Royal Moving & Storage are the Montebello movers locals call for family homes near Beverly Boulevard, apartments along Whittier Boulevard, and houses throughout this southeast LA city. We handle the parking, the building access, and the logistics so your move goes smoothly from the first call to the last box.
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Montebello takes its name from the Italian for beautiful hills, and the hills are still the first thing a moving crew notices. The city rises east of downtown Los Angeles, where the Gateway Cities meet the southwestern edge of the San Gabriel Valley. Neighborhoods climb the slopes of the Montebello Hills, with flatter streets spreading out below. It is an old city by Southern California standards, incorporated in 1920 on the strength of an oil boom. Its history runs back through ranchos and a Mexican-American War battlefield to the Tongva who lived along the Rio Hondo. For a moving company, Montebello means a mix of hillside and flat-land homes and large family households. It is a city that has always kept its own identity east of the LA line.
A Montebello move takes a few different shapes. Up in the Montebello Hills, homes sit on slopes with grades and driveways that need a plan. Down on the flats, there are postwar single-family homes, older houses, and the apartments and condominiums near the commercial streets. Many Montebello households are large and multi-generational, holding more furniture than a floor plan suggests. Each of these is a different kind of job on move day.
Royal Moving & Storage works Montebello and the surrounding Gateway Cities and San Gabriel Valley regularly. Before quoting, we look at the home, the grade if it sits in the hills, the size of the household, the access, and the parking. From there, we line up the right truck and crew, pull the city permit where needed, and lock the day to your schedule. The work holds its pace from the first box on.
A move within Montebello, or over to Monterey Park, Pico Rivera, Commerce, or East Los Angeles, is short in miles. The hills and the dense neighborhoods shape the work. Hillside grades in the Montebello Hills, large household loads, tight parking near the commercial streets, and traffic along Whittier and Beverly all set the pace. We send a truck matched to the street, map the carry around the grade or the building, and hold curb space where it helps. A local move is quoted as one flat figure, agreed before the truck is loaded.
A hillside home in the Montebello Hills, a postwar house on the flats, an older home near the original townsite, and an apartment or condominium near the commercial streets are all Montebello addresses, and each calls for its own plan. The hillside home may have a steep approach and a longer carry. The flat-land house is usually straightforward, with a driveway and a garage. A large multi-generational household needs more crew and a bigger truck than the square footage alone suggests. We look over each property on site and give it a plan of its own before move day.
Montebello’s commercial life runs along Whittier Boulevard, Beverly Boulevard, and Montebello Boulevard. The business districts hold shops, restaurants, and offices, alongside the Shops at Montebello and the medical and retail offices across town. When a business here moves, time spent closed is the expensive part. We work around your open hours, evenings and weekends included, sort out any building access and loading, and have your team running again at the new address fast.
An out-of-state move gets the same attention here as a job across the Gateway Cities. You get a named crew, an inventory recorded on site before loading, a price fixed when you book, and a delivery window to build around. The team that loads in Montebello is the same team that unloads on the far end, with no broker stepping in. Montebello residents relocating across the country get a move run at the level the home deserves.
Montebello’s homes hold the full range, from family heirlooms and antiques to the full furnishings of a large multi-generational household. Every item is wrapped, padded, and strapped down before it leaves the room. Furniture pads, stretch wrap, floor runners, and door jamb guards travel on every job. They matter on a long carry down a hillside driveway or through a full family home. Fragile and high-value pieces get a handling plan made just for them, set with you up front.
Montebello moves often come with a gap, a sale that closes before the next place is ready, a household combining under one roof, or a move tied to a longer relocation. We keep your belongings in our secure, climate-controlled facility and return them on your say-so. The stretch of time is yours to decide, from a couple of weeks to several months.
The size of the home, the grade if it sits in the hills, the household size, the access, and the distance all factor into your quote before we begin. The price we agree at booking is the price you pay at the end, with nothing extra slipped in later.
One coordinator carries your move from the first call to the last box, with the home, the access details, the permit, the schedule, and your inventory all on a single file. There is no call center bouncing you between agents.
You can read our reviews for yourself on Google, Yelp, and the BBB. The same observations come up time after time: the crew showed up on time, treated the home and its contents with care, and kept the final bill to the quote.
Royal Moving & Storage is licensed in California under CAL-T 191476, and every job carries cargo and liability coverage. When an apartment building, an HOA, or a destination property requires a certificate of insurance before the move begins, we have it ready ahead of the day.
Montebello is an independent city about eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles, just east of East Los Angeles, where the Gateway Cities meet the southwestern San Gabriel Valley. Because Montebello is its own city, it sets its own rules on truck access, oversized vehicles, and permits. It is a general-law city, incorporated in 1920 as the thirty-fifth city in Los Angeles County. It runs on a council-manager government and covers about 8.4 square miles.
The land rises into the Montebello Hills in the north and spreads into flatter neighborhoods below. The terrain shapes a move. The 60 Freeway, the Pomona Freeway, crosses the city. Whittier Boulevard, Beverly Boulevard, Garfield Avenue, and Montebello Boulevard are among the main surface routes. Montebello borders East Los Angeles to the west and Monterey Park to the north. Rosemead and South San Gabriel lie to the northeast, Pico Rivera to the east, and Commerce and Bell Gardens to the south, with the Rio Hondo running along its eastern edge.
The housing is a mix of hillside homes in the Montebello Hills and postwar single-family houses on the flats. Older homes stand near the original townsite, with apartments and condominiums near the commercial corridors. The population is around 62,000, largely Latino, with a long-established Armenian community as well. Households are often large and multi-generational, reflected in a high number of people per home. Whittier Boulevard and the Shops at Montebello anchor the commercial life. The Montebello Municipal Golf Course and the historic Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe are among the city’s landmarks.
The land was home to the Tongva, also called the Gabrielino people, who lived along the Rio Hondo for thousands of years. After the founding of Mission San Gabriel in 1771, the area became part of three Mexican land grants: Rancho San Antonio, Rancho La Merced, and Rancho Paso de Bartolo. The Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe, built in the 1840s at the heart of Rancho La Merced, still stands as the oldest structure in the city. On the banks of the Rio Hondo, the Battle of Rio San Gabriel was fought in January 1847. It was one of the last clashes of the Mexican-American War in California.
After the Civil War, an Italian rancher named Alessandro Repetto held much of the land. After his death, his rancho was sold to a group of Los Angeles businessmen. Out of the shares held by Harris Newmark and Kaspare Cohn, a townsite was laid out near the railroad in 1899 and first called Newmark. The surrounding tract took the name Montebello, Italian for beautiful hills. Through the turn of the century, the area was farm country, famous for its flowers, vegetables, berries, and fruit.
Oil changed everything. In 1917 Standard Oil struck oil in the Montebello Hills on the Baldwin and Temple properties. The farm hills quickly became a major oil field. By 1920, the Montebello fields were producing one-eighth of all the crude oil in California. On October 16 of that year, the town incorporated as the City of Montebello, the thirty-fifth city in Los Angeles County. The oil boom built the early city. As production later eased, Montebello settled into the residential and commercial city it is today, still keeping the hills, the adobe, and the history that set it apart.
Montebello is an independent city, so a move here works under city hall rather than the county or the City of Los Angeles. For larger moves, the city issues temporary no-parking permits that hold curb space at the address, and our office arranges and posts these in advance. The permit matters most on the busy streets near the commercial corridors and on the narrower hillside streets, where there is little room to leave a truck.
The hills are a defining factor. The Montebello Hills rise across the northern part of the city. Homes there sit on slopes behind steep or curving driveways. That can mean a longer carry from where the truck can park, and a shuttle plan for the heaviest pieces. We check the grade and the access before move day and plan the carry for it. The flatter neighborhoods below are more straightforward, with driveways and garages.
The households are the other factor. Montebello has a high number of people per home, and many residences are large and multi-generational. They hold more furniture, appliances, and belongings than the floor plan suggests. We size the crew and the truck to the actual load rather than the room count, and bring door and floor protection as a matter of course. The permit, the access, and the grade are settled before move day, so nothing slows the job once the crew arrives.
Montebello moves carry cost variables worth planning for: hillside streets with sloped driveways, older two-story homes with stairs, and busy traffic near the freeways and town center all affect crew size and time on the job. We factor all of it into the quote we give you upfront, so the price is clear before you book. The ranges below are typical starting estimates for a local Montebello move, and your exact price is confirmed before booking.
| Move Size | Typical Crew | Typical Cost Range* |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / Room or less | 2 movers | $390 – $650 |
| 1 Bedroom | 2–3 movers | $550 – $950 |
| 2 Bedroom | 3 movers | $850 – $1,500 |
| 3 Bedroom | 3–4 movers | $1,500 – $2,600 |
| 4+ Bedroom / Large home | 4+ movers | Custom quote |
*Local Montebello moves only. Long-distance pricing is quoted separately with its own price and delivery window. Figures are estimates, and your price is confirmed in writing before moving day.
Local crews covering Montebello, the Gateway Cities, and the communities along the 60 freeway and the Rio Hondo corridor.
A hillside home in the Montebello Hills, a postwar house on the flats, an older home near the townsite, an apartment near the commercial streets, or a business on Whittier, a move across the Gateway Cities or across the country, we have handled it. Call (424) 500-2221 or send the form our way, and a reply will reach you the same day.
Your cost depends on the size of the home, the grade if you are in the hills, the size of the household, the access, and how far the move goes. Royal Moving & Storage spells out each quote in full, keeping nothing off the page. Ask for a free estimate scaled to your home and your move.
