Terms of Service

The terms that apply when you book a move with Next Step Moving and Storage.

Reserve Your Move Day
Give Sean the basics — where, when, and what needs extra care
A signed flat rate lands in your inbox the same day
Tony or Devon knocks on your door at the hour you booked
4.9 from 24+ Belmont reviews
★★★★★
G Yelp BBB A+
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In plain English: book a move with us and we’ll show up, move your things, and charge the flat rate we quoted in writing — barring anything you didn’t disclose, like a piano we didn’t know about or three flights of stairs that weren’t mentioned. These terms just spell out the details in the usual legal language.

Quotes and Pricing

Quotes are built from the information you give us during a phone walkthrough or from photos you send — they assume that inventory and access are accurately described. If the job on move day is materially different, such as extra rooms, undisclosed items, or no elevator where one was expected, we’ll let you know the revised number before we continue, not after.

Deposits and Payment

A refundable deposit holds your date on the schedule and comes off your final invoice. Full payment is due on completion of the move unless other arrangements were made in writing in advance.

Cancellations

Moves cancelled with enough notice receive a full deposit refund; late cancellations may forfeit some or all of the deposit, since that date was held against other work we turned away.

Scheduling

We hold move dates on a first-booked basis. Weather events common to a New England winter — an ice storm or nor’easter that closes roads — may require rescheduling a date on short notice; we’ll always reach out as soon as we know a date is affected.

Liability

Our cargo coverage applies to items we pack and load ourselves; items packed by the customer are covered at a reduced released-value rate unless full-value coverage is arranged in advance. Claims for damage should be reported within a reasonable window after your move.

Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Questions about a quote or a completed move can go to our office any time.

What Keeps People Booking Us Again

One Number, Nothing Added Later

Sean Doherty looks at the job himself — a call, a video walkthrough, or photos you text over — before he puts a number on paper, and that’s the number that shows up on the invoice.

Every Mover Is Ours, Full Stop

The crew on your truck trained under Tony Marchetti or Devon Walsh and draws a paycheck from Next Step — nobody’s pulled off a gig-work app the morning of your move.

Maureen Keeps Every Paper Ready

Every Belmont move runs on a Massachusetts DPU mover permit, and anything crossing state lines runs under our federal DOT and MC authority too — Maureen Kelly keeps both on file, plus proof of the $1M policy that rides along on every load, ready before you even think to ask.

Built Around a New England Calendar

A December ice storm that shuts down Trapelo Road gets a reschedule call before it hits, not after, and once the spring thaw turns the older driveways soft we walk the site first to make sure a loaded truck won’t sink it.

The Quote Already Covers the Hard Parts

A resident-permit street near Belmont Center, a third-floor triple-decker walk-up, the extra mileage out to Middlesex County’s far edge — all of it is priced in before we quote you, so the invoice never grows on move day.

Every Truck Rolls Out Fully Stocked

All 6 of our trucks leave the yard loaded with furniture pads, straps, dollies, and shrink wrap already on board, so nobody’s making a hardware-store run in the middle of your move.

Reserve Your Date Before September Fills Up

Lock in your Belmont move date online now — the first week of September disappears fast once every lease in Middlesex County turns over on the same weekend.

Moving The Date Costs Nothing Extra

A nor’easter lines up for moving day, or a closing gets pushed back a week — either way, rebooking ahead of time doesn’t add a dollar to your quote.

Priced Off Actual Middlesex County Jobs

Every quote is built from real jobs we’ve run around Belmont, not a generic online calculator, and veteran, teacher, and student-move discounts come off the price before you ever sign.

Straight From the People We Moved

Nothing below is trimmed or touched up — just Middlesex County households describing their own move day.

Meghan C.
★★★★★

Devon’s crew got our piano down a staircase I was sure wouldn’t work, and never once acted rattled about it.

Meghan C.Watertown · Google
Jack O.
★★★★★

Tony walked the driveway before anything else, planned the truck angle, and had us loaded ahead of schedule.

Jack O.Arlington · Google
Priya R.
★★★★★

Next Step Moving and Storage quoted a number on the first call and the invoice matched it to the dollar.

Priya R.Cambridge · Google
Marcus D.
★★★★★

No fuel charge, no stair charge, nothing tacked on — the price we agreed to was the price we paid.

Marcus D.Waltham · Google
Renee A.
★★★★★

They packed the kitchen the night before and had the truck unloaded before dinner the next day.

Renee A.Lexington · Google

Registered & Recognized Where It Counts

Massachusetts DPU-Registered Mover
BBB Accredited
Google Guaranteed
Chamber of Commerce Member