Most moving-day horror stories are not about broken lamps. They are about the number on the invoice being nothing like the number on the phone. Daddy’s Moving was built to close that gap — no fuel surcharge, no weekend markup, no fee sprung on you at the curb. Here is exactly how we keep it that way.
The Written Number Rule
Before any truck rolls, Cole Whitmore walks your home in person or over video and builds a flat figure off the real inventory, not a phone-call guess. That figure gets emailed to you the same day. It is not a range, and it is not a starting point — it is the number you sign, and the number on the receipt.
Owner Wyatt Colson reviews every long-distance and heavy-item quote personally before it goes out. If the crew runs into something Cole did not see — a piano behind a wall, a safe nobody mentioned — you get a call before we touch it, not a surprise line item after.
No Fuel Surcharge, No Weekend Markup
A lot of movers quietly tack a fuel surcharge onto long-distance jobs once diesel prices climb, or bump the hourly rate on a Saturday because demand is higher. Daddy’s Moving does neither. Your $119/hr rate is the same rate on a Tuesday afternoon or a Saturday morning, and it never moves because gas prices did.
Why Fees Creep In Industry-Wide
Plenty of moving companies advertise a rock-bottom hourly rate, then lean on add-ons to make the real math work. A stair fee here, a long-carry charge there, and the invoice on move day looks nothing like the number quoted on the phone. That model only works if you do not compare notes with the crew until it is too late to switch.
Daddy’s Moving prices the whole job once, at booking, based on what Cole Whitmore actually sees inside your home. There is no second, higher number waiting for you at the truck.
A Real Example
Take a two-bedroom home with one flight of stairs and a piano in the front room. Cole prices the $749 base band, adds the $299 piano handling fee, and confirms the stairs add nothing extra — that carry is already inside the flat figure. The full number, $1,048, is what gets emailed to you before any deposit, and it is exactly what shows up on the invoice.
Where Other Movers Hide the Fees
We hear about these from customers who switched to us mid-search. Here is the short list, and what we do instead of each one.
| What Other Movers Charge | What Daddy’s Does Instead |
|---|---|
| Stair fee per flight | Folded into your flat figure once Cole sees the floor plan |
| Long-carry fee past the curb | Priced upfront if your driveway or dock is a real walk, never added after |
| Credit-card processing surcharge | Card, cash, or check — same total, no swipe penalty |
| Fuel surcharge on long routes | Built into the flat quote once, at booking, and never revisited |
| Weekend or holiday markup | Same $119/hr base seven days a week |
What’s Actually in Your Flat Number
When Paige reads your written quote back to you on the phone, here is what is already baked in, not billed separately later.
- Full crew and truck for the estimated job window
- Furniture blankets, shrink wrap, and basic disassembly of beds and tables
- Loading and unloading at both addresses, including reasonable stairs
- Standard liability coverage on every item we touch
“I watched a loading dock full of families get nickel-and-dimed for seven years before I opened this company. Daddy’s only works one way: the quote and the receipt match. If they don’t, that’s on us, not you.” — Wyatt Colson, owner, Daddy’s Moving
How to Get Your Real Number
- Call or request a video walkthrough — Cole confirms rooms, stairs, and heavy items
- Receive your written flat figure by email the same day
- Put down a $99 deposit to lock in your date
- Move day arrives, and the number on the truck matches the number in your inbox
The Deposit Locks the Number, Too
A $99 deposit holds your date and your price at the same time. If a job runs long because of something we should have priced in advance — a piano behind a wall, a safe nobody mentioned — that risk sits with us, not with you. The flat figure is a promise, not a floor Cole pads on move day.
The same crew that quotes your job usually shows up to run it. Erin Wallace dispatches Jordan Blake’s and Marcus Dunn’s teams around the same inventory Cole priced, so nobody on the truck is guessing at what was promised on the phone.
Curious what a real Brooklyn-area move runs before you even call? Our 2026 pricing guide breaks down every band. Want to stretch that number further, or reference a past job? See what East New York City Metro families are saying, read Wyatt’s story, or ask about our Tuesday-Thursday discount before you book. Questions about deposits or cancellations live on the FAQ page.
See Your Number, Not a Guess
No fuel surcharge, no weekend markup, no fee sprung at the curb — just the flat figure Wyatt signs off on.