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Family Owned & Operated Since 1990
Bekins Van Lines Agent
USDOT 70719 | CAL T 188960
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Hillsborough's estate-scale movers — fine art, wine cellars, custom furniture, multi-day phased projects, and the discretion the address requires.
Hillsborough is one of the most exclusive residential-only towns in California — 6.2 square miles of half-acre minimum lots, no commercial activity, and homes that routinely cross eight figures. The town's preserved single-family character, gated estates, and concentration of old-money and tech-fortune residents make Hillsborough moves unlike typical Peninsula work. Estate-scale inventories, fine art and wine collections, multi-day phased projects, security and discretion expectations, and access protocols specific to private streets all require a moving company that has actually done the work before.
Across Carolands, Country Club, Lower North Hillsborough, Tobin Clark and 4 more, the work we do most often in Hillsborough runs the gamut — estate-scale residential moves, multi-day phased remodel decants, wine cellar and fine art relocations, trust-and-estate downsizing, tech executive cross-country relocations, storage during ground-up new construction, and out-of-state premium moves (fl, tx, hi, mt). Each one comes with its own access details, building rules, and timing constraints, and the value of 36 years in the Bay Area is that none of those are surprises to us.
Hillsborough estates are typically 5,000–15,000+ square feet with multiple specialty rooms (wine cellars, music rooms, home theaters, art galleries). Inventories run 20,000+ pounds and frequently include items that require custom crating, climate-controlled transport, or both.
Every service backed by 36+ years of experience, full insurance coverage, and our commitment to careful, professional handling.
Many Hillsborough properties sit behind gates, on private drives, or within HOA-controlled enclaves (Carolands, Country Club). Access coordination, gate clearances, and on-site security briefings are part of every project — not exceptions.
Hillsborough has municipal and HOA limits on commercial-vehicle hours, street parking, and signage — we operate within them and don't get fined or shut down mid-job.
Multi-day phased moves are common: homeowners decanting during preservation-grade remodels, downsizing in stages, or coordinating with new-build construction schedules. We plan crew rotation, equipment, and storage across the full project arc.
Hillsborough is a major destination and origin for cross-country premium moves — typical destinations include Florida (Naples, Palm Beach), Texas (Austin, Dallas), Hawaii (Big Island, Maui), Montana (Bozeman), and second-home markets. As a Bekins Van Lines interstate agent we coordinate the full national move with one point of contact and full insurance coverage.
Scale, scope, and discretion. Hillsborough estates are routinely larger than Peninsula norms — 5,000–15,000+ square feet, multiple specialty rooms, and concentrations of fine art, antiques, custom furniture, wine, and irreplaceable items. Scope often runs multi-day with phased crews. Discretion — security details, NDAs, high-profile clients — is not unusual. We bring the crew size, custom crating capacity, and operational privacy the address requires.
Yes. We carry full commercial general liability, automotive liability, cargo, and workers' compensation coverage and routinely issue COIs naming HOAs (Carolands, Country Club, others), property managers, security firms, and individual property owners as additional insured. Hillsborough properties commonly require specific limits and additional-insured language; we'll match exactly. Tell us what's needed when you book.
Yes. Homeowners building in Hillsborough or doing preservation-grade remodels frequently need a phased decant: pack and remove portions of the household, store at our climate-controlled San Jose warehouse, then deliver and place in the new home in stages as construction completes. We coordinate with your contractor and designer so moves match the construction schedule.
Project-quoted, not hourly. Variables include inventory volume, specialty handling (fine art, wine, custom crating), crew size, number of days, equipment, and storage components. After a walkthrough we provide a written project quote with everything itemized. The actual range is too wide for a published rate — a downsizing project and a 12,000-square-foot estate move are not the same job.
Yes — that's part of how Hillsborough moves run. We brief crews on access protocols, work with on-site security and household staff, sign NDAs when requested, and operate with the discretion the address calls for. Crews are background-checked, in branded uniforms, and supervised by a project lead who is your single point of contact for the duration.
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