2 Burley Men Moving

These guys Ian & Roy were great! They were courteous and friendly. It was a small move and only a 30 minute drive to the destination. They were very careful and considerate with the packing, protecting, loading & unloading of my possessions. They even set up my bed on the other end. I would definitely recommend using this company again. Overall I was pleased with their promptness and work ethic. I was somewhat disappointed in the final bill as it was more than the quoted price for the job. “ It is what it is” nothing got broken and you did an awesome job! Thanks!

Move size: Partial Move Service cost: $500

We are writing to you in response to the move we had on Sept 29,2020.

We were quoted that it would cost around $2100 for a move of a 2100 square foot house - because I knew we had a lot of items to move I phoned them the week of our move to confirm with them that we had a “house full of furniture as well as a garage.”

We were rather concerned that nobody came to do an actual estimate of our belongings but we figured that they must know what you were doing.

When the first team of movers arrived, they walked through the house, declared that we had “a lot of stuff” and it was “really big” and then drove away. We received a phone call from your office, moments later, saying that we weren’t ready to move and so the movers were going elsewhere. We tried to explain that we had friends/family coming later in the day to move the items that “weren’t packed yet” because we wanted extra care taken with them, but we were simply told that new movers would come for 1:00.

We then received phone calls explaining that the movers would be there a little late - and then at 2:30 were told they were finally on their way. Ultimately they didn’t arrive until around 3:00. This was extremely frustrating because it meant that the friends/family we had lined up to help us at 4:00 were now “in the way” of the movers. As well, our cleaner who had been asked to come at 4:00 was not able to start her job as very little had actually been moved by 4:00. She ended up working until late in the night to get the cleaning done, as the movers were there until quite late.

Some of the new team of movers did not behave in a professional manner - one was shaking our shelving units (and was actually reprimanded by another mover and told to “act his age”), swearing, playing inappropriate music, speaking rudely to our friends, etc.

Somebody who appeared to be more in charge eventually came, and admitted that there weren’t enough movers for this job and that we wouldn’t be charged any more for the extra hassle/inconvenience of not having things moved in time.

But we were charged $4200- more than two other companies quoted us.

Whatever you do, do not choose these guys. You clearly get what you pay for. Although in our case, we paid double.

Move size: 4+ Bedroom Home Service cost: $4200

They quoted 8-10 hours for the move, it ended up taking over 14.5 hours with me helping them all throughout the day and the two movers were too tired/weak to finish the move and ended up leaving a majority of our boxes and furniture in the garage of our new home. I had to hire a Uhaul and get some friends the next day to finish the move. They also somehow managed to damage our dining table, sofa, love seat, two dressers, bed frame, coffee, baby dresser/changing station and another table of his. They also damaged our house by taking chunks out of the wall and scratching our floors.

The two guys who were helping with the move literally yelled and swore at each other throughout the day in front of us because one of them was new/incompetent, and at the end of the day when we tried to negotiate with their manager about all the damage he threatened us legally over the phone demanding we pay for the unfinished job.

After filing a claim to recover some of the cost for damages, they quoted a formula on how they came to the number since we weren't happy with the amount ($239 for damage on about $10,000 worth of different furniture pieces) which was based on the volume of contents to fill the truck. When I went and measured the furniture pieces and used their same formula to calculate the number it worked out to around $1800. All of a suddenthey backtracked and essentially said they've made their mind on the amount they'll pay and that the formula was not relevant because all the furniture was still functional and the damage was "minor".

Don't use these guys if you value your possessions. They don't care about your stuff and won't compensate you fairly if anything is damaged.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $1900

Great experience. They reached out right away when I submitted an enquiry about moving, they called me the day before my move to confirm the time and on the day of the move the guys were running about 15 min behind because of a traffic accident and they called to let me know.  Movers were friendly, professional, and moved all my things quickily. They also offered to assemble and set up my couch.

Overall a very pleasant experience and made my move easy and stress free. Would totally recommend!!

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $250

These guys are amazing! Our challenging move didn’t cause them any concern!

We were moving offices from Downtown Vancouver and Victoria out to Port Coquitlam to a location with stairs, no elevator! They did not fail us! They figured out what we needed and did it.

As there was an unforeseen mechanical issue in the leg of the move from Victoria to Vancouver the guys were unable to get on the ferry in time to meet their promised delivery in PoCo, but they did promise 8 a.m. the next morning.

In order to achieve that they travelled to Vancouver that night and were indeed at our new address as promised.

All of that was achieved in spite of a big storm that caused ferry cancellations on that route.

Rates were excellent and everyone we encountered along the way in setting this up and getting it done was very friendly, very helpful and very efficient.

We will all be highly recommending 2 Burley Men for anyone who has a move to make.

WELL DONE, 2 BURLEY MEN!

You guys rock!!

Move size: Office Move Service cost: $1300

Dale, Mo and Steve did a good job with our move. They were on time, they hustled, nothing was got lost or broken. They had good attitudes and they wore masks as per the provincial mandate for Covid 19.

Dale was very clear in setting our expectations and explaining the cost per hour, as well as the option to add another guy for an extra 30$ an hour, which we did do, as it made the move go a lot more quickly. Dale seemed like he had the most experience; he did a good job of leading the team. Mo, Steve and Dale all worked very hard and were friendly and polite. Overall, we were pleased with the service.

Good job, guys!

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $1150

TL;DR: Burley Men borrowed pir Dolly for move 10/2020. Took a male to convince them it was missing. 5 phone calls, at least 7 emails and more than 3 months and dolly still hasn’t been returned.

I lent my 4 wheeled furniture dolly to my young friend who was moving from Victoria to into the house of her recently deceased Mother in North Vancouver. The 2 Burley Men movers (Ian and Tony) asked to use the handy dolley pack up in VIctoria. The 2 Burley Men movers caught an earlier ferry than the young couple and they had to get a friend to let the movers in. That friend didn’t know about the dolly. By the time they arrived in North Vancouver, the movers had fully unloaded and left.

The young woman called the 2 Burley Men’s Victoria office a few times to report the missing dolly and each time, the Manager, Kevin was extremely dismissive and didn’t believe her that anything was missing. It was until her Male partner called Kevin on October 10, 2020, that the issue of the missing dolley was taken seriously enough. Kevin told him that he was going to fill out a missing item report. No copy nor file number was given.

October 26th, 2020:

I sent an email outlining all of the above to the contact email on 2burleymen.ca. Cheryl promptly responded asking to send her the waybill and a detailed description of the dolly.

October 27th, 2020

Received an email from Cheryl saying that they found my dolly. “It is in our Courtenay office. It could take a couple of weeks to have it delivered and if that is what you would like please,

provide delivery address. Or if you are wanting to pick it up please,call the office after month end so that someone will be there to assist. “

I obviously didn’t want to drive to Courtenay so I responded right away with my Vancouver details.

November 12, 2020

Sent asking for status.

2 Burley Men - -> (Cheryl CC’d Kevin)

I am checking on the status of delivery .

Cheryl

November 17, 2020

Me: Any update? My patience is wearing thin. I need this back before the end of the month. Please advise.

2 Burley Men:

I am contacting the Courtenay office for an update.I will let you know Cheryl

December 14th, 2020

Ask for an update again, threaten to start online smear campaign

2 Burley Men:

Unfortunately, the Courtenay office does not go to the downtown core on the mainland offend. But they are scheduled to be about 20 minutes for the Pender address on the 21st of December. The dolley will be delivered at that time.

Thank you

Cheryl

As of this review, I haven’t heard anything. The fact that a dolly is missing, something essential to a moving company and their complete lack of culpability is so frustrating. I have no doubt they have used it everyday since they stole.

The fact of the matter is, I need it for my work. Which due to covid has been sparse to say the least. However, things are picking up and I am starting to get gigs. Now I have to buy a new one, with money I don’t have. All thanks to thieves at 2 Burley Men.

Use any other moving company.

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $1600

On December 21, 2020 your two movers, Ken R. and Amit did a wonderful job of moving us from Vancouver to Oak Bay. It was a rainy, miserable day but Ken and Amit did not stop for a minute. They wrapped everything carefully and worked efficiently. By the time we reached Victoria, it was snowing, but Ken and Amit unloaded the truck and were careful with everything and they remained good natured throughout. We could not have been happier with their service and would highly recommend 2 Burley Men Moving Ltd.

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $2100