Erv’s Affordable Mover & Van Service

Erv just helped me rock another move, the third one in three years. He’s a great guy, and it’s great that I don’t think twice anymore about who to call.
Moving involves enough stress, so it’s great to have a mover who reduces that stress.
Call Erv once, and you won’t have to call anybody else again.

Erv is a keeper! Great communicator, helpful, polite, efficient and affordable. He made moving a few pieces of furniture from one apartment in Brooklyn to another simple and stress free. I’d highly recommend him and will definitely utilize his services again soon!

Erv has helped me move three times since I’ve lived in New York. He is incredibly sweet and helpful, ultra accommodating as well as affordable. Highly recommend. Thank you Erv!

Thanks to craigslist, I was able to procure a beautiful pub style marble dining table with six chairs. When it was time to move the table and chairs from Manhattan, Erv was soooo helpful with every step of the way. He was very professional, and courteous; even though the table was beyond heavy, he didn’t complain, and found a way to make everything work. Will definitely keep him in mind anytime I need a mover.

There are good reasons why he has no less than five stars.
A good mover and a better man.
When you need help, call Erv!

Had to move couch from Long Island to western Queens. Erv was friendly, careful, and did an excellent job navigating the couch into the apartment. Extremely reasonable rates, too! Perfect guy to hire if you just need to move something you bought on craigslist.

Erv’s is fantastic! We needed someone to help us get a washing machine down 2 flights of stairs and into another neighborhood. Herve got back to us super quickly, and after we sent him the specs for the washing machine, came back with a quote that blew everyone else’s out of the water, and without much notice (it was 3 days from the time we reached out to the day of the move).
Day of, he was super communicative (and apologetic for being slightly late, which in my experience is par for the course with moving in NYC). It turns out a washing machine is super awkward to move, especially down stairs, but they handled it with flying colors, and the whole thing went smoother than I had hoped. They let me ride in the van back to our apartment, and were super friendly and chatty for the 15-​minute or so ride.
Everything got into our apartment in one piece — there was a slight scratch (totally cosmetic) that they caused and immediately pointed out, which I appreciated. Honest movers, who knew?
To sum up: If you need a man with a van who is friendly, reliable and affordable, you really can’t do much better than Erv’s :)

Erv is very meticulous and thorough. Also a sweet guy — great to work with! Highly recommend. Thanks for helping me Erv!

I had an incredibly positive experience with Erv and his assistant. I needed a heavy, glass dining table moved on a very snowy, icy day. It was treacherous. They did an incredible job. They showed up on time and were friendly and courteous, extremely careful and well prepared and worked quickly. They took a LOT of extra precautions including spreading their own salt on my icy stoop, placing a rug over the snow between the street and the sidewalk and carefully wrapping my table in a moving blanket. The price was more than reasonable. I will use them every single time that I need something moved in the future.

Erv helped me move a dresser I found on Craigslist — he was just as professional, helpful, good-​natured and reasonably priced as everyone says he is. Thank you!

Very professional and very helpful, he new the best way to pack the items into the van and had nice padded blankets to keep my furniture safe!
I would recommend erv to anyone.

Erv was absolutely fantastic to work with! We needed to move a huge hutch from our entry way up to the top floor of our home and Erv and his assistant did it with ease! He even came by the day before to see if it was possible and to give me a quote. He was affordable, kind and professional! I highly recommend Erv!

Erv was great– extremely affordable, no hassles, he’s not going to drop and break your belongings. He will pick you up, you will drive with him and you will likely help with some of the move, but it will all be done quickly. Recommended!

Erv is genuinely a great person. I have used his services twice in the past month (yeah it’s a long story) and both times he felt like my guardian angel. The second time I needed his moving services I called him that day and he was able to move me completely in one efficient sweep that night. The first time he moved me I had left my umbrella in his van, he texted me about it later that day to tell me that he’d make a note of it and call me when he’s in the area to drop it off sometime and I’ll be damned he really did! One day he texted me and said he was in the area and within 15 minutes I had my umbrella in my possession– I was shocked! Such Instances show his true character. Even the ride is enjoyable. Erv plays tunes and talks about his life and will even give you advice about yours. I couldn’t think to call anyone else to help me move in/​around NYC. So do yourself a favor, whether you’re in a pinch, want to have a peaceful move or need help at the last minute moving, call Erv whenever!

Erv will take you on a smooth and joyous ride.
He will help you with the move from the old apartment. He will ask you to help with the move, and you will agree to it. You will find certain fulfillment in picking things up and setting things down.
He will ask you where home is. Bewildered, as it is in his passenger seat that you will feel more at home than anywhere in years, you will respond: street, street number. You will instantly anticipate the inevitable question: Where is that. What street is it by.
But you’re wrong, because Erv knows exactly where you’re talking about.
Erv will chat with you as he drives. He will keep his eyes on the road, but you will feel seen nonetheless. Acknowledged.
Erv will play the radio. Football, songs from the 70s. He will talk about the 70s and its songs. You will decide that the radio is a worthy invention.
Erv eats no meat but fish, and that only sometimes. He eats well. At his age and in his line of work, he must take care of himself. Just as the van glides its way into your neighborhood, he will point you to what he considers to be a fine vegetarian restaurant. He will drive by it. Now you know where it is. Yes, you do.
He will help you with the move into the new apartment.
You’ll say goodbye, pay him his remarkably fair rate, and want to be friends.
You will walk into your new apartment, still awash in the sense that today is a good day, that you are going somewhere.

I needed help returning an item to Ikea. Erv gave a good rate, was easy to get along with and waited patiently while I exchanged my furniture. I’ll definitely be calling him again if I need help in the future.

Last time went so well, I didn’t hesitate to call Erv again when I needed to move. It’s no wonder his schedule gets filled up quickly! He proved again to be Efficient, reliable, trustworthy and relatively inexpensive. You can tell he’s a really experienced driver, & I felt safe as he expertly navigated the notoriously crazy roads in manhattan Brooklyn and NJ. Its hard these days to trust someone to take you and all your stuff especially if you’re a girl like me. Thankfully I found Erv :-D
(I did not get paid or a discount to write this either FYI ;) just paying it forward!)

Great service and great attutude. Made moving easy and very reasonable rates. I will use again!

Erv was punctual, very kind, and gentle with my antique desk. I bought a small antique desk in Chelsea which had to be moved to my elevator building in South Brooklyn. I was planning to help with the move. All the other movers I called quoted twice the price that Erv quoted me! It’s a simple job. Anyway, Erv brought his hand trolley which made the job easier. He even avoided scraping up my desk when loading and unloading into his van. I will definitely use his service in the future!

I spent some time stressing on Craigslist and Unilocal about how to move a stranger’s couch (okay, technically a friend of the brother of my brother’s girlfriend) into my apartment without paying some overpriced moving service. I called Erv the day before the move, didn’t get an answer, and continued to call other men with vans.
Fortunately, Erv called me back later the same day and blew all of the other people’s quotes out of the water. ($ 100 for moving the couch down four flights of narrow stairs, driving it across Park Slope, and maneuvering it into my ground-​floor apartment). Erv arrived directly from another job with his friend Bryce, and they proceeded to be excellent, helpful and efficient in every way. The hardest part of moving the couch was getting it through the door of my apartment, but they handled it like pros, and now the couch is sitting happily in my living room.
My boyfriend and I carried the couch cushions and didn’t do much of anything besides that. Oh, but we did have fun riding across the neighborhood with Erv and Bryce, who provided entertaining commentary on everything from George W. Bush and Obama to Keanu Reeves. These guys made everything so much easier; I will definitely give them a call if I have to move that couch again.