This is the second time we've used Fresh Start Movers and again, they were the epitome of efficiency, professionalism and compassion. Chrissie and Jimmie arrived on time to pack up two apartments for the movers the next day. They were very orderly and picked up after themselves so we were ready to go. Unfortunately, we had a family emergency the next morning and had to cancel the move. We needed to postpone the move day until further notice. Christina was so accommodating and did everything in her power to reschedule the move as soon as the schedule allowed. Her communication and respectfulness was exemplary and made a very stressful situation much easier. From our first experience, we knew we could trust Fresh Start. Alex and Johnny arrived on early on the rescheduled date and worked efficiently to pack up and then drove 4 hours to the new location where they were unpacked and helped to arrange the furniture from two apartments into a one bedroom apartment. All of your staff have all been very nice - you have an outstanding team and I would highly recommend Fresh Start Movers to anyone!
Packing & Unpacking
Full-service or fragile-only packing, with unpacking available. Materials included, room-by-room labeled inventory, and specialty handling for kitchens, art, and electronics.
What we actually do on a packing & unpacking job.
You do not have to lift a box. We arrive with double-walled dish-pack boxes, unprinted packing paper, bubble wrap, tape, and a marker, and we pack room by room. Every box gets labeled with the destination room, a content note, and a fragile flag where it applies.
Fragile-only packing is the most common setup: you pack your own closets and books, and we handle the kitchen, the art, the china, and the electronics, the rooms where do-it-yourself packing damage happens most. Full-service packing wraps the whole home in one to two days, and unpacking service gets kitchens and closets put away at the destination.
What we do not do: rush a kitchen. Plates packed flat-stacked break in transit, and we will not pack them that way.
Packing & Unpacking is available across our central NJ coverage area: Middlesex County, Ocean County, Monmouth County, Union County, and Somerset County.
What packing & unpacking customers actually say.
Guys were professional and friendly. Moved everything without a problem. Highly recommend 👍
Four steps. Every move.
The walkthrough is what makes the estimate accurate — we see the inventory, the stairs, and the parking, and that's how we hand you a number that doesn't move on move day.
Walkthrough
A video tour or an in-person visit. We see the inventory, ask about parking, stairs, and timing, and the written estimate follows.
Plan & schedule
Confirm the date, send the written estimate, issue COI to the destination building if commercial, coordinate freight elevators with property management.
Execute
The same crew from the first box to the last. Pad-wrap, floor protection, inventory at the truck, dedicated truck (no shared loads on interstate), GPS check-ins during transit.
Walk the result
Unload, reassemble, place every piece where the customer wants it. Final walkaround together. Nothing leaves until everything is signed off.
Central Jersey is home.
We move the whole state.
Fresh Start Movers is a family-run moving company based in Central New Jersey, working Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Union and Somerset counties town by town since 2018. We serve all 21 New Jersey counties for local moves and run licensed long-distance out of state on a dedicated truck. Rated 5.0 across 377+ Google reviews. NJ Public Movers License #39PM00129400.
The five counties we know best
These are the counties our trucks run every week, so each carries town-by-town pages with neighborhoods, drive times and the local detail that actually changes a move. Distances are from our Wall Township base.
Middlesex County, NJ
Middlesex is our busiest county north of the shore. Heavy mix of Rutgers faculty and graduate-student moves around New Brunswick, plus the Route 1 corridor's tech and pharma relocations. NJ Turnpike and Route 287 access makes it straightforward to reach from Wall Township, and most Middlesex moves are scheduled inside the same week we get the quote signed.
Ocean County, NJ
The closest county to our Wall Township base after our own, about fifteen minutes down Route 35. Ocean work splits three ways: family moves through Toms River and Brick, downsizing out of the retirement communities across Berkeley, Barnegat and western Toms River, and barrier-island moves at Ortley Beach and Normandy Beach where houses sit raised on pilings and a long carry is the rule. Those are three different jobs and we crew them differently.
Monmouth County, NJ
Monmouth is home: our base is on Route 34 in Wall Township, so these jobs get the shortest drive times we can offer. Coverage runs from the bayshore villages through Red Bank and Holmdel out to the estate lanes of Rumson and Colts Neck, and down through the shore towns.
Union County, NJ
Older, denser and largely pre-war. Westfield, Cranford and Summit bring narrow staircases, tight original doorways and plaster walls that need padding before anything moves. Two rail lines mean a lot of Union moves are timed to a first day in Manhattan.
Somerset County, NJ
The widest range of access conditions of any county we serve: Bedminster estate drives and The Hills association rules at one end, Hillsborough's wide new subdivisions at the other, with Bridgewater's corporate corridor and Somerville's downtown apartments in between.
Every county in the state
All 21 of them. Five have their own pages with town-by-town detail so far; the other 16 are served exactly the same way.
North Jersey
- Bergen County
- Essex County
- Hudson County
- Morris County
- Passaic County
- Sussex County
- Warren County
Central Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Somerset County
- Union County
- Ocean County
South Jersey
- Atlantic County
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Cape May County
- Cumberland County
- Gloucester County
- Salem County
Leaving New Jersey.
Long-distance runs on a dedicated truck. The same crew loads in New Jersey and unloads at the destination, never co-mingled with another shipment, with a delivery date in the contract rather than a two-week window.
How our long-distance moves workRegistered office: 1717 NJ-34, Building 10A, Wall Township, NJ 07727. Trucks dispatch from Wall Township. If your town is not listed, ask. We almost certainly get there.
Other ways we work for central NJ.
Same crew, same way of estimating, same dedicated truck — across every service in the lineup.
Local Moving
Local home and apartment moves across New Jersey. A written estimate after a consultation, pad-wrap on every piece, and inventory at load and unload.
Long-Distance Moving
Interstate moves in and out of New Jersey with a dedicated truck (no shared loads) and a delivery day in writing, not a 1-to-14-day window.
Commercial & Office Moving
Office and commercial relocations run after hours or over a weekend, so your team works Monday morning in the new space.
Clean-Outs
Estate cleanout services, property and move-out clean-outs. We remove unwanted furniture, boxes and debris before or after a move so the home is left clean and ready.
Packing & Unpacking: common questions
The questions people ask before booking this service, answered plainly.
Ask us anythingCan you pack just the fragile items?
When should packing happen relative to move day?
Do you supply the boxes and materials?
Do you unpack as well?
Written from the job, not the brochure.
What we have learned doing this work, in detail, so you can judge whether we know it.
Get your written estimate.
Send a consultation by video or in person or book an on-site visit. We send a written estimate within 24 hours.