Moving Services

Six moving and storage services, run start to finish by one Petaluma crew.

Reserve Your Move Day
Call or text us and walk Marcus or Denise through the rooms — nobody hands you off to a script
Your flat rate goes into writing before you hang up, not after a follow-up call
Hector or Bryce parks the truck in your driveway at the window you picked, not somewhere close to it
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Marcus Robb and Denise Messer built Robb & Messer Moving and Storage to cover everything a Sonoma County household or business actually needs, not just the easy jobs. Our own trucks and our own 12-person crew — led on the ground by chiefs Hector Reyes and Bryce Coleman — handle local moves, long-distance hauls, apartment buildings, office relocations, packing, and storage, all under one flat rate quoted before move day. Every job is worked by employees we hired and trained ourselves, so the crew that quotes your move is the crew that shows up and loads the truck.

  • Local Moving — flat-rate moves across Petaluma and Sonoma County, worked start to finish by our own trucks and our own crew.
  • Long-Distance Moving — licensed West Coast hauls out of Petaluma, with the same crew loading, driving, and unloading — no handoff along the way.
  • Apartment & Condo Moving — downtown Victorian walk-ups, tight parking near the historic depot, and second-floor units planned out before move day.
  • Office & Commercial Moving — office and commercial relocations scheduled around your business hours so downtime stays short.
  • Packing & Specialty Item Services — full or partial packing with material costs quoted up front and dropped at your door ahead of time.
  • Storage Solutions — secure short- and long-term storage for the stretch between one escrow closing and the next.

Still unsure where your job fits on this list? Call our Petaluma office and Denise Messer will sort it out and build the written flat rate herself.

Answers Before You Keep Scrolling

Do you subcontract any moves?▾

No. Every job is worked by our own 12-person crew — Robb & Messer employees, not day labor or subcontractors.

How do I get a flat rate instead of an hourly estimate?▾

Call our office or send a few photos of what's moving. Denise Messer builds a written flat rate from that before move day, so there are no surprise line items after.

Can one crew handle packing and the move itself?▾

Yes. The same crew that packs your home also loads and drives the truck, so nothing gets handed off between companies.

What We Handle For Petaluma Households

Why Repeat Customers Call Us First

The Number Marcus Quotes Is the Number You Pay

Marcus Robb looks at every job himself — a phone call, a video walk-through, or photos you text over — before he puts a number on paper, and that same number is what shows up on the invoice.

Every Mover Draws a Robb & Messer Paycheck

Hector Reyes and Bryce Coleman trained this crew themselves, and all eight full-time movers on our trucks stay on payroll year-round — nobody’s pulled off a gig app the morning your job is scheduled.

The Paperwork Beats You to the Question

Denise Messer keeps two folders current at all times — California’s Cal-T permit for jobs that start and end inside the state, and the federal US DOT/MC authority that applies the moment a truck crosses into Nevada or Oregon. Ask for the certificate of insurance and the $1M cargo figure is already printed on it.

Built Around a North Bay Calendar, Not a Generic One

When a wildfire-smoke advisory grounds outdoor loading west of town, we call to reschedule before the smoke rolls in, not after, and once winter rain turns the dirt driveways past the river soft, we stage the truck on the road instead of risking it getting stuck.

The Hard Parts Are Priced Before We Show Up

A downtown Victorian’s narrow servant staircase, a wine-country estate with a gate code and a long gravel approach, the extra miles out past Cotati — all of it gets built into the number before you sign, so the invoice doesn’t grow once the truck is in your driveway.

Every One of Our 8 Trucks Leaves Fully Stocked

Pads, straps, dollies, and shrink wrap ride on every truck before it leaves the yard, so nobody’s making a hardware-store run in the middle of your move.

Book Before Summer Fills the Calendar

Lock in your Petaluma move date online now — Sonoma County’s summer weeks go first every year once school lets out and lease turnovers stack up on the same weekends.

Rescheduling Never Adds a Dollar

An evacuation warning goes out west of town, or an escrow closing slides a week — either way, moving your date ahead of time doesn’t change your quote.

Real Local Numbers, Not A Web Calculator

Every figure traces back to an actual job Marcus or Denise has priced around Petaluma before, with veteran, teacher, and student-move discounts already folded into the total.

Word for Word, From the People We Moved

Read them as they were posted — Sonoma County households talking about their own move day, no editing on our end.

Whitney L.
★★★★★

Hector walked our downtown Victorian staircase before a single box came in and had a plan for every turn — nothing scraped, nothing rushed.

Whitney L.Santa Rosa · Google
Dario P.
★★★★★

Bryce called two days before the smoke rolled in and moved our date up without charging us a dime for it.

Dario P.Rohnert Park · Google
Priya N.
★★★★★

Robb & Messer Moving and Storage quoted a flat number on the first call and the invoice matched it down to the dollar.

Priya N.Novato · Google
Colin M.
★★★★★

No fog-season surcharge, no fuel line item — the price Denise wrote down over the phone was the price on the invoice.

Colin M.San Rafael · Google
Renata A.
★★★★★

They packed the wine-cellar boxes the night before and had the whole house unloaded before dinner the next day.

Renata A.Sonoma · Google

Licensed, Insured, and On the Record

California Cal-T Registered Mover
US DOT & MC Authority on File
Angi-Rated Petaluma Movers