Our story

Moves without the misery.

Lift & Chill started with a simple frustration: moving companies that go silent the moment you need them. No callbacks, no straight answers, surprise charges on move day. We built the opposite.

We're a text-first crew serving the DC/DMV — Chevy Chase, Potomac, Bethesda, McLean, Arlington, and DC. You get flat-rate quotes you can see up front, real humans replying by text, and movers who treat your stuff and your building like their own.

Premium doesn't have to mean pretentious. It means showing up on time, padding the furniture and protecting the floors. It means keeping you in the loop from quote to last box.

  • One flat price
  • Reply in 15 min
  • Same-week slots
  • 4.8★ on TaskRabbit
  • Insured

Who you're hiring

The movers you'd actually want to hang out with.

Lift & Chill started with a simple frustration: every mover we hired in the DMV was either sketchy, late, or quietly running up the bill. We figured moving day was stressful enough without the guessing games.

So Rapha built the company he wished existed — a small, vetted crew that texts you back, shows up on time, pads your furniture like it's their own, and tells you the price before they start. One price, confirmed in writing.

You'll know who's coming before they knock. Not a rotating pool of strangers from an app — the same few people, by name, on your job.

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Rapha, founder of Lift & Chill Moving
RaphaFounder & lead mover
The Lift & Chill moving crew smiling in front of their truck on a DC street
The crewVetted, on time, careful

Our promise

Four promises we put money behind.

These are the things we owe you on every job, and what happens if we miss.

The price you approve is the price you pay

Your flat quote is written down before we lift a box. If we misjudge the job, we eat the difference instead of renegotiating with you in a hallway.

On time, or $50 comes off your bill

We arrive inside your window ready to work. If we're more than 30 minutes late and haven't called you first, $50 comes off the total. You don't have to ask.

Insured and building-ready

Our crews are fully insured and we issue your building's certificate of insurance the same day, free, so paperwork never pushes your date.

If something breaks, we sort it out in writing

Everything gets padded and wrapped. If something gets damaged, file a claim in your portal with photos and we'll resolve it with you in writing.

Get your flat price.

About a minute here, about 15 minutes for our text back.

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