuff because I didn't read that detail in the contract. The one recourse I do have is this review. Be warned. Also I noticed they have TWO profiles on here probably because of bad reviews like mine. I will alert Angies List to this as well as I think it is a blatant attempt to try and escape their bad reviews. Avoid at all costs.

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Movers ruined newly refurbished hardwood floors with their dolly . They did not take time to protect the flooring . Sent photos to supervisor hoping for a resolve. They claimed they spoke to an'expert ' and it was impossible . Now I'm going to be responsible as a tenant to fix the damaged flooring . The movers that came told me while they were moving me that they weren't responsible for floors . Should have been a red flag . They don't care ! Don't recommend . Sunshine is a joke. Paid over 3,500 for a move and won't remedy the situation. They won't even come take a look .

They did everything they said they were going tot do. They followed through, they were reasonable priced, careful, courteous, kind, thoughtful, on time, and reliable. I give them highest ratings and I recommend them to anyone.

Excellent !!!

They are friendly, professional, and I just can't say enough good things about them.

The movers did a really good job of trying to get all of my stuff in one storage unit. Unfortunately, I won't know what condition it is in until I move again. There was damage done to front stairs in the townhome I moved from (wood laminate). I was not able to report right away because I didn't know about it and I have not heard from the moving company since I reported it. I don't believe they are going to do anything about fixing it. It wasn't there before I moved and it looks like dual dolly marks. The movers were really nice.

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I called via the Sunshine Boys listing, but this company had been bought by Relocation Services, so I will post the review in both places.  I want to be fair in this review by listing the good and the bad - overall, the service was very good and the price was not bad.  I gave it a B for price for a specific reason which I will clarify shortly, but first the service as a whole.
 From my first call with Dan, he was clear and helpful in answering my questions and explaining the way they work.  I planned on taking the day off and helping with the move so i decided to go with an hourly rate.  I was told the rate for 3 men and a truck, and that there was a $50 fee for fuel and that travel time between homes would be counted at a 15 minute minimum.  This was fine with me as I was moving 5 miles away (4.37 per mapquest).  Also that materials used would be extra.  As I was packing everything myself before hand, and we had plenty of boxes, I was also OK with this.  Dan was friendly and helpful and his attitude on the phone really helped sell the service vs the other places I looked into.
Christian, Brian and one other gentleman (Ernesto, I want to say?) arrived on time and looked at the workload.  I think it was a bit overwhelming to them as I had a lot of boxes and my house was on a hill with no direct street access so that meant up and down a lot of stairs.  That seemed to delay the start a bit, but maybe they were just getting a plan together, but the first half hour did not seem especially productive.  They went over the rate again with one small difference.  I was told the drive time between houses was charged double, and nothing about a 15 minute minimum.  Again, being fewer than 5 miles away, I was Ok with it.  Also the supplies charge was mentioned and that I would mostly likely need shrinkwrap on the larger pieces of furniture.
Once the work got started, they worked tirelessly.  And it was tiring.  The stairs made a difference and as I was hauling boxes up with them, I know it didn't take long to feel worn out by the constant climbing.  In fact, the loading of the truck took 3 times longer than unloading.  But they pushed through, taking a short break a few hours in and then we bought lunch, but otherwise they worked pretty much non-stop, and they were pleasant and professional to be around.  Nothing to complain about there.  They also took care of our things, probably more than the things warranted in many cases.
At the other house, as we weren't fully sure where everything was going to go, we picked a room for the majority of the boxes so we had a place to quickly dump them and when it came to the larger furniture, they place everything where we asked them to - whether it was upstairs, in the back yard, or in a particular room.  The only item damaged was a piece of our table which is constructed from an old mission/ranch door and a piece that jutted out from the end got knocked and broke off.  They did apologize and by that time, I barely cared but looking back on the moment, it would have been nice if that had been addressed a little more thoroughly.  They suggested we could probably glue it back on, and an I'm sorry, but that was it.
Now, about the price.  Ultimately I paid less than other quotes I got for the full job, but i also worked along side them and helped keep it moving.  I'm not sure if it would have been more worth it to just work that day and earn more than I saved, but I did want to be part of it.  So as a whole, comparing to other possible costs, it was fair and even cheaper.  Here is my only complaint.  I save it for the end because the rest of the service was very good and this is the one problem I have with what happened (if you ignore the table piece, which ultimately was fairly inconsequential).
It's 4.37 miles as I've said,  from one house to the other.  I left five minutes after they did and arrived at the new house in seven minutes.  I unloaded my car and cleared out some space in the house, opened the garage, and fifteen minutes later they had not arrived.  I called thinking the must have gotten lost.  They were just around the corner and pulling on to the street right then.  They went and got water and snacks, which I don't have a problem with.  Except that the 7 minute trip was counted as 30 minutes and then doubled so that I paid an hour's cost for them to drive 4.37 miles.  And I already had paid a $50 fuel fee.  So $167 for the drive over.  I'm not thrilled with that.  Perhaps I could have made a bigger deal about it at the time but I was just trying to get the job done and at that point, I was ready to be finished 
The other pricing issue I had was the materials/supplies.  I had all my own boxes.  They offered wardrobe boxes for free, but I didn't need them.  Blankets and padding, also free.  So the only thing I used of theirs was the shrink wrap.  Mabye two decent sized rolls of it.  But the supplies charge was $100.    So $167 for 4.37 miles and $100 for two rolls of Saran Wrap.  That just feels like I'm being cheated which I don't like.  Even at $50, that would have been pricey, but I'd chalk it up to cost of business but $100 just felt excessive and there wasn't any real way of quantifying it - it was just Materials $100.  And after 9 hours (well 8 and a half) I just wanted to be done.  Plus my dog had run off down the street and I needed to go find her.  So I paid it, and waited two weeks to review so that I'd have perspective and not just be left with that taste in my mouth.  
As I said, the work was exemplary and the price over all was less than what I had been quoted elsewhere, but the way they arrived at the last couple hundred of that felt pretty crappy.

I called via the Sunshine Boys listing, but this company had been bought by Relocation Services, so I will post the review in both places.  I want to be fair in this review by listing the good and the bad - overall, the service was very good and the price was not bad.  I gave it a B for price for a specific reason which I will clarify shortly, but first the service as a whole.
 From my first call with Dan, he was clear and helpful in answering my questions and explaining the way they work.  I planned on taking the day off and helping with the move so i decided to go with an hourly rate.  I was told the rate for 3 men and a truck, and that there was a $50 fee for fuel and that travel time between homes would be counted at a 15 minute minimum.  This was fine with me as I was moving 5 miles away (4.37 per mapquest).  Also that materials used would be extra.  As I was packing everything myself before hand, and we had plenty of boxes, I was also OK with this.  Dan was friendly and helpful and his attitude on the phone really helped sell the service vs the other places I looked into.
Christian, Brian and one other gentleman (Ernesto, I want to say?) arrived on time and looked at the workload.  I think it was a bit overwhelming to them as I had a lot of boxes and my house was on a hill with no direct street access so that meant up and down a lot of stairs.  That seemed to delay the start a bit, but maybe they were just getting a plan together, but the first half hour did not seem especially productive.  They went over the rate again with one small difference.  I was told the drive time between houses was charged double, and nothing about a 15 minute minimum.  Again, being fewer than 5 miles away, I was Ok with it.  Also the supplies charge was mentioned and that I would mostly likely need shrinkwrap on the larger pieces of furniture.
Once the work got started, they worked tirelessly.  And it was tiring.  The stairs made a difference and as I was hauling boxes up with them, I know it didn't take long to feel worn out by the constant climbing.  In fact, the loading of the truck took 3 times longer than unloading.  But they pushed through, taking a short break a few hours in and then we bought lunch, but otherwise they worked pretty much non-stop, and they were pleasant and professional to be around.  Nothing to complain about there.  They also took care of our things, probably more than the things warranted in many cases.
At the other house, as we weren't fully sure where everything was going to go, we picked a room for the majority of the boxes so we had a place to quickly dump them and when it came to the larger furniture, they place everything where we asked them to - whether it was upstairs, in the back yard, or in a particular room.  The only item damaged was a piece of our table which is constructed from an old mission/ranch door and a piece that jutted out from the end got knocked and broke off.  They did apologize and by that time, I barely cared but looking back on the moment, it would have been nice if that had been addressed a little more thoroughly.  They suggested we could probably glue it back on, and an I'm sorry, but that was it.
Now, about the price.  Ultimately I paid less than other quotes I got for the full job, but i also worked along side them and helped keep it moving.  I'm not sure if it would have been more worth it to just work that day and earn more than I saved, but I did want to be part of it.  So as a whole, comparing to other possible costs, it was fair and even cheaper.  Here is my only complaint.  I save it for the end because the rest of the service was very good and this is the one problem I have with what happened (if you ignore the table piece, which ultimately was fairly inconsequential).
It's 4.37 miles as I've said,  from one house to the other.  I left five minutes after they did and arrived at the new house in seven minutes.  I unloaded my car and cleared out some space in the house, opened the garage, and fifteen minutes later they had not arrived.  I called thinking the must have gotten lost.  They were just around the corner and pulling on to the street right then.  They went and got water and snacks, which I don't have a problem with.  Except that the 7 minute trip was counted as 30 minutes and then doubled so that I paid an hour's cost for them to drive 4.37 miles.  And I already had paid a $50 fuel fee.  So $167 for the drive over.  I'm not thrilled with that.  Perhaps I could have made a bigger deal about it at the time but I was just trying to get the job done and at that point, I was ready to be finished 
The other pricing issue I had was the materials/supplies.  I had all my own boxes.  They offered wardrobe boxes for free, but I didn't need them.  Blankets and padding, also free.  So the only thing I used of theirs was the shrink wrap.  Mabye two decent sized rolls of it.  But the supplies charge was $100.    So $167 for 4.37 miles and $100 for two rolls of Saran Wrap.  That just feels like I'm being cheated which I don't like.  Even at $50, that would have been pricey, but I'd chalk it up to cost of business but $100 just felt excessive and there wasn't any real way of quantifying it - it was just Materials $100.  And after 9 hours (well 8 and a half) I just wanted to be done.  Plus my dog had run off down the street and I needed to go find her.  So I paid it, and waited two weeks to review so that I'd have perspective and not just be left with that taste in my mouth.  
As I said, the work was exemplary and the price over all was less than what I had been quoted elsewhere, but the way they arrived at the last couple hundred of that felt pretty crappy.

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It went amazing !! from start to finish these guys were so polite, hard working, careful and professional!!! this is the only moving company that I will consider in the future and recommend them to anyone!!!

Mishel 

Great job all around, fast working and pleasant attitudes from all three gentleman.

The move went pretty well, there were some misunderstandings on what it was going to take.  We provided a list, because they didn’t provide inventory list.  There were several items that didn’t fit on the truck and I ended up spending more than anticipated.  It was a little hectic.  They were on time, they were polite, and they completed the job.

Sunshine Boys is hands down the best moving company I have ever experienced. They are great over the phone, polite, kind and nice in person, prompt, on-time and fast. Every team I've had come for my moved are fast, they all speak English and just funny guys to be around. They made a stressful day of moving easy. I appreciated their hustle and positive attitude the entire time. 
 This most recent move was the most difficult move I've experienced because we were moving to a house on a hill. They had to do two loads AND the guys had to carry heavy boxes and furniture up a steep drive, up a set of uneven stone steps and a lot of stuff had to go up even further on the steep hillside. It was not fun, I didn't envy them and everyone was exhausted. But during the entire time Dennis and his team had a smile on their face, a positive can-do attitude and didn't hesitate when they had to carry yet another heavy load up several flights of hilly stone steps. 9 hours later, smiles and positive attitudes were still there. You can't imagine how much of a difference it makes. 
I would enthusiastically recommend Sunshine Boys Moving Co. 

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Our experience with Sunshine Boys Moving & Storage was great from start to finish. Booking the appointment was quick and easy.Joe Brooks took the order and was friendly and helpful. He explained the charges up front and although the initial quote seemed high, Joe reviewed each item with me and also said there was a 5% Angie's List discount., which was an added incentive to select them.



 I received a written estimate via email and a call the day before re-confirming the appointment. On the the 21st I got a text from Ray,one of the movers letting me know they were on their way. Ray and Sergio arrived right on time and were quick, professional, and efficient. They took care to wrap fragile items and carefully moved boxes and furniture.

  We were very pleased with this company and I would recommend them to anone who needs professional help with moving.

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From beginning to end, Joe an Bonnie at Sunshine Boys Moving and Storage  were a great help with our need for a local move, and also with storage of our household goods at their facility.  They are the best at what they do and their coordination of our move and the entire experience was hassle free. The moving team of four worked well together in packing everything with extra care and managed delivery to the right locations perfectly - some to storage, some to our new residence.   Highly recommend.

I called Relocation Network 3 weeks before I needed to move and I cant say enough about these guys!! From the first call to helping me with moving tips and to the 4 men who showed up to move me and my children, On time nice, very  courtesy and careful with my belongings. I would recommend this company to ALL my friends and family and to anyone who need a good professional and reliable moving company!!! Thank you Relocation Network, You guys ROCK!!

Mishel E. 

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My husband and I recently had the opportunity to engage the services of RELOCATION NETWORK, Inc. and were incredibly satisfied and appreciative of the absolutely superb service we were provided.  Moving is beyond stressful.  Especially when you are crossing several states.
 RELOCATION NETWORK were timely, helpful and highly professional in helping us organize, pack and prepare for our move.  The company provided us with plenty of movers who were friendly and polite and most importantly very focused on completing the job on time.  In addition, they were very respective of our belongings.  I would highly recommend RELOCATION NETWORK.