Apartment and condo pricing across Tampa Bay, broken out by floor
Quoting a unit relies on a different set of inputs than quoting a house. We weigh which floor you are on, how tight and steep the stair turns get, whether a service elevator needs booking ahead of time, and any paperwork the leasing office or condo association wants before the date. Across St. Petersburg, the Pinellas beaches, and the wider Tampa Bay metro, Alpha Movers runs apartment and condo jobs every day of the week, and your belongings get wrapped and logged piece by piece just the way they would on a house move. Choose the unit type and floor below for a fast estimate.
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Drawn from what apartment jobs around Tampa Bay typically run. Nail down your precise flat rate — free, with no sales pressure.
Fixed price brackets by unit size and floor
Here are the set-rate brackets we use for in-area apartment work across Tampa Bay. Built into each one are the crew and truck, dollies, the floor runners, stairwell protection, and the moving pads. Nothing is held in reserve to surprise you when the job wraps.
| Apartment | Ground floor | 2nd-floor walk-up | 3rd-floor walk-up | Elevator bldg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $380 – $540 | $430 – $610 | $500 – $700 | $470 – $660 |
| 1 Bedroom | $560 – $760 | $620 – $830 | $710 – $960 | $670 – $900 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $880 – $1,180 | $950 – $1,320 | $1,090 – $1,490 | $1,030 – $1,440 |
| 3 Bedrooms | $1,500 – $1,940 | $1,640 – $2,160 | $1,820 – $2,420 | $1,760 – $2,340 |
Why an extra floor or two shifts the number
A third-floor walk-up costs more than a ground-level unit for a simple reason — every load has to be carried up and back down the stairs, and the narrow landing turns you find in an aging building around the Grand Central District or Crescent Lake add still more minutes on top. Add an elevator to the building and the price tends to land near a second-floor walk-up: we are still reserving the elevator slot and shielding the shared hallways while the crew moves through them.
Charges unique to apartment and condo moves
A rented unit or condo brings along several charges a freestanding house never deals with. Budget a bit for these in addition to the crew’s labor:
- The Certificate of Insurance (COI). A managed building or beach tower will usually keep the crew waiting at the door until they have your mover’s Certificate of Insurance in hand. We issue ours same-day at no charge. If the building also tacks on its own move-in or move-out fee, count on $150–$500 going straight to the property rather than to us.
- Booking the service elevator. Most Tampa Bay high-rises and the barrier-island beach buildings require the freight elevator to be reserved ahead of time, occasionally against a refundable deposit ($300–$650). We handle securing the window; that deposit is strictly an arrangement between you and the office.
- Distance from the truck to the entrance. Our paperwork carries no separate long-carry charge, but when the closest legal parking spot is roughly 75 feet from your door, the job naturally takes longer — and your flat figure already accounts for that.
- Reserving curb space. Many of the narrower blocks in the Old Northeast, Kenwood, and downtown St. Pete call for a temporary reserved no-parking zone or a moving permit pulled through the city, running roughly $40–$80 a day. Give us about three days’ notice and we will file the request.
- Cartons and packing labor. Need supplies? We pass them along at our cost with no markup — a typical one-bedroom set of boxes comes to around $115. Want us to do the packing? Having our crew box up a one-bedroom starts near $480.
The Tampa Bay buildings our crew handles all the time
By now our crew has the access points, the parking situation, and the elevator drill memorized for the sorts of residences common to this area:
- Historic bungalows and converted units. The 1920s bungalows and converted apartments around the Old Northeast, Kenwood, and the Grand Central District, the ones with skinny back staircases and permit-only curb parking. Stair runners and door-jamb guards travel with the team as standard gear.
- Downtown and waterfront high-rises. Towers like Saltaire, 400 Central, and One St. Petersburg with reserved freight elevators and protected loading docks. Runners and edge guards are loaded on the truck every single trip.
- Barrier-island beach buildings. The St. Pete Beach, Treasure Island, and Madeira Beach condos with strict COI rules, reserved elevators, and tight island access. We line up the paperwork and the elevator window before the date.
- Drive-up garden complexes. The Pinellas Park, Seminole, Largo, and Clearwater communities where the truck pulls right in past a keypad gate. These tend to be the quickest apartment jobs we schedule.
Frequent questions about apartment move costs
Do you add a fee for each flight of stairs?
We do not. There is no per-flight line item anywhere on the invoice. A higher unit does nudge the overall flat figure up somewhat, because the carrying keeps the crew on the clock longer — but that lives inside the single price and is never itemized separately.
My building wants a certificate of insurance — what is the process?
We back every move with $1M in cargo coverage and full crew workers’ comp, which makes producing the certificate routine — the same day, free of charge, we will forward one to your property manager or condo association. Just send us their contact the moment your date is reserved.
Can you clear the old unit and set up the new one in a single day?
Absolutely. A single-day job spanning two addresses is everyday work for us — one crew clears out the old unit and gets you set up at the new place, and nobody else is ever brought in to take it over. Note both addresses on the request form and we will tighten the number for you.
What if the next place is not ready yet?
Our climate-controlled storage right here in Pinellas means the same crew can warehouse your things, whether that is a couple of days or several weeks, then bring everything over the moment keys are in hand — covered under the single quote. Unsure how your dates will line up? Call (888) 711-4778.