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Peter Cavas-Mitson
LICENSED & INSURED · EDISON & METRO MOVERS · EDISON, NJ
Cardinal Moving
Victor Alvarez spent seven years writing in-home estimates for a large regional van line where a dispatcher pulled whoever was free move-day — almost never the person who’d actually walked the house and written the number down. He opened Cardinal Moving in 2015 so the estimator and the crew stayed one booking, not two separate systems that happened to share a logo. Eight trucks, twelve movers, sixteen people on payroll, nobody subcontracted in to fill a truck at the last minute.
Calling (732) 662-4915 gets you the Edison office, not a call center somewhere else. Fill out the form and it lands on Renee's desk directly — bigger than a one-bedroom, and she'll typically have Darnell's walkthrough already scheduled by the time she calls you back.
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AMSA Certified
BBB Accredited
A+ Rating
US DOT
FMCSA Registered
Fully Insured
Insured & Bonded
IAM Member
Intl. Movers Assn.
Jersey Owned
Serving Since 2015
“Orlando and the crew were awesome. Super helpful. Great job.”
Peter Cavas-Mitson
In Victor’s Own Words
Why The Same Two People Handle Your Whole Move
“Seven years writing estimates for a regional van line taught me exactly where that job fell apart — I’d walk a house, write the number, and move day a dispatcher sent whoever was standing around free that morning instead of me or anyone who’d actually seen the place. I started Cardinal Moving in 2015 so that couldn’t happen here. Darnell writes the estimate, Latoya’s the one leading the crew that shows up, and that pairing is locked in the day you book — not the morning of.”
Victor Alvarez
Owner · Cardinal Moving
One Rule Since 2015
The Same Two Names From Quote To Last Box
- Darnell writes your estimate at the in-home walkthrough — stairs, tight turns, what’s actually in the closets, all of it goes into the number in person, not off a phone script.
- That same estimate becomes crew chief Latoya Simmons’s job ticket — she’s leading the truck that shows up, not reading someone else’s notes for the first time on your driveway.
- Renee’s run the schedule since 2017 — she books Darnell and Latoya to your date as a pair, so there’s no second call later swapping in whoever happens to be free.
- A Nor’easter or a Turnpike backup can cost a crew an hour it doesn’t have — the office checks the forecast and the traffic cameras the night before and calls if the route or the load-in time needs to shift.
- Two registrations, not one: the state requires Public Mover and Warehouseman status through its Division of Consumer Affairs for anything staying in NJ, and we hold separate US DOT/MC authority for whatever crosses the border.
Same Estimator, Same Crew Chief, Every TimeDarnell writes it, Latoya runs it — that pairing doesn’t change between your walkthrough and your move date
Sixteen People On Payroll, Zero Day-LaborEight trucks and twelve movers — nobody’s pulled in from an outside labor pool to fill a truck at the last minute
Coverage Confirmed Before The Truck LoadsEvery job includes released-value protection at no cost. If you'd rather have the higher payout ceiling of full-value coverage, ask Darnell to price it during your walkthrough, walked through by Darnell at the estimate
Registered With The State, Not Just A Logo On A TruckNJ Division of Consumer Affairs Public Mover registration on file, plus US DOT and MC authority for anything leaving New Jersey
What Central Jersey Families Notice First
Why Edison Keeps Booking Cardinal Moving
The Estimator Is The One Who Shows Up
Victor spent seven years writing estimates at a large regional van line and watched a dispatcher hand the job to whoever was free that morning instead of the person who’d walked the house. He started Cardinal Moving in 2015 so Darnell’s walkthrough and Darnell’s crew are the same booking — not two separate systems that meet for the first time on your driveway.
Latoya Leads The Same Crew She’s Led Since 2018
Crew chief Latoya Simmons has run her own team here for going on eight years. When Renee books your job, she’s booking Latoya’s crew specifically, on our own W-2 payroll — not whoever a staffing agency can send over that week.
Renee Books You Once, Not Twice
Office manager since 2017, Renee’s the only one who touches the schedule — Darnell and Latoya go on your date together as a pair, so you won’t get a follow-up call telling you the crew changed after you already booked.
Renee Watches The Roads, Not Just The Sky
Snow doesn't need to be falling yet to mess up a move — Route 1 backs up on its own most weekday mornings. Renee pulls up the traffic cameras alongside the forecast the evening before and texts you if your start time needs to move.
Pulled Live From Renee’s Schedule
Our Trucks, Out On Central Jersey Roads Today
This isn’t a mock-up built for the website — it’s today’s actual board. Right now one crew’s finishing a load-out in Metuchen, Latoya’s team is midway through a job in Woodbridge, and Darnell’s out in Somerset walking through a house for someone booking next week.
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Studio
✓ Completed
New Brunswick
Philadelphia
Today
1-bed apt
Booked
Elizabeth
Washington DC
Yesterday
2-bed apt
In progress
Woodbridge
Pittsburgh
2 days ago
3-bed home
✓ Completed
Piscataway
Richmond
3 days ago
4-bed home
Booked
Metuchen
Miami
This week
Office
In progress
South Plainfield
Elizabeth
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Every Job We Take On, Start To Finish
Central Jersey Moving & Storage Lineup
$135, $175, $215 an hour for two, three, or four movers, anywhere from Edison out to Elizabeth or Somerville — that's the whole rate card. Darnell picks the crew size after walking the place himself, so the number you get reflects boxes and stairs, not a guess made over the phone on a Tuesday versus a Saturday.
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Explore homeResidential Moving
Explore buildingApartment & Condo
Explore boxFull-Service Packing
Explore pianoPiano & Heavy-Item
Explore Storage warehouseShort-Term Storage
Explore heartSenior & Downsizing
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Same Job, Four Different Sites
Compare Us Across All Of Them
Google gets the fastest reviews, usually written before the truck's out of the driveway; Angi and Yelp tend to catch people once they've had a few days to unpack and think it over. We don't push anyone toward whichever one happens to be kindest that week — the same crew shows up regardless of which app you check.
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Pulled Straight From The Review Sites
What Central Jersey Families Actually Say
“I gave them a call to move my gun safe from my storage to my new place. I have called several other places and felt that they were not competent for the job. I had used this company before and they were amazing everything was handled with care and I would definitely use them again or refer them to others.”
Stephen Daddy
“Did an excellent job with our move, workers were very nice & worked very hard.”
Stephanie P
More Than A Name On A Booking Form
11 Years Sending The Same Two People Into These Towns
Darnell’s sat at kitchen tables in Edison, New Brunswick, Elizabeth, Woodbridge, Piscataway, Metuchen, South Plainfield, Perth Amboy, and Somerset since 2019, and Latoya’s led crews through those same nine towns since 2018. That’s not something either of them picked up from a script — it’s years of actually showing up, walkthrough after walkthrough, job after job, across Middlesex, Union, and Somerset counties.
Farther Out Across Middlesex And Union
Roads We’re On Every Week Beyond Edison and the Central Jersey corridor
Most weeks that means the Turnpike between Exit 9 and Exit 11, Route 1 through New Brunswick, or the Garden State Parkway toward Union County — plenty of other jobs never leave Edison at all. It doesn't matter which direction yours runs: Renee books the walkthrough off a phone call, and Darnell's usually out to see the place inside 48 hours, well before any online tool would even try to price it.
Every County We Actually Serve
Cardinal Moving’s Coverage Across Edison and the Central Jersey corridor
Suburbs We Run Weekly
Long-Distance Lanes Out Of New Jersey
Counties On Our Route
No Surprises At Move-In
Written Down Before Anyone Loads A Box
Darnell's walkthrough covers every line below on paper, days ahead of your date — Latoya's crew works from that sheet, not a guess made standing in your doorway.
The Fine Print, Up Front
- Two movers, $135/hr; three, $175; four, $215; $45/hr for each extra body on the truck
- Hold your date with $150 down, credited dollar-for-dollar against what you owe at the end
- Uprights, gun safes, and anything else oddly shaped get their own line item at the walkthrough, not a shrug on move day
- Every job includes released-value protection at no cost. If you'd rather have the higher payout ceiling of full-value coverage, ask Darnell to price it during your walkthrough
- Registered as a Public Mover and Warehouseman with the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs; US DOT and MC authority covers anything leaving the state
- Disassemble a bed frame to get it through a doorway and we put it back together before the truck pulls away
- Card, transfer, or check — pick whichever's easiest, none of them adds a surcharge
Coverage included — Every job includes released-value protection at no cost. If you'd rather have the higher payout ceiling of full-value coverage, ask Darnell to price it during your walkthrough
Every job across Edison and the Central Jersey corridor runs fully registered and insured
NJ Public Mover registration on file locally, plus US DOT and MC authority for anything crossing state lines — one item or a full household
Common Central Jersey Questions
Cardinal Moving, Answered Plainly
What does a local move around Edison actually cost per hour?
$135/hr for two movers, up to $215/hr for four, plus $45 for each additional set of hands. The crew count — Darnell sees the actual rooms, the actual stairs, before he writes a number, so a Metuchen colonial with a finished basement and a Piscataway one-bedroom get priced on what they actually hold, not the same chart just because the box count looks similar.
Is Cardinal Moving an actual moving company, or do you hand the job to somebody else?
Every person on your crew is on our own payroll — nothing gets handed off to an outside outfit. Victor Alvarez founded the company in 2015 after seven years writing estimates for a large regional van line, and today it is eight trucks and twelve movers in the field, sixteen people total counting the office.
What is this about the same crew from the quote to move day?
That rule is the reason Cardinal Moving exists. At his old job, Victor watched a dispatcher pull whichever crew happened to be free that morning — almost never the person who had walked the house and written the number. Here, Darnell writes your estimate and books a specific crew for your date, and that crew, not a stand-in pulled off someone else’s job, is who shows up and finishes it.
Who actually runs my crew on move day?
Latoya Simmons has led crews here since 2018 and is the chief on most of the jobs Darnell books. On the days she is assigned somewhere else, Darnell briefs whichever chief is covering your move directly from his own walkthrough notes, not a generic work order.
What does it take to lock in a moving date?
A call to Renee and a deposit that is credited straight to your final bill, nothing added on top. Call (732) 662-4915 and she will check the calendar and hold your date.
Our closing keeps getting pushed — can we move the date after booking?
Yes. Give Renee a few days’ notice ahead of your original date and she will shift the booking, carrying your deposit over at no extra charge. Closings and lease dates slide constantly around here, so the schedule is built to move with them.
Does Darnell actually show up on moving day, or does someone else run the crew?
Darnell writes the estimate, but Latoya Simmons runs the truck — what’s guaranteed is that the specific crew Darnell booked for your job, with Latoya as chief, is who shows up. Nobody gets swapped in for whoever’s free that morning.
What happens if our closing date slips and we need a different day?
Call Renee the moment you know a new date — no rebooking fee applies. Since Darnell already lined up Latoya’s crew specifically for your job, moving the date just means moving one entry on one calendar.
Does it cost more to book us for a Saturday?
No weekend markup — $135 to $215 an hour depending on crew size, $45 per additional mover, same seven days a week. What actually determines your date is how early Renee hears from you, since Saturday slots go first once June hits.
Our new place isn’t ready yet — can you hold our things for a few weeks?
That comes up often enough that Darnell prices flat-rate short-term storage right into your walkthrough number, out of our own Edison warehouse rather than a unit we’re subleasing somewhere else. When it’s time to bring it back out, it’s the same crew Latoya leads, not new hands meeting your boxes for the first time.
What if a piece of furniture gets damaged in transit?
Every job includes basic released-value protection at no charge. If you’d rather have full-value protection with a higher payout ceiling, Darnell lays that option out for you at the in-home estimate, not after something’s already broken.
Is Cardinal Moving actually registered to move households in New Jersey?
Yes — we hold Public Mover and Warehouseman registration through the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs, and US DOT/MC authority separately covers any job that crosses into another state. Ask Renee for the registration number when you book if you want it on record.
What happens if a Nor’easter or bad traffic hits on our move day?
The office checks the forecast and the Turnpike and Route 1 traffic cameras the night before. If either one means the crew needs a different start time or route, Renee calls you directly instead of letting your crew find out at 7am.
Ready For The Crew That Quoted You To Be The Crew That Moves You? Call Or Send Your ZIPs.
Give Darnell your ZIP codes and a rough sense of the home size and he'll have a same-day number worked out, not a placeholder pulled from a chart. Flag anything oversize — a piano, a safe, a storage gap between closings — while you're at it, so it's priced in ahead of time instead of sorted out on Latoya's doorstep.