Royal Moving & Storage are the Temple City movers locals call for family homes near Las Tunas Drive, craftsman houses throughout this quiet San Gabriel Valley city, and properties along Rosemead Boulevard. 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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Temple City is a small, settled residential city in the western San Gabriel Valley, tucked between Arcadia, San Gabriel, and Rosemead. It calls itself the Home of the Camellias, and it has earned the name. Every February, the Camellia Festival parades down Las Tunas Drive, a tradition since the 1940s run entirely by local youth groups, drawing thousands of visitors to a city of only about 35,000 people. The character matches the slogan: tidy streets of single-family homes, many still owner-occupied, with the San Gabriel Mountains as a backdrop. The commercial life runs along Las Tunas Drive and Rosemead Boulevard, marked by the Soaring Teapot fountain where they meet. For a moving crew, a Temple City job is usually a single-family home on a modest lot, a condo near the corridors, or a shop on Las Tunas, in a compact city where most moves are short, and the streets are quiet.
A move here turns on the home and the street more than distance. The city is small and mostly built out, with homes on modest lots along quiet residential blocks. Many are postwar single-family houses, with newer condos and townhomes near the corridors. Parking is usually easier than in the denser cities nearby, but the lots are still compact and the driveways narrow. The first detail we pin down is where the truck can sit and how long the carry is to the door.
Royal Moving & Storage works Temple City and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley every week. Before we quote, we look over the home and the lot, the parking and the driveway, the size of the move, and the route in and out. Then we fit the truck and crew to the street, arrange the parking and any building rules, and book the date around your calendar. The whole plan is in place before the crew arrives.
A move within Temple City, or over to Arcadia, San Gabriel, Rosemead, El Monte, or Pasadena, is short on miles. The home sets the pace. A single-family house on a modest lot, a condo near Las Tunas Drive, and a shop on Rosemead Boulevard each load at a different speed. We sort the parking, the driveway or stairs, and the route beforehand, bring a truck that suits the street, and plan the path from the curb to the door.
Most homes in Temple City are single-family houses, with condos and townhomes near the corridors, and we move all of them. A postwar house sits on a modest lot with a regular driveway and a manageable carry. A condo or townhome means stairs, a shared entrance, or an elevator to reserve. Many are family homes, often multigenerational, with a full house to move in one trip. We review the home, the lot, and the access before the day and shape the plan to fit.
Temple City keeps its commercial life along Las Tunas Drive and Rosemead Boulevard, the two corridors that cross at the Soaring Teapot. We move shops, restaurants, offices, and family businesses across the city, from the storefronts on Las Tunas to the businesses along Rosemead. A business move turns on the hours the doors stay shut. We plan around your schedule, manage loading and parking on the corridors, and get you open again quickly. Restaurant and retail jobs tend to go best in the evening or on a weekend.
A cross-country move gets the same care here as a job across the valley. You get a named crew, a full inventory taken before loading, a price set when you book, and a delivery window to plan around. The crew that loads in Temple City is the same crew that carries it off at the other end, with no broker stepping in. A family heading out of the valley for another state keeps one team the whole way.
Doorways, driveways, and condo stairwells are hard on furniture, so our crews protect every piece. Each piece is wrapped, padded, and strapped before it leaves the room. Pads, stretch wrap, floor runners, and jamb guards come on every job. They pay off on a narrow porch step or a townhome landing. Fragile and high-value pieces get a handling plan worked out with you beforehand.
Move dates in Temple City rarely line up cleanly. A sale closes before the next home is ready, a lease ends early, or the move runs in stages. Your belongings stay in our secure, climate-controlled warehouse and come back when you ask. The stretch of time is yours to set, from a couple of weeks to several months.
The home and lot, the parking and driveway, the size of the move, the handling involved, and the distance all go into the quote before we begin. The figure at booking holds to the end. Nothing gets tacked on afterward.
A single coordinator stays with your move from the first call to the last box. The home, the parking and access, the schedule, and your inventory all sit in one place. You are never routed to a call center or passed around between agents.
You can read our Google, Yelp, and BBB pages before you decide. The same comments recur. The crew came when promised, took care of the home and everything in it, and the closing bill held to the quote.
Royal Moving & Storage is licensed in California under CAL-T 191476, and every job carries cargo and liability coverage. If a building or a commercial landlord needs a certificate of insurance, we have it filed before the day.
Temple City is a city in the western San Gabriel Valley, about thirteen miles east of downtown Los Angeles. It covers roughly four square miles and had about 35,700 people at the 2020 census. It is a compact, mostly residential city, and a large majority of residents own their homes. It borders Arcadia to the north, El Monte to the south and east, San Gabriel to the west, and Rosemead to the southwest, with the San Gabriel Mountains rising to the north. A large share of residents are of Asian descent, part of the wider East Asian community across the valley.
The city is known for two things above all: its homes and its camellias. Most of the city is single-family residential on quiet, tree-lined streets, with condos and townhomes near the main roads. The slogan, Home of the Camellias, dates to 1944, and the Camellia Festival each February is the city’s signature event, a youth-run parade and carnival in Temple City Park that draws around twenty thousand visitors. The commercial corridors run along Las Tunas Drive and Rosemead Boulevard, which meet at the Soaring Teapot fountain, a local landmark.
Temple City is also known as one of the safer cities in California, with a strong family character and well-regarded schools, which is a major reason families settle here. The result is a quiet, compact, family-centered city that keeps a small-town feel inside the dense San Gabriel Valley.
The land was home to the Tongva people and later part of the Mexican Rancho Santa Anita, the vast holding that became Lucky Baldwin’s ranch. In 1923, Walter P. Temple, a member of one of the region’s pioneer families, bought about 300 acres of the old rancho four miles east of San Gabriel and laid out a town where people of modest means could own a home.
Temple planned the community with care. He set aside a park facing Las Tunas Drive, named the streets after family and friends, including Workman, Kauffman, Rowland, and Agnes, and pushed for paved streets and electricity. He petitioned the Pacific Electric Railway to extend its Los Angeles to Alhambra line to a depot at the park, and that rail connection drove the town’s early growth.
The town was named Temple at first, then renamed Temple City in 1926 after the postmaster found mail going by mistake to Tempe, Arizona. It stayed a community in name only through the prewar years. The postwar housing boom filled it in, and the voters approved incorporation as a city on May 25, 1960. The quiet town Walter Temple laid out grew into the settled residential city it is today.
Temple City is small and mostly residential, so most moves here turn on the home and the street rather than distance. We start by working out where the truck parks and how each item reaches it. On the residential blocks that means modest lots, regular driveways, and a manageable carry to the door. Near the corridors it means condos and townhomes with shared entrances and stairs. On Las Tunas and Rosemead it means loading zones that can fill during business hours. We settle the parking and the access ahead of the day.
The home comes next. A single-family house has a regular driveway and a straightforward path, though the lot can be compact. A condo or townhome has a shared entrance and a stairwell, with an elevator to reserve if there is one. We check the lot, the stairs or elevator, and the carry distance ahead of time, and bring the protection and the crew size to match.
The third piece is what is going on the truck. A single-family home, a townhome near Las Tunas, a shop on Rosemead, and a full family household each call for a different plan. A Temple City home often holds a full multigenerational household, so the load can run heavier than the lot would suggest. Door, railing, and floor protection are standard, and the handling for fragile and valuable pieces is planned ahead. With the parking, the home, and the handling all set beforehand, the crew runs without pause once it is on site.
Temple City moves carry cost variables worth planning for: single-story and two-story homes with narrow hallways, newer townhome and condo developments with shared access, and tight parking along the Las Tunas corridor 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 Temple City 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 Temple City 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 Temple City, the central San Gabriel Valley, and the surrounding cities along the 10 and 210 corridors.
A single-family home off Las Tunas, a condo near the corridors, a shop by the Soaring Teapot, or an office on Rosemead Boulevard, a move across the valley or across the country, we have done it. Call (424) 500-2221 or send the form our way, and a reply will reach you the same day.
Your price comes from the home and lot, the parking and driveway, the size of the move, the handling involved, and the distance. Royal Moving & Storage breaks out each quote in full. Ask for a free estimate sized to your home and your move.
