Blankenship Movers

Exceptionally professional. My wife and I are expats and have moved often. This service exceeded past experiences. We moved locally within Chicago . Very clear communication from the start until the end. Pricing was very transparent. The team that moved our household goods were efficient, professional and good natured (we had pets!). An overall trouble free experience. Strongly recommend.

These movers are excellent. They are fast and efficient and have very fair pricing. I was amazed at their strength. They were able to take furniture apart and put it back together properly. They were careful and did not break anything. I would highly recommend them.

Highly recommended. Called about a dozen moving companies in Chicago before choosing, and Blankenship had by far the most competitive price, and it was not too good to be true—they did absolutely excellent work. Over the phone they were kind and transparent, and on moving day they called ahead with an ETA, arrived early, and got the job done in exactly the time estimated. Everything arrived in perfect condition. They were professional and efficient throughout.

They helped us move from city to the suburb, and I was unhappy with the service. Initially the quote for the move was approx. $1100, a 5 1/2 to 6 hour job. I gave the owner a video walkthrough of my apartment to get an accurate estimate. The move manager (on the day of the move) also surveyed the apartment and estimated 5.5 to 6 hours. In the end, it took 9 hours to finish the job. I found their move method, organization, load and unload activities to be inefficient and the time it took to finish the move says it. I saw multiple movers take a single box at a time (light boxes like a humidifier box or a toy box for the kid). Their process, speed, effort was quite slow (once again, 9 hours!). The mover manager said there were more boxers than anticipated and some of the boxes were not labelled. That should not add 3 hours! There was no official box count given and we directed them to the right rooms if something wasn't labelled. Beyond that, after the move they dumped previous moves garbage into our garbage can. It was full of junk, from boxes, to throwaway tools, food packaging and what not. It took me an hour to sort everything out (garbage vs recycle) and clean the can. One of the movers was not comfortable wearing masks. I asked twice (directly and also instructed the move manager) to have everyone wear a mask, especially when they are inside the house. One of the movers said I can’t breath wearing the mask and his mask was off for most of the move. Overall, they showed up on time, were professional and courteous but had major misses in other areas: - Took 9 hours and I ended up paying a lot more than initially estimated - Move organization, process was inefficient - Threw other people’s trash into our garbage - Didn’t take COVID precautions, knowing there was a senior citizen and kids in the house - Didn’t do a thorough job with the reassembly of things (bed frame didn’t have all the screws in place)

I didn't have a very good experience. The movers were sloppy and broke or damaged several items. I had bought insurance for two of the three days on their advice, and then was told that "who knew what day the damage happened on?". This seemed a bit shifty to me. In the end I gave up trying to get them to cover the damage.